Petrovići or Petrovići Moravički is a village in
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 ...
, under the
Vrbovsko
Vrbovsko ( sr-Cyrl, Врбовско) is a town in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County; on its 280 square kilometers area, Vrbovsko features 60 settlements and a t ...
township, 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 ...
.
History
Petrovići was hit by the
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 ...
.
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
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 R ...
. Administered and taxed by
Komorske 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 Pr ...
.
Further reading
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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
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 Pr ...
. These were transferred to Ogulin, then
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 populati ...
, then
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 n ...
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, awaited by a group of Ustaše from Moravice with lists of those who would be arrested. The two hid atop the tin-covered locomotive of series 32. Cvitešić arrived with an armed Ustaša, approached by Ivan Brajdić who asked, "Where are the locomotive watchers?" Brajdić answered he didn't know. Lazo, afraid, surrendered himself, and they bound him immediately. Nikola and Jovo Kovačević, Simo Vučković-Mljekarov of Petrovići, Nikola Nikšić Nestorov of
Bunjevci
Bunjevci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Bunjevci, Буњевци, ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevac, Буњевац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevka, Буњевка) are a South Slavs, South Slavic sub-ethnic ...
and several others were already tied up in front of the office of ''nadzornik'' Polić. After that, Dušan Rajnović fled home and at dawn left for
Radigojna. Dušan Hajdin was another surviving witness, who saw the Ustaše arrive and when the arrests began he notified the station manager Šarčević and the Italian rail command, but neither undertook anything, just watching it happen.
References
Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Serb communities in Croatia
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