Metković () is a town in the
Dubrovnik-Neretva County
The Dubrovnik-Neretva County (; hr, Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija, ) is the southernmost county of Croatia, located in south Dalmatia. The county seat is Dubrovnik and other large towns are Korčula, Metković, Opuzen and Ploče. The Munici ...
of
Croatia
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, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river
Neretva
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and on the border with
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Demographics
The total population of the city municipality is 16,788 inhabitants (2011 census), in the following settlements:
*
Dubravica, population 90
*
Glušci, population 76
*Metković, population 15,329
*
Prud, population 497
*
Vid, population 796
In the census of 2011, 96.8% of the population self-identified as Croats.
History
The city was first mentioned in a 1422 court document as a small farming town. It remained this way until the nineteenth century. During this period the city found renewed investment from the country's
Austrian
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rulers. With the arrival of the area's first post office and school, as well as the increase of trade with the
Ottoman Empire
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, the city began to flourish. It was ruled by Ottoman Empire as part of
Sanjak of Herzegovina
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between 1494 and 1685, then by
Republic of Venice
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till 1797 and finally by
French Empire before the Austrian Habsburgs took over. In 1875 and 1910 Emperor
Francis Joseph I
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visited the city.
Metković is located near the ancient
Roman
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settlement of
Narona
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History
It was founded a ...
(today
Vid). Narona was established as a Roman trading post, after Rome's successful war (
Illyrian Wars
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) with the neighboring
Illyrian tribe
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Daors
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(ruins of their main city are located near
Stolac
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), and successfully grew until the 3rd century AD. After that it went on a steady decline especially after a large 4th-century AD earthquake. Upon the arrival of Slavonic tribes in the mid-6th century AD, the city of Narona was abandoned with most parts being covered under silt that was carried by the river Neretva. Only minor excavations were done, most of them being concentrated on the location of Vid. One of the city's landmarks is its Church of St.
Elijah
Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...
, the city's
patron saint
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.
Education
Metković has the following education facilities:
* Primary schools:
**
Stjepan Radić
Stjepan Radić (11 June 1871 – 8 August 1928) was a Croat politician and founder of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (HPSS), active in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
He is credited with galvanizing Cro ...
Primary school (
Croatian language
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medium school)
** Don
Mihovil Pavlinović
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Primary school (Croatian language medium school)
* Secondary schools:
** Metković High School
** Metković Gymnasium (classical high school)
For tertiary education students need to move to another city, the most common destinations are: Dubrovnik
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(business, management, accounting, music), Split
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(sciences, management, accounting), Zagreb
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(music, arts, sciences, applied sciences, engineering, architecture, education, humanities, management, accounting, business), Zadar
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(humanities, education, early childhood education) and Mostar
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Mostar is sit ...
.
Sports (most notably)
*NK Neretva
Nogometni klub Neretva Metković ( en, Neretva Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Neretva or simply Neretva, is a Croatian professional Association football, football club based in the town of Metković, in the region of Dubrovnik-Neretv ...
*ONK Metković
* RK Metković – Mehanika
Notable people
Clergy
*Marin Barišić
Marin Barišić (born Vidonje, near Metković, 24 March 1947) is a Croatian archbishop. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, from 2000 to 2022.
Early life and education
Marin Barišić was born in Vidonje near Metković on ...
, Metropolitan Archbishop
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of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska
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* Josip Marija Carević (1883–1945), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik
The Diocese of Dubrovnik ( hr, Dubrovačka biskupija); or Ragusa ( la, Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Croatia.[Milana Vlaović
Milana Vlaović (; born 1971 in Metković) is a Croatian journalist, composer, writer and columnist.
Journalistic career
She had finished her elementary school as well as high school in Metković, and as she turned 18, she started to study at th ...]
, writer and music producer
Literature, theater, art
* Obrad Gluščević (1913–1980), film director
* Ivan Slamnig Ivan Slamnig (24 June 1930 – 3 July 2001) was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator.
Slamnig was born in Metković. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and later taug ...
(1930–2001), poet
* Vera Zima
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She appeared in more than fifty films since 1975. She was of paternal Slovak descent.
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References
External links ...
, actress
Sport
* Andrija Anković
Andrija Anković (16 July 1937 – 28 April 1980) was a Croatian footballer and manager.
Biography
Anković was born in Gabela (at the time Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and started his career with GOŠK Gabela before moving to NK Neretva Metković ...
(1937–1980), football (soccer)
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player, gold olympic medallist 1960
* Željko Babić, handball
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player, Croatian national team player and head-coach, bronze olympic medallist 2012 as assistant coach.
* Ivica Barbarić, football (soccer)
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player, Yugoslavia national team member at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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* Patrik Ćavar, Croatian national team player in handball
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, gold olympic medallist 1996
* Ivan Čupić
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Career
He was selected by the Croatian national team for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship. He scored 8 goals in th ...
, Croatian national team player in handball
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, bronze olympic medallist 2012
* Davor Dominiković, Croatian national team player in handball
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, gold olympic medallist 2004
* Slavko Goluža
Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and current coach of RK Zagreb.
Club career
Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. At the a ...
, handball
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coach, Croatian national team player and head-coach, double gold olympic medallist 1996 and 2004
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as player, and bronze olympic medallist 2012 as head coach.
* Sergej Jakirović, Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
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player
* Vladimir Jelčić, Croatian national team player in handball
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, gold olympic medallist 1996, handball coach
* Nikša Kaleb
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, gold olympic medallist 2004
* Juraj Nikolac, chess grandmaster
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* Frane Nonković
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See also
* ...
, Yugoslavia men's national water polo team
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player, silver olympic medallist 1964
* Ivica Obrvan, Croatian national team player in handball
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, handball coach and head coach
* Ante Pavlović, general secretary of the Croatian Football Federation
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and Football Association of Yugoslavia
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, GNK Dinamo Zagreb
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director
* Bruno Sorić, rower
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, bronze olympic medallist 1924
* Darijo Srna
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He began his career at Haj ...
, Croatia national football team
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player and captain
* Igor Štimac
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, Croatia national football team
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player and head coach, president of the Union of professional clubs in Croatian First Football League
* Mate Trojanović
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, rower
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, gold olympic medallist 1952
Other
* Branka Bebić Krstulović, Miss Croatia 1994
* Luka Bebić, President of Croatian Parliament
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and former Minister of Defence
* Ana Bebić
Ana Đolić (; born 7 May 1986) is a Croatian singer, who participated in television shows such as '' Hrvatski Idol'', '' Ne zaboravi stihove!'', and finally '' Operacija trijumf'', which was shown in five countries. Her debut single, " Preživj ...
, opera singer
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; participant in Operacija trijumf
* Miljenko Grgić (aka Mike Grgich), California vintner
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* Damir Magaš, first rector of the University of Zadar
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* Stanko Marević, National Heroes of Yugoslavia in the Second World War
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* Mate Obradović, Minister of Defence Chief inspector
* Božo Petrov
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He previously served as mayor of his na ...
, Croatian psychiatrist
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and politician; Deputy Prime Minister
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in the cabinet of Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković
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, former mayor of Metković
* Krešo Rakić, National Heroes of Yugoslavia in the Second World War
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* Ante Šprlje
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, former Minister of Justice
* Nikica Gabrić
Nikica Gabrić (born 1961) is a Croatian physician and politician.
He was born in Metković. He graduated at the School of Medicine in Zagreb as an ophthalmologist. He founded the Special Hospital for Ophthalmology ''Svjetlost'' in Zagreb, in whi ...
, ophtamologist, politician and freemasonry
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leader
See also
*Dalmatia
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References
External links
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