Grabovac Banski is a
village in central
Croatia, in the Town of
Petrinja,
Sisak-Moslavina County. It is connected by the
D30 highway.
History
On 23 July 1941, the first armed action by the antifascist
partisans in
Banija region, and in Croatia as a whole, was conducted in Banski Grabovac, under the leadership of
Vasilj Gaćeša Vasilj may refer to:
* , a masculine given name
* Vasilj (surname)
The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" ...
. In
Ustaša reprisals against civilian population, that followed shortly, about 1200 civilians were killed in the
Banski Grabovac massacre
The Banski Grabovac massacre was the mass killing of 1,100-1,200 Serb civilians by the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement on 24-25 July 1941, during World War II.
After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Adolf Hitler set up the Independent Sta ...
. There are two monuments in this area, the Monument of the Uprising and Monument to the Victims of Fascism, by
Petar Salopek Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter.
Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra
...
, featuring the lyrics of Croatian poet
Jure Kaštelan
Juraj "Jure" Kaštelan (18 December 1919 – 24 February 1990) was a Croatian poet and writer.
Education and career
Juraj "Jure" Kaštelan was born on 18 December 1919 in Zakučac in Dalmatia. He attended primary school in Split and then matric ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census,
the village of Grabovac Banski has 200 inhabitants. This represents 36.23% of its pre-
war population according to the 1991 census.
According to the 1991 census,
[Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.] 88.04% of the village population were ethnic
Serbs (486/552), 4.71% were ethnic
Croats (26/552), 5.62% were
Yugoslavs (31/552), while 1.63% were of other ethnic origin (9/552).
:
Sights
* The Monument of the Uprising and Monument to the Victims of Fascism, by
Petar Salopek Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter.
Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra
...
, featuring the lyrics of Croatian poet
Jure Kaštelan
Juraj "Jure" Kaštelan (18 December 1919 – 24 February 1990) was a Croatian poet and writer.
Education and career
Juraj "Jure" Kaštelan was born on 18 December 1919 in Zakučac in Dalmatia. He attended primary school in Split and then matric ...
.
Notable people
References
Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County
Serb communities in Croatia
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