List of Artisans in the Territory of the Present Koprivnica-Križevci County in 1890

Koprivnički, Križevački i Đurđevački kotar, formirani 1886. godine, danas su glavni dijelovi današnjeg područja Koprivničko-križevačke županije. Kao Križevačka i Đurđevačka pukovnija taj je kraj ušao u proces razvojačenja Vojne krajine spajajući se s Banskom Hrvatskom, i to u vremenu kada je željeznička pruga Nagykanizsa – Koprivnica – Zagreb – Rijeka 1873. postala glavna prometna poveznica Mađarske i Rijeke kao njezine jedine morske luke i vrata u svijet. Zahvaljujući prometnoj povezanosti, to je bilo perspektivno razvojno područje u koje su nagrnuli strani obrtnici i trgovci. Razvoj ne zahvaća samo poljoprivredu već i obrt i trgovinu te utječe na mijenjanje struktura zaposlenih i imigracije brojnih stranaca u to područje. Nažalost, između 1857. i 1890., dakle u vrijeme restrukturiranja Monarhije, na tom području izostaju statistički popisi, pa su imena obrtnika i trgovaca objavljena u Adresaru obrtnog i poslovnog svieta u Hrvatskoj 1891. godine po nalogu bana Khuen-Héderváryja uoči obilježavanja 40. godišnjice osnutka Zagrebačke trgovinske komore 1891. – riječ je o važnoj monografiji, potpuno zanemarenoj u našoj povijesnoj literaturi. Adresar ukazuje na činjenicu da ni urbanizacija ni industrijalizacija nisu još 1890. uzele maha, ali da je obrtnika bilo mnogo, i to više na selu nego u kotarskim središtima. No čitavo područje bilo je spremno za ulazak u proces modernizacije i industrijalizacije na osnovi iskorištavanja vlastitih sirovina i velikog broja kvalificiranih radnika koje je pripremilo obrtništvo.The Koprivnica, Križevci and Đurđevac Districts were formed in 1886. Today, they represent the main parts of the present Koprivnica-Križevci County. This area first joined the process of demilitarisation of the Military Border in the form of the Križevci and Đurđevac Regiment, by connecting with the Banate of Croatia. This took place in 1873, when the railway connection Nagy Kanisza – Koprivnica – Zagreb – Rijeka became the principal traffic connection between Hungary and Rijeka as its only seaport and gateway to the world. Thanks to this fact, it became a perspective developmental area, extremely attractive to foreign artisans and tradespeople. Not only agriculture, but also handicrafts and trade were included; this influenced the change in the structure of employment and immigration of a large number of foreigners. Unfortunately, in the period between 1857 and 1890, i.e. at the time when the Monarchy had been restructured, no statistical lists had been drafted in the subject area. Therefore, the Address Book of Business and Trade in Croatia of 1891 – publication including the names of artisans and tradespeople, which was issued on Ban Khuen Héderváry’s order on the occasion of marking the 40th anniversary of the Zagreb Chamber of Trade in 1891 – represents a very important monograph. The Address Book indicates that despite the fact that neither urbanisation nor industrialisation had taken root by 1890, the number of artisans was high – in villages even more so than in district centres. The entire area was prepared for the process of modernisation and industrialisation, based on the exploitation of its own raw materials