Osekovo

Osekovo lies where the Moslavina foothills meet the floodplain of Lonjsko Polje, within the City of Popovača. Its principal visitor facility is in the village itself: the Crna roda centre at Gornje selo 95a serves as the nature park’s official northern gateway. A multimedia hall and information from park staff introduce the wetlands, Moslavina wine roads and a landscape governed by seasonal flooding. The Lonja flows south of the settlement, while the surrounding terrain combines pastures, floodplain woodland and waters used by birds and traditionally grazed livestock. Osekovo also contains the Church of Saint Anne, described by city sources as one of Moslavina’s oldest churches, and the Ciglenice archaeological site, evidence of much earlier settlement. This makes the village an unusual starting point where the natural-history displays of Crna roda, local religious heritage and the edge of Croatia’s largest protected wetland can be combined in one compact visit. The most straightforward road approach uses the Popovača exit from the A3 motorway, followed by the route through Potok.

Osekovo occupies the meeting point between the slopes of Moslavačka gora and the Lonjsko Polje lowlands, with the Lonja flowing through the southern part of its territory. This position encouraged settlement from prehistoric times, as demonstrated by the Ciglenice archaeological site. The village’s present-day visitor identity centres on the Crna roda centre, the northern gateway to Lonjsko Polje Nature Park. The Church of Saint Anne represents Osekovo’s older religious heritage, while the pastures and flood zones behind the village reveal how local life adapted to the wetland’s water regime. Osekovo consequently belongs both to Moslavina’s cultural landscape and to the wider Sava floodplain system.