Kriva Reka, Brus Explained

Official Name:Kriva Reka (Brus)
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Serbia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Rasina District
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Brus
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2002
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:43.3667°N 72°W

Kriva Reka (Serbian: Крива Река) is a village in the municipality of Brus, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 519 people.[1]

The village contains a built in 1618. In 1942, during the German occupation of Serbia, the German occupiers, in a punitive expedition, imprisoned a hundreds of local men, women and children in the church, after which they blew it up with the people still inside. Since 1979 it is under the protection of the Republic of Serbia, as a cultural monument of great importance.

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43.3667°N 72°W

Notes and References

  1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003.