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Cetingrad

Coordinates:45°09′36″N15°44′20″E/ 45.160°N 15.739°E/45.160; 15.739
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Cetingrad
Municipality
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Cetingrad is located in Croatia
Cetingrad
Cetingrad
Coordinates:45°09′36″N15°44′20″E/ 45.160°N 15.739°E/45.160; 15.739
CountryCroatia
CountyKarlovac County
Government
•MayorMarina Kalić
Area
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• Municipality136.8 km2(52.8 sq mi)
• Urban
4.3 km2(1.7 sq mi)
Population
(2021)[2]
• Municipality1,491
• Density11/km2(28/sq mi)
•Urban
293
• Urban density68/km2(180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1(Central European Time)
Websitecetingrad.hr

Cetingradis a municipality inKarlovac County,Croatianear Croatia's border withBosnia.The population of the village itself is 319, while the total municipality population is 2,027 (2011).[3]The municipality is part ofKordun.Cetingrad is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as theFirst Category Area of Special State Concernby theGovernment of Croatia.[4]

Administrative division

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Cetingrad is today a municipality and part ofKarlovac Countyin Croatia.

According to Roman Catholic organization, the parish of Cetingrad is a part of Slunj deanery, together with Slunj, Blagaj, Cvitović, Lađevac, Rakovica, Drežnik, Vaganac, Zavalje, Korenica and Plitvice.[5]

History

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Cetingrad was built in the vicinity of the ruins of themediaevalfortress ofCetin.The Middle Ages was the golden era of Cetin. Near the fortress there wasFranciscanmonasteryand several churches. At that time Cetin was the property ofFrankopanfamily and it played important role inHistory of Croatia.

Cetingrad Charterfrom 1527

After defeat inBattle of Mohácsin 1526, the Croatian nobility gathered at Cetin to conduct the1527 election in Cetin,where they electedHabsburgFerdinand I, Archduke of Austriaas theking of Croatia.[6]Thechartersigned by Croatian nobles and representatives of Ferdinand of Habsburg is among most important documents of Croatian statehood and is preserved inAustrian State ArchivesinVienna.

In next centuries Cetin was part ofMilitary Frontier,the borderland betweenHabsburg monarchyandOttoman Empire.During this period Ottoman army took control over it several times. The fortress was several times damaged and repaired. In 1790 Austrian troops under the command of general Walischfinally returned back Cetin Castleto the Habsburg monarchy.[7]

In 1809 Ottoman forces once again occupied Cetin but in 1810 they withdrew under the threats ofMarshal Marmont,governor-general ofIllyrian provinces.When the Ottoman threat was gone the fortress was abandoned and used asquarry.Administrative control was transferred to village of Cetingrad which developed north to the Cetin.

In the 19th and 20th century the area was rarely populated and without any real opportunity for economic development. DuringWorld War IIarea once again experienced great suffering and destruction and after the warsocialist Yugoslavianeglected this area.[citation needed]Due to poverty population was forced to migrate, first overseas and later to European countries.

During theYugoslav Wars,Cetingrad and the surrounding area was militarily conquered. It was part of theRepublic of Serb Krajinauntil 1995. Most of Cetingrad's population spent four years in exile. Serb rebels burnt and then destroyed the biggest Roman Catholic church in Slunj deanery (church ofAssumption of Mary,crkva Marijina Uznesenja, built in 1891). The church was later rebuilt.[5][6]

In May 1995, Cetingrad was the site of a helicopter crash, caused by a missile fired by Serbs, in which the foreign minister ofBosnia and HerzegovinaIrfan Ljubijankićand six others were killed. In August 1995 during theOperation StormCroatian army took Cetingrad. After 1995, Cetingrad was successfully rebuilt and large number of people returned to their homes.

Image of Cetingrad municipality within Karlovac County

Demographics

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According to the 2011 census, Municipality of Cetingrad has the following ethnic breakdown:[8]

Ethnic group Number Percentage
Croats 1,510 74.5%
Bosniaks 314 15.5%
Serbs 101 5.0%

Villages in municipality

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Cetin Castlewith the village of Cetingrad in the background

Culture

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Cetingrad is home to a monument to Croatian soldiers from theCroatian War of Independence.[9]The village celebrates August 7 as its municipal day to commemorate its liberation from the rebelRepublic of Serb Krajinaon that day in 1995.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia.WikidataQ119585703.
  2. ^"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements"(xlsx).Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.2022.
  3. ^"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Cetingrad".Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.December 2012.
  4. ^Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004)."AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS".Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived fromthe originalon 2018-08-18.Retrieved25 August2018.
  5. ^ab"Slunjski dekanat - župe".gospicko-senjska-biskupija.hr(in Croatian). Archived fromthe originalon 13 September 2017.Retrieved17 September2017.
  6. ^abNadilo 2002,p. 695.
  7. ^Nadilo 2002,p. 694.
  8. ^"Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Karlovac".Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.December 2012.
  9. ^"Cetingrad ljepši nego prije Domovinskog rata".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-21.Retrieved2008-11-27.
  10. ^Cetingrad

Sources

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  • Radoslav Lopašić: Oko Kupe i Korane, Matica Hrvatska, 1895, Zagreb
  • Milan Kruhek: Cetin, grad izbornog sabora Kraljevine Hrvatske 1527, Karlovačka Županija, 1997, Karlovac
  • Iz memoara maršala Marmonta: ilirske uspomene 1806–1811, Čakavski Sabor, 1977, Split
  • Nadilo, Branko (2002)."Pregled utvrda južnog Korduna i ruševine Cetingrada"(PDF).Građevinar(in Croatian).54(11): 691–695.Retrieved17 September2017.
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