Brinje

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Brinje
Brinje municipality within Lika-Senj County
Brinje municipality within Lika-Senj County
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Brinje is located in Croatia
Brinje
Brinje
Location of Brinje in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°01′48″N 15°07′51″E / 45.03°N 15.1308°E / 45.03; 15.1308
County Lika-Senj
Government
 • MayorZlatko Fumić (HDZ)
Area
[1]
 • Total
48.8 km2 (18.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total
2,471
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Postal code[3]
53260 Brinje

Brinje is a settlement and a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia. It is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Senj and 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Gospić.

Geography

The town is formed around a castle called Sokolac, which contains one of the most well preserved Gothic chapels in Croatia, St. Marys, which dates back to the 14th century. The Sokolac Castle in the town is named after the Croatian word for falcon (sokol), which appears on the town's coat of arms.

Climate

Since records began in 1997, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), on 3 August 2017.[4] The coldest temperature was −27.5 °C (−17.5 °F), on 13 January 2003.[5]

History

Sokolac Castle

Brinje's history dates back to medieval times, while the town was held by the noble Frankopan and Gorjanski families. Brinje was important medieval fortified city held by Frenkopan family.

In the 16th century, Brinje became a part of the Austrian Military Frontier Known commanders of Brinje in that period include:[6]: 470 

  1. Juraj Gusić (1542)
  2. Franjo Mudrovčić (1550)
  3. Gašpar Starešinić (1602–1620)
  4. Tomica Holjevac (1644–1653), burgrave
  5. Andrija Semenić (1689)
  6. Gabro Aichelburg (1702)
  7. Franjo Aichelburg (1717–1723)
  8. Ivan Mihael Floriančić (1732)

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Brinje was part of the Lika-Krbava County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

It is some 60 km north of Gospić, on once important road, the "Josephina", passing from the hinterland through the Kapela pass towards the coast in Senj. The new highway that is built brought much needed prosperity to Brinje.

Population

In 2021, the municipality had 2,563 residents in the following 12 settlements:[7]

Brinje: Population trends 1857–2021
v
population
15382
15440
15239
16319
17747
18253
17113
16102
13117
11961
9726
8519
6564
6035
4108
3256
2563
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

By ethnicity, 93% were Croats, 6% Serbs (census 2011).[8]

Culture

View of Brinje

The municipality is one of several in the Lika region where Čakavian dialect is spoken.[9]

Sports

The local chapter of the HPS is HPD "Škamnica", which had 24 members in 1936 under the Josip Frölich presidency.[10] Membership was the same in 1937.[11]: 239  Membership fell to 21 in 1938,[12]: 240  remaining the same in 1939.[13]: 254 

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.[14] 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 Brinje but the elections were not held due to the absence of candidatures.[15]

Notable natives and residents

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population estimate by sex, by towns/municipalities, 31 December". PC-Axis Databases. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ^ List of Croatian settlements and delivery post offices. Wikidata Q125763583.
  4. ^ DHMZ (2022-07-19). "Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
  5. ^ DHMZ (2022-01-21). "Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
  6. ^ Lopašić, Radoslav (1889). "Zapoviednici vojske u obrani Krajine hrvatske proti turskoj sili pod kraljevi iz kuće Habsburžke do god. 1750.". Spomenici Hrvatske krajine. Monumenta spectantia Monumenta spectantia Historiam Slavorum Meridionalium (in Croatian). Vol. XV, III. Zagreb. pp. 464–473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  8. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Lika-Senj". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  9. ^ Grahovac-Pražić & Vrcić-Mataija 2010, p. 82.
  10. ^ Plaček, Josip (1936) . ""Škamnica" — Brinje" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 32, no. 7–8. pp. 231, 234. ISSN 0354-0650.
  11. ^ Plaček, Josip (1937) . "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 33, no. 7–8. pp. 221–252. ISSN 0354-0650.
  12. ^ Plaček, Josip (1938) . "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 34, no. 7–8. pp. 222–254. ISSN 0354-0650.
  13. ^ Plaček, Josip (1939) . "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 35, no. 7–8. pp. 238–264. ISSN 0354-0650.
  14. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. IX. LIČKO-SENJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

Bibliography

  • Grahovac-Pražić, Vesna; Vrcić-Mataija, Sanja (2010). "Ojkonimi gospićkog područja" (PDF). Folia Onomastica Croatica (in Croatian) (19): 81–96. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  • Fras, Franz Julius (1835). "Bründler-Kompagnie" [Brinje Company]. Vollständige Topographie der Karlstädter-Militärgrenze mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Beschreibung der Schlösser, Ruinen, Inscriptionen und andern dergleichen Ueberbleibseln von Antiquitäten: nach Anschauung und aus den zuverlässigsten Quellen dargestellt für reisende, und zur Förderung der Vaterlandsliebe (in German). Zagreb: Franz Suppan. pp. 285–289.
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