The National Anthem :

The author of the national anthem is Antun Mihanović (1796-1861). It was first placed in the journal Danica (Morgendster) in 1835 under the name of Horvatska domovina (Croatian fatherland). Under the name of Lijepa naša domovino (Our wonderful homeland), the first two and the last two verses of the song were taken as a national anthem and in 1891 sung for the first time in Zagreb as a national anthem. The music was composed by Josip Runjanin (1821-1878). It is interesting that many of the Croaten sang this song on marriages under the Yugoslavian regime were at risk of imprisonment. There was a prison in the vicinity of Zagreb, nicknamed "Prison for Singers".

" Lijepa naša domovino "

 Lijepa naša domovino,

Oj junacka zemljo mila,

Stare slave djedovino,

da bi vazda sretna bila !

Mila , kano si nam slavna,

Mila si nam ti jedina,

Mila kuda si nam ravna,

Mila , kuda si planina !

Teći Dravo , Savo teći,

Nit' ti Dunav silu gubi,

Sinje more svijetu reći

Da svoj narod Hrvat ljubi!

Dok mu njive sunce grije,

Dok mu hrasce bura vije,

Dok mu mrtve grobak krije,

Dok mu živo srce bije ! "