Counts of Pazin received, during 12th century, many territories towns and villages from Bishops of Porec, from Bishops of Pican, from Bishops of Trieste and from the Aquileia Patriarchs.

Pazin’s County expanded and families like Mahrenfels and Wachesenstein emerged to rule over minor towns and villages in the County. In 1374 Alberto IV died without successors and the County of Pazin passed to Hapsburg family.

In 1379, Pazin was given to Ugone VI of Duino and in 1399 passed to their successors Barons Walsee. Later on in 1435 Pazin returned to Austria.

After 1421, when the Aquileia Patriarchs lost their power over Istrian territories, the Istria was split for almost four centuries in Marquisate, or Venetian Istria, and County, or Austrian Istria. The borders have changed few times, mainly during the wars of 1508, 1511 and 1615.

In the next centuries, from 1380 until 1766, over twenty families were in charge of Pazin under the rule of Austria. Just to remind some them we have: Febo IV della Torre (1447), Nicolo Rauber (1478), Pruschinig brothers (1493), Eleonora of Protugal, wife of Emperor Federico III, Giacomo Durer (1504), Ferdinand I of Austria, Alessio Mosconi (1532), Cristoforo and Gianni Mosconi (1540), Baron Swetkovitz (1560), Baron Khevenbuller (1574), Leonardo of Kaitschach (1578), Giorgio Fugger (1600), Bernardino Barbo (1601), Ulderico of Eggenberg (1611), returned to Hapsburg family after the war 1615-1617 that tried to sell it to Venice, Frangipane (1644), Count of Porcia (1660), Vicardo of Auersberg (1665), Stiria (1701).

In 1766 was bought by Antonio Laderchi, Marquise of Montecuccoli of Modena. His family owned the County until 1848 when the County ceased to exist as independent territory and became a part of the Austrian territory.

After the First World War Pazin followed the destiny of most Istrian towns and villages and became part of Italy and after the Second World War part of Yugoslavia (Croatia).

During the Italian Fascist period in Istria many Istrian families suffered from the regime or had to leave Istria. Fascism in Istria applied various repressive measures mostly towards Slav populations and this created the Antifascist Movement.

The Second World War was a very painful experience for the Istrian population and many innocent Istrians, both Slav and Latin, died during that war.

After the second World War Pazin became part of Yugoslavia (Croatia). There were three agreements between Yugoslavia and Italy which established that Istria would become a part of Yugoslavia: Paris Agreement of 1947, London Memorandum of 1954 and the Osimo Agreement reached in 1975.

In the first decade after the Second World War many Istrians, especially those living in towns and villages that for centuries were part of the Venice Republic, decided to leave Istria.

In 1991 with the fall of Yugoslavia and the founding of the Republic of Croatia, the internal republic boundaries were recognised as the state boundaries and Pazin is today part of Croatia.

In 2013 Pazin became part of the European Union. You can not change the past but you can try to learn from it. The main aim of the European Union founders was to build a system that could avoid future wars and future refugees in Europe as I explain in COSMOPOLITE.