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Petrovići, Croatia
Petrovići or Petrovići Moravički is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. History Petrovići was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. Demographics In 1870, Petrovići had 16 houses and 94 people. In 1890, Petrovići had 16 houses and 95 people. They attended the school in Dokmanovići. Administered and taxed by Komorske Moravice. Further reading * * Page 32. Politics As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it belongs to the of Moravice. History On 3 August 1941, the Ustaše arrested 85 (or 63) Serb railway workers in Srpske Moravice. These were transferred to Ogulin, then Koprivnica, then Gospić then Jadovno where they were killed. On the night of the 2nd, Dušan Rajnović of Tomići had been on duty together with Lazo Jakšić. After midnight, a man approached them and warned them that the Ustaše had arrived at the station and were arresting night shift workers. A freight train had arrived around 23:00 carrying 8 Ustaše, ...
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Dokmanovići
Dokmanovići is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The Lujzijana road passes by it. History In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), today with signature HR- Za NSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR- Za NSK R 4572. In 1864, a rinderpest outbreak in Bosanci and Kasuni caused the Lujzijana to be closed to horned traffic for 21 days in December. An elementary school once functioned in Dokmanovići, now used for hosting events. Dokmanovići was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. On 12 December 2017, a severe wind hit Dokmanovići, blocking traffic to and from it. A Gavranović chain convenience store opened in Dokmanovići, broken into and robbed in November 2014 shortly after the robbery of the resta ...
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Radigojna
Radigojna is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. History When the Vlachs of Gomirje requested a confirmation of their Uskok rights throughout the territory they inhabited in 1605, they listed its boundaries as stretching from Mali Klek – Ustanke (the confluence of the Vitunjčica and the Dobra) – Vrbica – Kamensko – Vrbovsko – Plešivica – Mošenski – Bilek – "Potschovodo" – Topolovica – Okrugljik – Radigojna – Gornji Lazi. WWII On 3 August, the Ustaše arrested 85 (or 63) Serb railway workers in Srpske Moravice. These were transferred to Ogulin, then Koprivnica, then Gospić then Jadovno where they were killed. On the night of the 2nd, Dušan Rajnović of Tomići had been on duty together with Lazo Jakšić. After midnight, a man approached them and warned them that the Ustaše had arrived at the station and were arresting night shift workers. A freight train had arrived around 23:00 carrying 8 Ustaš ...
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Bunjevci (village)
Bunjevci is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The Lujzijana road passes through it. History In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), today with signature HR- Za NSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR- Za NSK R 4572. In 1864, a rinderpest outbreak in Bosanci and Kasuni caused the Lujzijana to be closed to horned traffic for 21 days in December. WWII On 3 August 1941, the Ustaše arrested 85 (or 63) Serb railway workers in Srpske Moravice. These were transferred to Ogulin, then Koprivnica, then Gospić then Jadovno where they were killed. On the night of the 2nd, Dušan Rajnović of Tomići had been on duty together with Lazo Jakšić. After midnight, a man approached them and warned them that the Usta ...
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Tomići
Tomići is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The Lujzijana road passes through it. History In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), today with signature HR- Za NSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR- Za NSK R 4572. In 1864, a rinderpest outbreak in Bosanci and Kasuni caused the Lujzijana to be closed to horned traffic for 21 days in December. World War II On 13 April 1941, Ante Pavelić arrived in Tomići on his way to Zagreb. It was Julian Palm Sunday that day, so most of the 83 residents of Tomići were dressed up and at home. Pavelić's Ustaše besieged the village and arrested about fifteen men who out of curiosity came out to observe the new army. The Ustaše then entered the house of Tone Mari ...
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Gospić
Gospić () is a town in Lika, Croatia. It is the seat of the Lika-Senj County. Geography Gospić is located in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika. It is the administrative center of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje). Municipality * Aleksinica, population 169 * Barlete, population 28 * Bilaj, population 162 * , population 25 * Brušane, population 134 * Budak, population 151 * Bužim, population 74 * Debelo Brdo I, population 61 * Debelo Brdo II, population 8 * Divoselo, population 4 * Donje Pazarište, population 125 * Drenovac Radučki, population 0 * Gospić, population 6,575 * Kalinovača, population 94 * Kaniža Gospićka, population 401 * Klanac, population 100 * Kruščica, population 0 * Kruškovac, population 20 * Kukljić, population 13 * Lički Čitluk, population 4 * Lički Novi, population 298 * Lički Osik, population 1,914 * Lički Ribnik, populatio ...
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Koprivnica
Koprivnica () is a city in Northern Croatia, located 70 kilometers northeast of Zagreb. It is the capital and the largest city of Koprivnica-Križevci County. In 2011, the city's administrative area of 90.94 km2 had a total population of 30,854, with 23,955 in the city proper. Population The list of settlements in the Koprivnica municipality is: * Bakovčica, population 321 * Draganovec, population 506 * Herešin, population 728 * Jagnjedovec, population 344 * Koprivnica, population 23,955 * Kunovec Breg, population 641 * Reka, Koprivnica, Reka, population 1,507 * Starigrad, Koprivnica-Križevci County, Starigrad, population 2,386 * Štaglinec, population 466 Geography Koprivnica (German language, German: ''Kopreinitz'', Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kapronca'') is situated at a strategic location – on the slopes of Bilogora and Kalnik (mountain), Kalnik to the south and river Drava to the north. Its position enabled it to develop numerous amenities for th ...
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Srpske Moravice
Moravice (formerly known as Komorske Moravice until 1919, thereafter as Srpske Moravice until 1991) ( sr-Cyrl, Моравице) is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is part of the Vrbovsko municipality. The population is 664 (as of the 2011 census). As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it is the seat of a encompassing Radigojna, Tomići, Bujevci, Vukelići, Nikšići, Dokmanovići, Jakšići, Dragovići, Topolovica, Međedi, Vučinići, Komlenići, Radoševići, Tići, Mlinari, Žakule, Carevići, Gornji Vukšići, Donji Vukšići, Matići, Donji Vučkovići, Gornji Vučkovići and Petrovići. History Moravice was first mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of Grič from tariffs in Moravice and elsewhere. The Serbs were settled in Moravice 1585 on the proposal general of Karlovac Josip Turn. The original name of the set ...
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2014 Dinaric Ice Storm
The 2014 Dinaric ice storm, better known as the 2014 Slovenia ice storm or 2014 Croatia ice storm, was a severe ice storm ( SPIA 5) that struck the Northwest Dinaric Alps between 31 January and 2 February 2014. The freezing rain led to glazing of a vast region with about of ice, locally above . It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for hundreds of thousands. Initially, Cyclone Ilija (2014) was believed to be the cause. But later investigation showed S and SW geostrophic wind dominated at the time. The population affected by electricity loss included about 250,000 people in Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ... and about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. Without electricity, water supply pumps s ...
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List Of Counties Of Croatia
The counties of Croatia () are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the Republic of Croatia. Since they were re-established in 1992, Croatia has been divided into 20 counties and the capital city of Zagreb, which has the authority and legal status of both a county and a city (separate from the surrounding Zagreb County). As of 2015, the counties are subdivided into 128 cities and 428 (mostly rural) municipalities. The divisions have changed over time since the medieval Croatian state. They reflected territorial losses and expansions; changes in the political status of Dalmatia, Dubrovnik and Istria; and political circumstances, including the personal union and subsequent development of relations between the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and the Kingdom of Hungary. Government County assembly () is a representative and deliberative body in each county. Assembly members are elected for a four-year term by popular vote ( proportional system with closed lists and d'H ...
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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 Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ...
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