Historical-geographical understanding of the development of settlements and roads in the Southeastern Zagreb Foothills from the 13th to the 16th century

This paper describes the development of settlements and roads in Southeastern Zagreb Foothills from 13th to 16th century. The are a microregion bordered by river Sava south, west, Medvednica north, Zelina east. In High Late Middle Ages early modern period, this was located eastern parts County did not have any specific name, unlike today, when it is colloquially known as Sesvete Foothills, or Area, after district Zagreb. Today, most densely inhabited area where foothills meet plain, while its central hilly parts, with numerous mountain stream valleys their tributaries, were populated period. first developed below fortresses seats parishes century but later settlements, late 15th centuries, mostly along main plains roads. These connected Austro-German lands west Slavonian Hungarian counties Sava-Drava interfluve Podunavlje east, Kingdom Hungary Adriatic ports. All part four large estates, which encompassed almost entire area.