
Dubašnica () was a village in the northwestern part of the island of
Krk
Krk (; ; ; ; archaic German: ''Vegl'', ; ) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Krk is tied with Cres as the largest Adriatic island, depending o ...
, now in
Croatia
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, at the south of
Malinska
Malinska () is a settlement (naselje) in the northwestern part of the island Krk in Croatia and an important tourist town. It lies on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, in the picturesque bay facing Opatija and Rijeka.
Demographics
The municipality o ...
and near
Poljica. It was first mentioned in the 15th century and became extinct in the 18th century as a result of a
malaria
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epidemic
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. For centuries, Dubašnica was the seat of a municipality that grouped several villages in the region, but after its disappearance, the seat was moved to
Bogovići and later to Malinska. Today, this municipality is known as
Malinska-Dubašnica
Malinska-Dubašnica is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county on the island Krk of in western Croatia. Its centre is Malinska. There were 3,212 inhabitants, of whom 90% were ethnic Croats at the 2021 census. It was established as a mun ...
, and although its
capital
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is still Malinska, it retains Dubašnica in its name. Nowadays, Dubašnica may also refer to a region made up of all these villages constituting the municipality of Malinska-Dubašnica.
The areas of Dubašnica and Poljica, as well as the land between the castles of
Dobrinj
Dobrinj is a village and municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in northwestern Croatia, on the island of Krk. There are 2,150 inhabitants in the municipality, with 91% Croats. The village of Dobrinj itself has 89 inhabitants.
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and
Omišalj, were settled by
Vlachs
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and
Morlachs
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(
Romanians
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) during the second half of the 15th century. This was due to the need for more manpower by
Ivan VII Frankopan, prince of the
Principality of Krk since 1451. These Romanians, who originally were
shepherd
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s, would end up diverging into
Istro-Romanians
The Istro-Romanians ( or ) are a Romance languages, Romance ethnic group native to or associated with the Istria, Istrian Peninsula. Historically, they inhabited vast parts of it, as well as the western side of the island of Krk until 1875. Howe ...
and would form a community on the island with their own dialect, called by some Croatian scholars as "Krko-Romanian", which ended up influencing the local
Croatian dialect of the region. The last speaker of the
Istro-Romanian dialect of Krk would die in 1875, although
Romanian numbering would still be used in the island during the 20th century.
References
Krk
Former populated places in Croatia
Geography of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Regions of Croatia
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