2024150th Anniversary Of Organized Mountaineering In Croatia (C) - First Day Cover

Organized mountaineering in Croatia began in 1874 when the Croatian Mountaineering Society (HPD) was founded in Zagreb with the aim of exploring the previously unknown mountain regions of Croatia. With the founding of HPD on 15 October 1874 Croats were among the first nations in the world to have their own mountaineering organization. In the beginning, HPD was dominated by naturalists and other researchers, many of whom were also the founders of the Academy, the University of Zagreb and initiators of important scientific, cultural and social events. In 1898, the magazine Hrvatski planinar began its publishing, and is still being published today as one of the oldest magazines in Croatia and at the same time one of the oldest mountaineering magazines in the world.