Ribnik is a village and a municipality in

Karlovac County Karlovac County () is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side st ...

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History

Ribnik was mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of Grič from tariffs in Ribnik and elsewhere. During the fortification of

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...

in 1588, Ribnik was part of its supply chain, being counted together with Dubovac, Novigrad and

Bosiljevo Bosiljevo is a village and municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the Gorski Kotar region, 25 km south-west from Karlovac, on the highways A1 and A6 leading to Zagreb, Rijeka and Split. Settlements The total popula ...

Ozalj Ozalj is a town in central Croatia, located north of Karlovac and southwest of Jastrebarsko, on the Kupa River. It is close to Žumberak/Gorjanci, Žumberak in the north and the border with Slovenia in the northwest, with Metlika being the close ...

owed the same as all of these four. Each owed 6 carts of timber, and although there were complaints about the conduct of the soldiers stationed in Karlovac, the order was complied with.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, there were a total of 475 inhabitants in the municipality, 98.74% of whom are

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, in the following settlements: * Donja Stranica, population 2 * Drenovica Lipnička, population 7 *

Gorica Lipnička Gorica (small hill) is Slavic toponym that may refer to: Settlements In Albania: * Korçë, Горица in Macedonian In Bosnia and Herzegovina: * Gorica, Čapljina * Gorica, Grude * Gorica, Konjic * Gorica, Prozor * Gorica (Sarajevo), a nei ...

, population 13 * Gornja Stranica, population 1 * Gornji Goli Vrh Lipnički, population 2 * Griče, population 63 * Jarnevići, population 33 * Jasenovica, population 25 * Lipnik, population 65 * Martinski Vrh, population 21 * Novaki Lipnički, population 16 *

Obrh Obrh may refer to: * Obrh (creek) Obrh Creek () is a losing stream that originates and terminates in the Lož Karst Field in the Municipality of Loška Dolina. It is a watercourse in the Ljubljanica watershed. It is created by the confluence of ...

, population 7 *

Ravnica Ravnica may refer to: * ''Ravnica'' (Magic: The Gathering), a block of the trading card game ''Magic: The Gathering'' * Ravnica, Prozor, a village in central Bosnia and Herzegovina * Ravnica, Radovljica, a settlement in the Upper Carniola regio ...

, population 15 * Ribnik, population 113 * Skradsko Selo, population 25 * Sopčić Vrh, population 18 * Veselići, population 49

Governance

Judiciary

was once the seat of the kotar court for an 1870 population of 53,148. In 1875, the kotar court of Karlovac was responsible for the općine: Karlovac city,

Banija Banovina or Banija is a geographical region in central Croatia, between the Sava, Una, Kupa and Glina rivers. The main towns in the region include Petrinja, Glina, Kostajnica, and Dvor. There is no clear geographical border of the region tow ...

, Rečica, Draganić,

, Novigrad, Ribnik,

and Severin.

References

Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Karlovac County {{Karlovac-geo-stub