Mirnovec Country-House

Samobor

On Praunsperger's map of Samobor of 1762, it was marked as the Rakovec country house. Most likely the name was given to the estate by the lawyer, notary and landowner Josip Terputec (who, in 1812 during the French administration of Samobor wrote an elegy in 98 couplets “Weeping over the Mirnovec Country-House”). Trputec sold the estate with the country house to Franjo Reiser in 1820. This distinguished Samobor family are to this date owners of the house and its large park grounds. It was built in the manner reminiscent of the tradition of simple country houses from northern Croatia, with a principal living space in the middle and a protruding pilaster on the facade looking out onto the park. Ancillary rooms face the courtyard. Besides its architectural value, the country house is of cultural and historical interest, for it was once the meeting point of Samobor Illyrians and patriots.