Gornja Rijeka is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci County ( hr, Koprivničko-križevačka županija ; hu, Kapronca-Kőrös megye) is a county in Northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci; Koprivn ...

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

. According to the 2011 census, there are 1,779 inhabitants in the area, with

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 ...

forming an absolute majority.

History

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Gornja Rijeka was part of the

Bjelovar-Križevci County The Bjelovar-Križevci County ( hr, Bjelovarsko-križevačka županija; hu, Belovár-Kőrös vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands ...

of the

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 ...

. During World War II, when the village was part of the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...

, it was the site of the

Gornja Rijeka concentration camp During World War II in Yugoslavia, when the village of Gornja Rijeka, Croatia was part of the Independent State of Croatia, it was the site of a concentration camp. A number of women, some of them with children, were interned there between Novembe ...

where several hundred children were interned by the

Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian Fascism, fascist and ultranationalism, ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaš ...

in 1941 and 1942.

Demographics

According to

2011 Croatian census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, 1,779 people live in 14 census-registered settlements: * Barlabaševec – 19 * Deklešanec – 136 * Donja Rijeka – 218 *

Dropkovec Dropkovec is a village in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = ...

– 172 * Fajerovec– 76 * Fodrovec Riječki – 61 * Gornja Rijeka – 340 * Kolarec– 148 *Kostanjevec Riječki – 267 * Lukačevec – 23 * Nemčevec – 18 * Pofuki – 185 * Štrigovec – 37 * Vukšinec Riječki – 79

Notable people

Sidonija Rubido Countess Sidonija Rubido Erdődy (1819–1884) was Croatia's first opera primadonna and an important member of the Illyrian movement. Life Sidonija Rubido Erdődy was born on 2 February 1819 in a small castle on Razvor estate, near a place call ...

(1819–1884), opera singer. She helped establish the first elementary school in Gornja Rijeka.

References

External links

Gornja Rijeka official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gornja Rijeka (Municipality) Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Koprivnica-Križevci County