Vojnić ( sr-Cyrl, Војнић) is a municipality in

Karlovac County Karlovac County ( hr, Karlovačka županija) is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side star fort in the 16th cen ...

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. There are 4,764 inhabitants, 45% of whom are

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 ...

and 37% of whom are

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 ...

. The municipality is part of

Kordun The Kordun () region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora (Peter's mountain) mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within C ...

. Vojnić is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the

Government of Croatia The Government of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Hrvatske), formally the Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government ( hr, hrvatska Vlada), is the main executive branch of government ...

Languages and names

On the territory of Vojnić municipality, along with Croatian which is official in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced

Serbian language Serbian (, ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and Kos ...

and

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

alphabet.

Demographics

In 1991 the municipality of Vojnić had a population of 8,236. 7,366 (89.43%) were Serbs, 436 (5.29%) were Muslims, 116 (1.40%) were Croats and 318 (3.86%) were others. According to the 2011 census, the municipality consists of 46 settlements: * Brdo Utinjsko, population 73 * Bukovica Utinjska, population 80 * Donja Brusovača, population 122 * Dunjak, population 39 * Džaperovac, population 12 * Gačeša Selo, population 46 * Gejkovac, population 183 * Gornja Brusovača, population 33 * Jagrovac, population 44 * Johovo, population 36 *

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, population 89 * Kartalije, population 43 * Kestenovac, population 10 * Klokoč, population 64 * Klupica, population 11 * Ključar, population 86 * Knežević Kosa, population 119 * Kokirevo, population 43 * Kolarić, population 195 * Krivaja Vojnićka, population 21 * Krstinja, population 82 * Kupljensko, population 317 * Kusaja, population 45 * Lipovac Krstinjski, population 7 * Lisine, population 11 * Loskunja, population 58 * Malešević Selo, population 44 * Mandić Selo, population 65 * Međeđak Utinjski, population 62 * Miholjsko, population 123 * Mracelj, population 116 * Mračaj Krstinjski, population 7 * Petrova Poljana, population 17 * Podsedlo, population 76 * Prisjeka, population 24 * Radmanovac, population 33 *

Radonja Radonja ( sr-cyr, Радоња) is a masculine Serbian language, Serbian given name. It is derived from the adjective ''rad'' which means 'willing', 'eager', 'keen'. Patronymic surname ''Radonjić (surname), Radonjić or Radončić/Radonjičić'' i ...

, population 103 * Rajić Brdo, population 26 * Selakova Poljana, population 0 * Svinica Krstinjska, population 253 * Široka Rijeka, population 161 * Štakorovica, population 23 * Utinja Vrelo, population 18 * Vojišnica, population 404 * Vojnić, population 1 221 *

Živković Kosa Živković Kosa ( sr-Cyrl, Живковић Коса) is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Vojnić, Karlovac County. It is connected by the D6 highway. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the village of Živković Kosa h ...

, population 119

History

Until 1918, Vojnić (named ''VOINIC'' in 1850) was part of the

Austrian monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

(

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...

, after the

compromise of 1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (german: Ausgleich, hu, Kiegyezés) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The Compromise only partially re-established the former pre-1848 sovereignty and status of the Kingdom of Hungary ...

), in the

Croatian Military Frontier The Croatian Military Frontier ( hr, Vojna krajina or ') was a district of the Military Frontier, a territory in the Habsburg monarchy, first during the period of the Austrian Empire and then during Austria-Hungary. History Founded in the late 16 ...

. It was administered by the ''SZLUINER Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°IV'' before 1881. Vojnić became a district capital in the

Modruš-Rijeka County The Modruš-Rijeka County ( hr, Modruško-riječka županija; hu, Modrus-Fiume vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision (''županija'') of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands ...

in the Kingdom.

Culture

* Local branch of SKD Prosvjeta Vojnić with a very active folk dance section

Sights and events

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 ...

* ''Zelena noć Petrove gore'' - one-day folklore event hosted by the local football club, ''Petrova Gora'', and the local branch of SKD Prosvjeta Vojnić. The event brings together amateur groups nurturing traditional folk dancing and singing from different parts of

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and

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References

External links

* Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Karlovac County Modruš-Rijeka County {{Karlovac-geo-stub