Gupc’s end
Peasants’ Revolt in 1573.
Since the arrival of Franja Tahi (Tahy) at the head of the Susegrad-Stubic manor in 1564. In 1990, discontent grew more and more among the serfs there. His arbitrariness and violence were the spark that grew into a real uprising against feudalism
Landlords often used serfs in mutual struggles for possessions. In addition, they brought them to a disastrous economic position with huge taxes and restrictions on peasant trade. Perhaps the worst situation was in the Susegrad-Stubic manor, where the arrogant and violent manor Franjo Tahi (1526? – 1573?) exercised arbitrariness and oppressed peasant rights by force.
On several occasions, the peasants openly complained to King Maximilian II. Habsburg (1527 – 1576) and the Croatian Parliament headed by Ban Jurje Drašković (1525 – 1587), who eventually declared them traitors to the homeland due to their resistance. When they saw that there was nothing else left for them, the peasants decided on an armed uprising.
Matija Gubec
Ambroz Matija Gubec is a well-known historical figure who occupied a special place in history as a Croatian peasant and leader of the peasant revolt in Croatia and Slovenia. Before the well-known peasant revolt, Gubec worked as a serf on the estate of the infamous Franjo Tahi. The peasant revolt took place in 1573. after the peasants decided to stop paying taxes to their rulers, and one of them sent armed mercenaries who were readily welcomed by the peasants. However, the Croatian Parliament reacted by declaring them traitors, to which they responded with a general uprising against the feudal lords.
Matija Gubec was chosen as the leader of the rebellion, who together with his closest associates and friends Ilija Gregorić, Andrija Pasanc, Nikola Pozepca, Vinko Lepoić and others, raised the peasants to an uprising in the night from the 18th to January 19, 1573. years.
In a very short time, Gubec proved to be the first leader who does not give up and who, with his attitudes and behavior, managed to inspire many to join. As a leader, he led the peasants in the decisive battle against the nobles near Stubičke Toplice on 9 February 1573 Unfortunately, the peasants were then defeated, and Gubec as the leader was taken to Zagreb, where he was punished for inciting the peasants to revolt. As an example to all others, he was executed on the 15th. February, and according to legend, he was publicly tortured in Mark’s Square by being forced to wear a crown made of red-hot iron, after which he was dismembered.
Equipment and offer
Gupča linden
Next to the church of St. Jurja in Gornja Stubica there is a more than 400-year-old Gupča lime tree, the only living witness of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1573. years. Today, the linden has a height of 9m and a trunk girth of 4.70m, and its age and dimensions represent a natural rarity.
Since 1957 the lime tree was declared a natural monument and placed under state protection and is a protected cultural monument.
In order to preserve the gene pool of Gupčeva lipa, in 2011. the Living Archive of Gupčeva Lipa was founded.
Museum of Peasant Revolts
The museum was founded and opened to the public on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of anniversary of the great Peasant Revolt. It is located in the baroque castle of the Oršić family from the 18th century. century.
The castle preserves a chapel with illusionistic frescoes, an allegorical representation of the four continents and a painted baroque altar with scenes from the life of Saint Francis Xavier, which belong to the very top of baroque painting and are attributed to the famous master Anton Lerhinger. The last Oršići left the castle in 1924. years.
Oršić Castle
Oršić Castle in Gornja Stubica in 1756. was built by the nobleman Krsto Oršić and his rich wife Josip, née Zichyi, on the site of a medieval fortress.
The last of the Oršićs left the castle in 1924, when the castle was sold. Today, it houses the Museum of Peasant Rebellions, whose manager Vlatka Filipčić Maligec described the history of the castle from its beginnings to the present day in the show Cultural pearls of Croatia.
The Croatian Parliament, headed by Ban Juraj Drašković, declared the peasants traitors to the homeland.
The Croatian Parliament, headed by Ban Juraj Drašković, declared the peasants traitors to the homeland.
Peasants’ Revolt – 1573.
Peasants’ Revolt – 1573.
Peasants’ Revolt – 1573.
The Croatian Parliament, headed by Ban Juraj Drašković, declared the peasants traitors to the homeland.
In the night from the 27th to January 28, 1573. In 2010, the famous Peasants’ Rebellion led by Ambroz Gubec (later called Matija) from Gornja Stubica began with the attack on Cesargrad. The reasons for the revolt were multiple, the main ones being an increase in taxes and terror by the nobles . Among the most famous are the acts of violence by the neighboring town-Stubic lord Franjo Tahy, especially against peasant women. He started abusing the serfs on his estate when he fell ill, and not long after that, his wife Jelena Zrinski died. His four sons joined him in the inhuman actions against his own serfs, so the resistance of the peasants on Tahi’s manor began as early as 1571. years. King Maximilian II was also informed about the dispute between Francis Tahi and his serfs. Habsburg, who tried to resolve the situation peacefully from Vienna through his mediators, but already in 1572. the serfs refuse to return to Tahi’s rule and begin to seriously organize. They put together a kind of peasant government, the head of which they chose Gupac, whom they called bey, and his deputies were Ivan Pasanec and Ivan Mogaić. When they formed the government, they also had to form the army. They chose Ilija Gregorić, a veteran of the wars with the Ottomans, as the supreme captain of the peasant army.
Ilija Gregorić led the peasants from Cesargrad, who were the initiators of the rebellion.
Soon the revolt spread to the whole of Carniola and Styria, and units of serfs fought bravely and conquered more and more territory, including the area between Brežice and Mokrice. Their goals, the abolition of feudalism and the assumption of power by establishing a kind of imperial governorship in Zagreb, were getting closer. Then there is a movement. Namely, the Žumberak uskos, well-armed and experienced soldiers on whom the peasants counted, after a short hesitation sided with the feudal lords (who richly rewarded them for this). Day 5. February 1573 the peasant army experiences its first defeat at Krško, precisely from the Uskok companies led by Captain Thurn. In the battles near Kerestinac, Mokric and Krško, a large number of peasants died, which discouraged them, so their further resistance in those areas weakened more and more. The army sent by the nobles was constantly increasing and it was the beginning of the end of the Croatian-Slavic peasant revolt.
