Lukač

Lukač is a Podravina village north of Virovitica, set in a flat landscape of fields and small settlements stretching towards the Drava and the Croatian–Hungarian border at Terezino Polje. The settlement expanded westwards from the Church of St Luke around the turn of the 18th century and took its name from that church. Today’s parish Church of St Luke the Evangelist dates from 1771, while the parish itself appears in records as early as 1416 and was re-established in 1761. The wider municipality comprises twelve settlements, including Kapela Dvor, Turanovac, Terezino Polje and Zrinj Lukački. Kapela Dvor contains the restored 19th-century Janković manor, a hub for cycling routes towards Virovitica, Terezino Polje and Pitomača. Farther north, the Drava and Lake Zrinj provide fishing and excursion settings that contrast with the cultivated plain. Lukač consequently works as a quiet base for exploring a manor, a historic church, Drava waters and villages beside the Hungarian border.

Lukač is the flatland centre of a twelve-settlement municipality in the Drava lowlands north of Virovitica. The village began expanding around the turn of the 18th century from the Church of St Luke towards the west, and the church’s patron gave Lukač its name. The parish is recorded in 1416, was re-established in 1761, and the present Church of St Luke the Evangelist dates from 1771. Cultivated fields connect Lukač with villages extending towards the Drava, while Terezino Polje marks the Croatian–Hungarian border. Beyond Lukač itself, the municipality’s identity includes the Janković manor at Kapela Dvor, Lake Zrinj and fishing locations along the Drava’s right bank.