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Škrljevo
Škrljevo is a village in Primorje, Croatia, located north of Bakar. The population is 1,344 (census 2011). Škrljevo was mentioned by name for the first time during the reign of Petar Zrinski, in a document from 1667. Near the railway station are the remains of the church of St. Ambroza, demolished in 1907. History At 10:20 on 30 June 2019, the fire department ''JVP Rijeka'' received a call about a fire along the Škrljevo-Meja section of the railway. The fire had been started by sparks from a train, and spread over a large area despite the efforts of the ''JVP Rijeka'' under commander Hinko Mance combined with aid from volunteer fire departments of Škrljevo, Sušak, Drenova, Zlobin, Bakar, Kostrena and Čavle Čavle is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. History A 22 December 1939 decision as part of agrarian reforms by Ban of Croatia, Ban Ivan Šubašić, Šubašić to confiscate the forest property in .... At 12:34, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakar, Croatia
Bakar is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The population of the town was 8,279 according to the 2011 Croatian census, including 1,473 in the titular settlement. Ninety percent of the population declared themselves Croats by ethnicity. The largest ethnic minority are the Serbs with 2.91% of the population. The old part of Bakar is situated on a hill overlooking the Bay of Bakar. is the Croatian language, Croatian word for "copper". Bakar is a port for bulk cargo and used to be known for its industrial complex that included a coke (fuel), coke factory, which produced a considerable amount of pollution. Bakar's coke factory was closed in 1995 and the area's pollution has subsided significantly. The historical core of Bakar was registered as a cultural monument in 1968. Municipality Climate Since records began in 1997, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was , on 19 July 2007. The coldest temperature was , on 3 February 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Croatia
Though the Croatia, Republic of Croatia administratively consists of counties of Croatia, twenty counties, it is traditionally divided into four historical region, historical and cultural area, cultural regions: Croatia proper, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia. These are further divided into other, smaller regions. Historical regions Smaller regions *''Banovina (region), Banovina'' (or ''Banija)'' is a region in central Croatia, situated between the rivers Sava, Una (Sava), Una and Kupa River (Croatia), Kupa. *''Baranya (region), Baranja'' forms a small enclave between the region of Slavonia and the Republic of Hungary, it lies in the north east of Croatia. The rest of the region known as Baranja is located in Hungary. *Croatian Littoral (''Hrvatsko primorje''), the maritime region of Croatia proper *''Gorski kotar'' occupies the area between the major cities of Karlovac and Rijeka ( ''Fiume''). The regions main city is Delnice. The river Kupa River (Croatia), Kupa separates th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Department
A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and Firefighting, fire suppression services as well as other rescuer, rescue services. Fire departments are most commonly a public sector organization that operate within a municipality, county, state, nation, or special district. Private and specialist firefighting organizations also exist, such as those for aircraft rescue and firefighting. A fire department contains one or more fire stations within its boundaries, and may be staffed by firefighters, who may be professional, Volunteer firefighter, volunteers, Compulsory Fire Service, conscripts, or Retained firefighters, on-call. Combination fire departments employ a mix of professional and volunteer firefighters. In some countries, fire departments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of Croatia
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia () are the national Military, military forces of Croatia. The Croatian military consists of three service branches: the Croatian Army, the Croatian Navy and the Croatian Air Force. The OSRH is headed by the President of Croatia as commander-in-chief while defense policy is overseen by the Government of Croatia. The Croatian military advances multilateral security initiatives Foreign relations of Croatia, among international allies. Since the Croatian War of Independence (1991-95), the Armed Forces have Military history of Croatia, played a key role in protecting territorial integrity and defending sovereignty. In the post-war early 2000s, Croatia moderated defense spending to accommodate nation-building; it later expanded military operations early 2010s. The military's first foreign deployment was to the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), War in Afghanistan, in 2003, later joining the military alliance NATO in 2009. The Croatian milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čavle
Čavle is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. History A 22 December 1939 decision as part of agrarian reforms by Ban of Croatia, Ban Ivan Šubašić, Šubašić to confiscate the forest property in Cernik, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Cernik and surroundings of the Thurn and Taxis family, Kálmán Ghyczy and Nikola Petrović resulted in a legal dispute known as the Thurn and Taxis Affair, in part because of the relative status of the family and in part because of the proximity to the Italian border. Demographics In 1895, the ''obćina'' of Cernik, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Cernik (court at Čavle), with an area of , belonged to the ''kotar'' of Sušak, Rijeka, Sušak (Bakar, Croatia, Bakar court and electoral district) in the ''županija'' of Modruš-Rijeka County, Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 271 houses, with a population of 1430. Its 4 villages and 9 hamlets were encompassed for taxation purpos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostrena
Kostrena () is a Croatian municipality east of Rijeka on the Kvarner Bay. It is famous for its beaches and a long tradition of seafaring and seamanship. Because of its rocky beaches and a walkway that goes along the shoreline, it is very popular for recreation and sports. A scenic hill walk called Trim-staza is located on the northeast side of Kostrena. There have been some archeological excavations in Kostrena, discovering ruins from the Roman times. Lately, urban development has been increasing. Kostrena is also an industrialized suburb of Rijeka. An oil refinery and an oil power plant are located at Urinj and a shipyard Viktor Lenac is located in the bay of Martinšćica. Buildings * TE Rijeka Sports The local soccer club is NK Pomorac. Kostrena is a popular place for scuba diving, offering a number of dive centers to do shore dives as well as some close shipwreck A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlobin, Croatia
Zlobin is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, western Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze .... Administratively a part of the town of Bakar, it is located approximately 5 km southwest of Fužine. As of 2021, it had a population of 272. Zlobin is connected by the M202 railway. References Further reading Dialectology * Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{PrimorjeGorskiKotar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drenova, Rijeka
Drenova is a neighbourhood and a local board of the city of Rijeka, Croatia perched on a plateau above the city. Historically there were two parts: Gornja (Upper) Drenova and Donja (Lower) Drenova, nowadays united in one. Drenova has the largest cemetery and park area of the city. The motto of the local board is "Drenova - green lung of the city". Geography Drenova is located above Rijeka and includes a plateau and the area bordered in the north with Rječina river and districts of Brašćine-Pulac and Pašac in the east, Škurinje in the west, Škurinjska Draga in the south. Drenova is also bordered with the municipalities: Viškovo in the northwest, Jelenje in the north and Čavle Čavle is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. History A 22 December 1939 decision as part of agrarian reforms by Ban of Croatia, Ban Ivan Šubašić, Šubašić to confiscate the forest property in ... in the east. Population According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sušak, Rijeka
Sušak (in Italian ''Sussak'') is a part of the city of Rijeka in Croatia, where it composes the eastern part of the city, separated from the city center by the Rječina river, which in former times served as an international border. Notable features of Sušak include the public beaches at Pećine and Glavanovo, along with the Tower Center shopping mall. History Under the Habsburg monarchy, Rijeka and the surrounding area technically belonged to the Hungarian half of the Monarchy. Sušak was a municipality separate from the city of Rijeka and since the 19th century, it experienced faster urbanisation and population growth. Kingdom of Yugoslavia In 1924, Rijeka belonged to the independent Free State of Fiume, which had been created four years earlier under the Treaty of Rapallo, but in the Treaty of Rome the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and Italy agreed to dissolve the free state. Instead Fiume was annexed to Italy as the Province of Fiume, and Sušak remained wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volunteer Fire Department
A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire station when their services are needed. They are also expected to attend other non-emergency duties as well (training, fundraising, equipment maintenance, etc.). Volunteer firefighters contrast with paid firefighters who work full or part-time and receive a salary. Some volunteer firefighters may be part of a combination fire department that employs both full-time and volunteer firefighters. On-call firefighters who receive some pay for their work are known as call firefighters in the United States, and retained firefighters in the United Kingdom and Ireland. International The earliest firefighting organizations were made up of volunteers. The first large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Zrinski
Petar IV Zrinski () (6 June 1621 – 30 April 1671) was Ban of Croatia (Viceroy) from 1665 to 1670, general and a writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian Magnate conspiracy to overthrow the Habsburgs, which ultimately led to his execution for high treason. Zrinski family Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near Zagreb, the son of Juraj V Zrinski and Magdalena Széchy. His father Juraj VI and great-grandfather Nikola IV had been viceroys or ''Ban'' of Croatia, which was then a nominal Kingdom in personal union with the Hungarian Kingdom. His brother was the Croatian-Hungarian general and poet Miklós Zrínyi (Nikola VII Zrinski). His family had possessed large estates throughout all of Croatia and had family ties with the second largest Croatian landowners, the Frankopan family. He married Ana Katarina, the half-sister of Fran Krsto Frankopan, and they lived in large castles of Ozalj (in Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
