Lisičine is an uninhabited settlement in

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, in the municipality of

Voćin Voćin is a village and municipality in western Slavonia, Croatia, located southwest of Slatina and east of Daruvar. The population of the municipality is 1,911, with 956 people living in Voćin itself (census 2021). Geography Voćin, a pilgrima ...

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History

Lisičine village is one of many villages established in the course of 16th century around the Voćin fortification in order to provide soldiers to defend the border against the Ottoman invasion.

Culture

In 1748, a wooden

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church of St. George, consecrated by the Bishop of Pakrac and Slavonia, Sofronije Jovanović, was built. A masonry church built in 1869 was damaged in the

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while its liturgical items and books were all destroyed. The church was restored in 1990, only to be severely damaged in 1991 and its interior burned. The

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was transferred to the treasury of the metropolitan court in Srijemski Karlovci to be restored and become a part of its permanent exhibition.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Lisičine has no inhabitants. Population of the Lisičine village by ethnicity:
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Sights

* Lisičine Arboretum - one of the three arboretums in Croatia

Notable natives and residents

* Nikola Miljanović Karaula - antifascist, partisan and

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* Đuro Jorgić - forestry graduate who established the Lisičine Arboretum * Milenko Jorgić (1956-1991) - JNA captain and military pilot

References