Plemenitaš

Plemenitaš, sometimes called Plemenitaši, is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is the seat of a parish encompassing Blaževci, Štefanci, Zapeć and Zaumol.

History

On 28 June 1774, lord Mihal Mikulić of Severin on behalf of count Krsto II Oršić drew up in Severin a list of duties of freedmen and serfs in Razdrto, Štefanci, Blaževci, Zapeć, Plemenitaš and Košac. It was signed by judge Mihalj Medved and Mate Marković of Plemenitaš. The villagers of Plemenitaš were serfs. The original survives in the HDA in Zagreb, survives in the HDA, and was published by .

The parish of Plemenitaš was founded in 1805, before which it was under Lukovdol, although its parish registers were in Stari Trg ob Kolpi until the construction of the present church in Plemenitaš in 1790. The church itself, ''Sv. Antuna opata'', dedicated to saint Anthony the Great, was according to the canonical visitation of 1753 founded 60 years earlier, so in the 1690s.

On the day of the 1867 Croatian parliamentary election in Lukovdol općina, 8 December, SP partisan Marko Domitrović of Zdihovo arrived claiming to have been sent by Ban Levin Rauch and Grand Župan Mirko Bogović. First, before the elections, he went around urging voters to vote for the government's candidate, issuing threats to state workers that they would lose their jobs if they did not vote for the NUS. Then, once the elections had begun, he blocked the entrance to the poll in the parish priest's house with the justification that elections were to be held in the open, despite the locally snowy conditions. The president of the deputation, Radoslav Lopašić, together with secretary Kovačić, pointed out to Domitrović that he did not himself have the right to vote in Lukovdol as a non-resident, at which Domitrović angrily retorted that "in three days" he would "take him away to Zagreb in chains". Lopašić asked him to show a legal document granting him such rights, and when he failed to produce one, he pointed out to Domitrović that as a judge he could have him arrested, but did not because it was a Sunday and the bell rang for mass. Many listened to Domitrović anyway and some left for Plemenitaš, where J. Medved was ultimately chosen. The next day, judge Lopašić escorted Domitrović on his way to Zagreb, but only after getting Domitrović to sign an admission that he had been sent by Rauch and Bogović.

The holiday of the patron saint in January was widely celebrated in the region, so that people came to the church from Radenci, Sodevci and Stari Trg. Before the Breakup of Yugoslavia, the custom of ''dražba'' before the church was practiced on both sides of the river.

In July 1936, Ivan Goran Kovačić and other HSS members and sympathisers founded ' chapters in Severin and Lukovdol. On 16 August, they held a meeting in Plemenitaš.

In 1937, the Volunteer Fire Department () of Blaževci-Plemenitaš was founded, today under the ''VZ grada Vrbovsko''. Its current commander is Robert Matjašec.

The telephone lines were installed in 1981/1982 from Dol in Slovenia, so Blaževci ended up with a Ljubljana number along with Blaževci and Zapeć, contrasting with the rest of Vrbovsko municipality. Before the installation of telephone lines, one had to place a call at the telephone in the post office of Stari Trg.

The Lukovdol-Plemenitaš road was asphalted in 1981.

The Blaževci-Plemenitaš road was asphalted in 1986.

For over a month beginning in mid-September 2011, Blaževci and several other remaining analog islands lost their television signal, though only from the Croatian side (Slovene channels were still available).

On 30 August 2012, a leak in Vrbovsko forced a water shutoff that affected Plemenitaš, among others.

Plemenitaš was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm.

Košac

On 28 June 1774, lord Mihal Mikulić of Severin on behalf of count Krsto II Oršić drew up in Severin a list of duties of freedmen and serfs in Razdrto, Štefanci, Blaževci, Zapeć, Plemenitaš and Košac. It was signed by Ivan Mihelić of Košac. The original survives in the HDA in Zagreb, and was published by . The villagers of Razdrto, Štefanci and Košac were freedmen, although they lacked written confirmation.

The 2014 Dinaric ice storm permanently blocked the old two-track dirt bridle path from Lesci to Košac.

Demographics

In 1870, Plemenitaš's ''porezna općina'' included Zaumol and Košac. Plemenitaš itself had 27 houses and 191 people. Košac had 4 houses and 21 people.

In 1890, Plemenitaš itself had 41 houses and 252 people. Košac had 5 houses and 22 people. The villagers of Plemenitaš and Košac were under Plemenitaš parish. They attended the school in and were taxed by Plemenitaš but were administered by Severin. The tax district of Plemenitaš also administered Zaumol. Plemenitaš also had a post office.

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Religion

Ecclesiastically, the Lukovdol parish is under the Delnice diaconate, in turn under the Rijeka Archdiocese.

In the 1930s, the parish numbered barely 1000 souls.

Parish priests:
* Luka Lučić (- 2005)
* ''sede vacante'' (2005 -), administered by parish priest of Lukovdol, Branjo Dragojević

Politics

As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it is the seat of a encompassing Blaževci, Zapeć, Zaumol, Štefanci and Radočaj.

Presidents of local committee:
* Zdravko Osojnički (2008 - 2009, 2013 - 2017)
* Ivan Severinski (2009 - 2013), Independent
* Nikola Osojnički (2017 -)
* Krunoslav Pavlinac (2021 -), HDZ

Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Plemenitaš and Ravni.

The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, sometimes goes through Plemenitaš, such as in the first leg for 2024.

Infrastructure

The water storage unit in Zaumol is also responsible for Plemenitaš, Zapeć, Blaževci and Štefanci.

Plemenitaš has an ''Udaljeni pretplatnički multipleksor'' (UPM).

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{{Vrbovsko municipality

Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County