Hreljin is a village in western
Croatia
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, just southeast of
Bakar and northeast of
Kraljevica
Kraljevica (known as ''Porto Re'' in Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of western Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near ...
, above Bay of Bakar ().
Hreljin administratively belongs to the city of Bakar, situated in
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (, ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northe ...
- Primorsko-goranska županija.
The village includes the hamlets of Solnice (center of village), Pod Solnice, Biljin, Raskrizje, Stara cesta, Copovsko, Knezovo, Tursko, Vidasko, Sobolsko, Zastene, Gaj, Maj, Lonja, Glavicina, Dorisko, Placa, Kalac, Dragisino, Hrustica, Popelisce, Princica, Kalvarija, Cerkul, Fister, Melnice and Plase.
History
Legend claims that a Greek named Herkul founded the village.
In 1228 Hreljin signed the Vinodol act making
Hreljin Castle one of nine Vinodol castles.
Hreljin was mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of
Grič from tariffs in Hreljin and elsewhere.
In 1607 and 1608,
Nikola VI Zrinski complained to the
Slavonian Sabor about certain violent acts committed by the soldiers of
Senj
Senj is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains.
The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress () which was completed in 1558. For a time this was the seat of the Uskoks, who were ...
in the
Bay of Bakar, where they plundered and wrecked two ships loaded with oil and grain.
On 25 March 2022 at 16:53 the ''ŽVOC Rijeka'' received a call about a
wildfire
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in the area. burned by the time it was put out at 22:16 by ''JVP Rijeka'', ''DVD Hreljin'', ''DVD Zlobin'', ''DVD Škrljevo'' and ''DVD Bakar''.
Demographics
In 1895, the ''obćina'' of Hreljin (court at Hreljin), with an area of , belonged to the ''kotar'' of
Sušak (
Bakar court and
electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
) in the ''županija'' of
Modruš-Rieka (
Ogulin
Ogulin () is a town in central Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 7,389 (2021) (it was 8,216 in 2011), and a total municipal population of 12,251 (2021). Ogulin is known for its historic stone castle, known as Kula, and the nearby ...
court and financial board). There were 815 houses, with a population of 3587. Its 9 villages were divided for taxation purposes into 3 ''porezne obćine'', under the Bakar office.
Gallery
Hreljin 110208 3.jpg, From above
Hreljin 110208 2.jpg, ''Sv. Jurja'' church
File:Hreljin.jpg, Hreljin from above
File: Kalvarija Hreljin.jpg, Kalvarija Hreljin
See also
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Desinec
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Hrvace
References
Further reading
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Dialectology
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History
* Online publication 2016-01-09.
Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
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