Gornja Čemernica ( sr-cyr, Горња Чемерница) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in central

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, in the municipality of

Gvozd Gvozd () is a municipality in central Croatia, Sisak-Moslavina County. Its seat is located in Vrginmost, which was renamed to Gvozd from 1996–2012. It is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Are ...

, Sisak-Moslavina County. It is connected by the D6 highway.

History

The village of Čemernica (comprising Gornja Čemernica and

Donja Čemernica Donja Čemernica ( sr-cyr, Доња Чемерница) is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Topusko, Sisak-Moslavina County. It is connected by the D6 highway. History The village of Čemernica (comprising Gornja Čemernica a ...

) suffered heavy demographic losses in the

World war II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

losing 586 of its residents, 295 of whom perished in the

Glina massacre The Glina massacres were killings of Serb peasants in the town of Glina in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) that occurred between May and August 1941, during World War II. The first wave of massacres in the town began on 11 or 12 May 1941, w ...

on 3 August 1941. 68 more residents perished in the Jasenovac concentration camp.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Gornja Čemernica has 142 inhabitants. This represents 32.49% of its pre- war population according to the 1991 census. The 1991 census recorded that 97.48% of the village population were ethnic

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

(426/437), 0.69% were

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has ...

(3/437), 0.46% were ethic

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...

(2/437) and 1.37% were of other ethnic origin (6/437).
:Note: Settlements of Donja Čemernica and Gornja Čemernica were reported separately from 1890 onwards. From 1857 to 1880, they were reported as single settlement of Čemernica. The data pertaining to former settlement of Čemernica is now contained within the data for the settlement of Donja Čemernica (which currently belongs to the municipality of Topusko).

Sights

Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija The Monument to the Uprising of the People of Kordun and Banija (simply known as the Petrova Gora Monument) is a World War II monument built on Veliki Petrovac, the highest peak of Petrova Gora ( en, Peter's Mountain), a mountain range in centr ...

Partisan Airfield Čemernica Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...

was one of 34 partisan airfields (850m long airstrip) used in

in Yugoslavia. The first plane, which landed on 22 July 1944, evacuated 18 badly wounded partisans along with 26 children to Bari, Italy. One of many notable passengers who landed at the Čemernica Airfield was Randolph Churchill, who established the British military mission at Topusko on 16 September 1944.

Notable natives and residents

* Dmitar Obradović (1947–1992) - moderate politician and mayor of Vrginmost who was killed in 1992

References

Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County Serb communities in Croatia {{SisakMoslavina-geo-stub

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