Gvozd Explained
| Gvozd |
| Official Name: | Općina Gvozd
Municipality of Gvozd |
| Native Name: | [1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Croatia |
| Pushpin Label: | Vrginmost |
| Coordinates: | 45.3525°N 15.865°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Croatia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Continental Croatia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sisak-Moslavina |
| Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
| Leader Name: | Milan Vrga (SDSS) |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 212.4 |
| Elevation M: | 131 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 2047 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | (+385) 44 |
| Area Code: | (+385)044 |
Gvozd (Serbian: Гвозд)[3] is a municipality in central Croatia, Sisak-Moslavina County. Its seat is located in Vrginmost (Вргинмост), which was renamed to Gvozd from 1996–2012.[4] It is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[5]
Languages and names
Croatian is the official first language. Serbian language with its Cyrillic alphabet is the officially recognised second language. In Cyrillic, Vrginmost is known as Вргинмост and (between 1996 and 2012) Gvozd as Гвозд.
History
In 1097, the last native Croatian King Petar Snačić was killed here during the Battle of Gvozd Mountain, which led to the mountain being renamed Petrova Gora. It was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1536 and 1691 as part of Bosnia Eyalet.
The village of Vrginmost has existed since 1688, when it was part of the Military Region. According to the census of 1850, Gvozd had 30 houses and 341 inhabitants, and according to the census of 1921, 622 households. [6]
In the summer of 1941, the villages of then District of Vrginmost suffered heavy loss of civilian life with several hundred ethnic Serb men and boys perishing in the Glina massacre on 3 August 1941. Majority of the victims of the August massacre in Glina were from the villages of Blatuša, Podgorje, Crevarska Strana, Slavsko Polje, Brnjavac, Pješčanica, Gornja Čemernica, Donja Čemernica, Bukovica and Batinova Kosa.[7]
The Ostrožin Rulebook (Croatian: Ostrožinski pravilnik) was adopted on 14 December 1941 in the village of Ostrožin.[8] Predating the Foča Regulations by more than a month, the Ostrožin Rulebook was the first legal act which regulated the new national authority in the liberated territories during the National Liberation War of Yugoslavia.
In 1942, Andrija Artuković ordered the killing of the entire population of Vrginmost and its surrounding villages in 1942, according to the charges laid against him in his deportation hearings in the United States.[9]
The town was officially known as Gvozd between 1996[10] and 23 October 2012. In 2012, its original name of Vrginmost was restored amid political controversy.[11] [12] [13]
During the Croatian War of Independence, Vrginmost was a part of the unrecognized breakaway Republic of Serbian Krajina. It was retaken by the Croatian army during Operation Storm.
Demographics
Settlements
The municipality consists of 19 settlements:
- Blatuša, population 171
- Bović, population 91
- Brnjavac, population 93
- Crevarska Strana, population 161
- Čremušnica, population 103
- Dugo Selo Lasinjsko, population 46
- Golinja, population 38
- Gornja Čemernica, population 142
- Gornja Trstenica, population 88
- Kirin, population 52
- Kozarac, population 122
- Ostrožin, population 32
- Pješčanica, population 161
- Podgorje, population 150
- Slavsko Polje, population 338
- Stipan, population 50
- Šljivovac, population 32
- Trepča, population 5
- Vrginmost (Gvozd at the time of census), population 1,095
Population of Gvozd municipality by ethnicity[14]
| Year of census | total | | | | others |
|---|
| 2011 | 2,970 | 1,976 (66.53%) | 951 (32.02%) | - | 43 (1.45%) |
| 2001 | 3,779 | 2,193 (58.03%) | 1,500 (39.69%) | - | 86 (2.28%) |
| 1991 | 16,599 | 11,729 (70.66%) | 4,043 (24.36%) | 278 (1.68%) | 549 (3.31%) |
| 1981 | 18,841 | 13,450 (71.39%) | 4,130 (21.92%) | 871 (4.62%) | 390 (2.07%) |
| 1971 | 21,536 | 16,337 (75.86%) | 4,866 (22.60%) | 184 (0.85%) | 149 (0.69%) | |
NOTE: Historically, the municipality was known as Vrginmost until 1996, when both the municipality and the settlement were renamed to Gvozd. The old municipality of Vrginmost was divided into three new municipalities: Topusko, Lasinja and Gvozd.
Population of Vrginmost settlement by ethnicity[14]
| Year of census | total | | | | others |
|---|
| 2011 | 1,095 | 322 (29.41%) | 755 (68.95%) | - | 18 (1.64%) |
| 2001 | 1,303 | n/a | n/a | - | n/a |
| 1991 | 1,570 | 1,403 (89.36%) | 47 (2.99%) | 42 (2.68%) | 78 (4.97%) |
| 1981 | 1,403 | 1,185 (84.46%) | 44 (3.14%) | 125 (8.91%) | 49 (3.49%) |
| 1971 | 1,068 | 929 (86.99%) | 65 (6.09%) | 34 (3.18%) | 40 (3.74%) | |
NOTE: The settlement is historically known as Vrginmost. During the 1996-2012 period, the settlement was known as Gvozd
History
The municipality had big population changes in various censuses, possibly because of war and because of frequent border changes of municipalities in Croatia:
- In the 2001 census there were 3,779 people in the municipality, 58% of whom were ethnic Serbs and 40% Croats.[15] 3,575 declared their mother tongue as Croatian, 155 as Serbian, and 49 as other languages.[15]
Politics
Minority councils and representatives
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[16] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Gvozd.[17]
Sights and events
- Monument to the Uprising of the People of Kordun and Banija
- Monument to the Antifascist Uprising and Victims of Fascism - a bronze partisan sculpture by sculptor Zvonko Car erected in 1956. According to the witness' statements,[18] the monument was destroyed and its remains removed from the site in Vrginmost around 26 November 1995. Fragments of the monument's decorative mosaic featuring partisans had been recovered from garbage disposal site.
- Abez Forest - site of the historical meeting, held on 19 July 1941, at which the leadership of the Croatian branch of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia decided that the people of the Kordun and Banija region raise against the nazi-fascist occupation[19]
- Site of formation of the partisan 8th Kordun Division (Croatian: 8. Kordunaška udarna divizija NOVJ) on 22 November 1942 in Crevarska Strana[20] 8. кордунашка дивизија НОВЈ
- Đedova kosidba - cultural and historical, tourist manifestation held in Vrginmost, nurturing the folk customs and traditions of Kordun and traditional ways of life. The one-day event, which was first held in 2010, takes place between May and late June and brings together amateur groups nurturing traditional folk dancing and singing from different regions of Croatia and north-west of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[21] [22] [23]
Notable natives and residents
- Ognjeslav Utješinović Ostrožinski (1817–1890) - politician and writer[24]
- Gavrilo von Rodić (1812–1890) - general and high ranking state official in the Habsburg monarchy
- Stephan von Ljubičić (1855–1935) - general in the Austro-Hungarian army and decorated military commander
- Rade Bulat (1920–2013) - Yugoslav communist, antifascist, partisan general, electrical engineer and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
- Branko Mamula (1921-2021) - antifascist and partisan fighter, admiral of the JNA, Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1988
- Mile Mrkšić (1947–2015) - JNA colonel, convicted by the ICTY of failing to prevent war crimes against POWs during the 1991-1995 war in Croatia
- Pavle Jakšić (1913–2005) - physicist, antifascist, partisan general, Chief of Staff of the 4th Yugoslav Army and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
- Gojko Nikoliš (1911–1995) - medical doctor, historian, volunteer in International Brigades in Spanish Civil War, partisan general, the first Head of the Partisan Medical Corps, member of SANU and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. National deputy for the district of Vrginmost.
- Ankica Barbir-Mladinović (born 1949) - journalist, TV Zagreb/HTV news editor and the youngest editor of "Zagrebačka panorama"[25]
- - the first members of the Croatian/Yugoslav pop rock band were Vrginmost natives and residents: Branislav Bekić (vocals), Milan Bekić (bass guitar) and Nebojša Tepšić (drums). Rastislav Topoljski (keyboards), who joined the band later on, was another Vrginmost resident, while Jadranko Mileusnić (guitar) was a native of Vojnić.[26] [27] [28] [29]
- Aleksandar Raković (born 1968) - race walker and Olympian athlete[30]
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 36 . hr . PDF . 30 November 2016.
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- Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 36 . hr . PDF . 30 November 2016.
- Web site: Brisanje imena gradova: Gvozd ili Vrginmost. 15 August 2011. hr. slobodnaevropa.org.
- Web site: AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS . Lovrinčević . Željko . Davor . Mikulić . Budak . Jelena . Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6 . June 2004 . 25 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180818150557/https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak . 18 August 2018 .
- Web site: Povijest Općine . 2023-02-15 . Općina Gvozd, Sisačko-Moslavačka županjija . hr.
- Web site: Kotar Vrginmost u NO borbi 1941-1945. / District of Vrginmost during National Liberation War 1941-1945 . znaci.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512012538/http://znaci.net/00001/142.pdf . 12 May 2013 . 55-60, 1980 . 1980.
- Web site: Branko Žutić, “Razvitak narodne vlasti u kotaru Vrginmost 1941-1943”, Historijski zbornik, pg 81, Naklada Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1955. . 2018-07-21 . 2018-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180223051734/http://www.historiografija.hr/hz/1955/HZ_8_4_ZUTIC.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Artukovic, Extradited as Nazi War Criminal, Dies. TED. ROHRLICH. 19 January 1988. LA Times.
- http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2271698/Croatian-mayor-sees-U-S.html "Croatian mayor sees U.S. holiday first-hand Visitor from war-torn nation enjoys feast and festivities"
- News: Promijenili ime Gvozda u - Vrginmost. Nova TV (Croatia). hr. 20 April 2013.
- Web site: Pokrajine. Novossti.com. 29 October 2012. 30 January 2016.
- Web site: Gvozd će se opet zvati Vrginmost. Dnevnik.hr. 13 June 2012. 30 January 2016.
- Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.
- Web site: SAS Output. Dzs.hr. 30 January 2016.
- Web site: Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije . 13 March 2023 . . 10 June 2023.
- Web site: Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. III. SISAČKO-MOSLAVAČKA ŽUPANIJA . 2023 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske . 18 . hr . PDF . 11 June 2023 . 11 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230611193828/https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z3_SISACKO_MOSLAVACKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Reljef s partizanima spašen iz smeća. 31 October 2014. sr. portalnovosti.com. 1 September 2018.
- http://znaci.net/00001/142.pdf Dušan Baić "Kotar Vrginmost u NO borbi 1941-1945."/"District of Vrginmost during National Liberation War 1941-1945", pages 44-45, 1980
- Web site: 75 godina Osme kordunaške/ "75 years of the 8th Kordun (partisan) Division" . 27 September 2017. hr. portalnovosti.com. 17 March 2018.
- Web site: Đedova kosidba 2014. 16 August 2014. hr. Online Televizija Glina. 1 September 2018.
- Web site: Đedova kosidba 2017. 16 July 2017. hr. Radio Banovina. 1 September 2018.
- Web site: Održana deveta Đedova kosidba u Vrginmostu 2018. 1 July 2018. sr. Banija Online. 1 September 2018.
- Book: Milorad Živančević . Živan Milisavac . 1971 . Jugoslovenski književni leksikon . Yugoslav Literary Lexicon . . . 554 .
- Web site: Barbir-Mladinović, Ankica. hr. hrt.hr. 14 February 2018.
- Web site: ITD band - "Sonja". https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/HSw4hePvYwU . 2021-12-19 . live. 2006. hr. ITD Band. 11 March 2018.
- Web site: ITD band - "Skidam te pogledom". https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/1ZAQr6CnafQ . 2021-12-19 . live. 2006. hr. ITD Band. 31 March 2018.
- Web site: ITD band - "Lagano umirem". 2006. hr. ITD Band,tvtrogir.hr. 31 March 2018.
- Web site: ITD band - "Gradske cure". https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/q0wcWAknl3c . 2021-12-19 . live. 2006. hr. ITD Band. 31 March 2018.
- Web site: Interview with Ljubomir Raković, Vrginmost. 2015. hr. 21 July 2018.
