International knights tournament, Zelina




The largets knights' tournament in Croatia is being held in Zelina. 
Date: 15. -17.5.2015.

Many international knight orders visit it, so it's a great event for kids and more or less grown-up interested in Renaisssance and Middle Ages. This time there will be a show with famous Lippizaner Horses from Hungary.

The tournament was previously held in nearby St. Helena, which is historical place for Kaikavians, since here in 1557. still in Kaikavian country1 a battle against much bigger Turk army took place - Turks were beaten and fled.
The tournaments is being held at the castle Mikšič, of which the left part is preserved but the main and right parts are sadly left do decline.


1)  Vramec, Antun: Kronika. 1578: "1557Ivan Lenkovič general, dobrog spomenenja vitez, Turke z Alapi Janušem poleg Svete Helene pri Rakovcu na Slovenjeh razbi, pobi i rastira. A Turkov bilo je četiri jezera ali tisuč. Lenkovičevih ne več nego četiristo junakov dobrih bilo."  St. Helena is here still in "Slovenjeh" i.e. Slovenski Orsag(=Kaikavian) meaning the Kaikavian late mideval state called Slavonia in Latin.



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