Zrin is a village in

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, Sisak-Moslavina County ( Dvor Municipality). In the past it was the seat of the Šubić noble family. Later the family called themselves

Zrinski Zrinski () was a Croatian- Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Šubić, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia's union with the Kingdom of Hungar ...

, after Zrin Castle. It was a stronghold of Croatian defense in the

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. There are still ruins of Zrin Castle in the village. Zrin

The Partisans attacked the Croatian village during

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, apparently citing a sizable

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presence in the village to justify their attack. From the 9–10 September 1943, Partisan forces killed as many as 270 Croat civilians and burned the village down, together with the old Roman Catholic church of the Holy Cross, forcing many to flee. After the liberation of

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, the communist regime relocated the remaining Croatian population to confiscated houses in

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after it had exiled the

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Danube Swabians. In the

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, Zrin was held by the Serb forces and was part of the unrecognized self-proclaimed

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. In Operation Storm (1995), Zrin was taken by the Croatian Army. It is inhabited by 12 residents.

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Memorial to residents of Zrin killed on September 9th, 1943Zrin - from (medieval) glory to (World War II) genocide
{{Authority control Banovina Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County

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