Glina, Croatia
Encyclopedia
Glina is a small town in central Croatia
, located southwest of Petrinja
and Sisak
in the Sisak-Moslavina county
. It lies on the eponymous river of Glina
.
, the Croatian sabor met in Glina. It was also a post of Ban Jelačić
when he became the commander the Military Frontier during the Turkish threat.
During the mid 18th century, Count Ivan Drašković
created freemasons' lodges in several Croatian cities, including Glina, where officers and other members shared ideas of the Jacobins
from the French Revolution
, until Emperor
Francis II
banned them in 1798.
During World War II
Glina was part of the Nazi puppet state of Croatia. On 3 August 1941, the ustaše
killed over 260 Serbs
, and most of them were killed in the Serbian Orthodox Church in Glina. (See Glina massacre
.)
During the Croatian War of Independence
, from 1991–95, Glina was a town in the unrecognised Republika Srpska Krajina. Thousands of Croats fled the region and many were killed. On August 6, 1995 Glina became a fully functioning part of Croatia itself after Operation Storm
.
In some censa, people listed themselves as Yugoslavs
(not Serbs or Croats).
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, located southwest of Petrinja
Petrinja
Petrinja is a city in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. The city belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County .- History :The name of Petrinja has its roots in Latin petrus, meaning "stone"...
and Sisak
Sisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
in the Sisak-Moslavina county
Sisak-Moslavina County
Sisak-Moslavina County is a Croatian county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava. According to 2001 census it is inhabited by 185 thousand people....
. It lies on the eponymous river of Glina
Glina (river)
Glina is a river in central Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, a right tributary of Kupa. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Glina rises in the mountainous forested areas of Kordun, northeast of Slunj, near the village of Glinsko Vrelo . It flows north before turning east near the...
.
History
Glina was first mentioned as a city in June 1284. Later in September of 1737, during the threat of the TurksOttoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, the Croatian sabor met in Glina. It was also a post of Ban Jelačić
Josip Jelacic
Count Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...
when he became the commander the Military Frontier during the Turkish threat.
During the mid 18th century, Count Ivan Drašković
Ivan Draškovic
Ivan II Drašković was a Croatian ban and member of the Drašković noble family.He is known as having defended Turopolje from the Turks in 1570. He became ban in 1595. He settled in Gomirje. Drašković was also wary of the Protestant Reformation....
created freemasons' lodges in several Croatian cities, including Glina, where officers and other members shared ideas of the Jacobins
Jacobin (politics)
A Jacobin , in the context of the French Revolution, was a member of the Jacobin Club, a revolutionary far-left political movement. The Jacobin Club was the most famous political club of the French Revolution. So called from the Dominican convent where they originally met, in the Rue St. Jacques ,...
from the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, until Emperor
Emperor
An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...
Francis II
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz...
banned them in 1798.
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Glina was part of the Nazi puppet state of Croatia. On 3 August 1941, the ustaše
Ustaše
The Ustaša - Croatian Revolutionary Movement was a Croatian fascist anti-Yugoslav separatist movement. The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Nazism, and Croatian nationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span to the River Drina and to the border...
killed over 260 Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
, and most of them were killed in the Serbian Orthodox Church in Glina. (See Glina massacre
Glina massacre
The Glina massacre was the August 1941 killing of hundreds of Serbs by members of the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement in the town of Glina in Croatia. It was one of the largest single acts of mass murder to occur in Yugoslavia during the Second World War....
.)
During the Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...
, from 1991–95, Glina was a town in the unrecognised Republika Srpska Krajina. Thousands of Croats fled the region and many were killed. On August 6, 1995 Glina became a fully functioning part of Croatia itself after Operation Storm
Operation Storm
Operation Storm is the code name given to a large-scale military operation carried out by Croatian Armed Forces, in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to gain back control of parts of Croatia which had been claimed by separatist ethnic Serbs, since early...
.
Demographics
| Population by ethnicity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of census | total | Croats Croats Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have... | Serbs Serbs The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in... |
| 1961 | 27,474 | 9,152 (33.31%) | 18,388 (66.93%) |
| 1971 | 28,336 | 10,785 (38.06%) | 16,936 (59.77%) |
| 1981 | 25,079 | 8,961 (35.73%) | 14,223 (56.71%) |
| 1991 | 23,040 | 8,041 (34,90%) | 13,975 (60.65%) |
| 2001 | 9,868 | 6,712 (68%) | 2,829 (29%) |
In some censa, people listed themselves as Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
(not Serbs or Croats).
Settlements
The settlements part of the administrative area of Glina, total population 9,341 (census 2011), include:- BalinacBalinacBalinac is a village in the municipality of Knjaževac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 38 people.-References:...
, population 68 - Baturi, population 0
- Bijele VodeBijele VodeBijele Vode is a village in Croatia....
, population 63 - Bišćanovo, population 0
- BojnaBojnáBojná is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. The village has a population of about 2,000 people. The main landmark is Catholic Church of All Saints built in 1787...
, population 28 - Borovita, population 18
- Brestik, population 75
- Brezovo PoljeBrezovo PoljeBrezovo Polje is a town in north-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina and is located within the Brčko District. Brezovo Polje is located 14 km east of the city of Brčko. It is situated by the River Sava which has provided the town with fishing and recreation. The population of Brezovo Polje was...
, population 25 - Brnjeuška, population 13
- Brubno, population 4
- Buzeta, population 67
- Dabrina, population 87
- Desni Degoj, population 89
- Dolnjaki, population 102
- Donja Bučica, population 60
- Donja Trstenica, population 0
- Donje Jame, population 26
- Donje Selište, population 108
- Donje TaborišteDonje TaborišteDonje Taborište is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D1 highway....
, population 53 - Donji Klasnić, population 88
- Donji Selkovac, population 1
- Donji ViduševacDonji ViduševacDonji Viduševac is a village in Croatia....
, population 185 - DragotinaDragotina, CroatiaDragotina is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D6 highway....
, population 148 - Drenovac Banski, population 71
- Dvorišće, population 98
- Glina, population 4,667
- Gornja BučicaGornja BučicaGornja Bučica is a village in Croatia....
, population 138 - Gornje Jame, population 0
- Gornje Selište, population 55
- Gornje Taborište, population 60
- Gornji Klasnić, population 46
- Gornji Selkovac, population 0
- Gornji ViduševacGornji ViduševacGornji Viduševac is a village in Croatia. It is part of Glina. It is connected by the D31 highway....
, population 474 - Gračanica Šišinečka, population 26
- HađerHađerHađer is a village in Croatia....
, population 50 - Hajtić, population 32
- Ilovačak, population 97
- JoševicaJoševicaJoševica is a village located just south of Glina in Banovina, central Croatia.During the Croatian War of Independence, the village was ravaged in the December 1991 Joševica massacre....
, population 22 - KihalacKihalacKihalac is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D37 highway....
, population 50 - Kozaperovica, population 47
- Maja, population 163
- Majske PoljaneMajske PoljaneMajske Poljane is a village in Croatia. It is part of Glina. The village's geographic coordinates are 45° 21' 0 North and 16° 8' 60 East, the altitude is 162 meters above sea level, and, as of 2001, the population was 124 people...
, population 205 - Majski Trtnik, population 36
- Mala SolinaMala SolinaMala Solina is a village in Croatia....
, population 15 - Mali GradacMali GradacMali Gradac is a village in Croatia....
, population 149 - Mali Obljaj, population 34
- MarinbrodMarinbrodMarinbrod is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D37 highway....
, population 93 - Martinovići, population 74
- Momčilovića Kosa, population 32
- Novo Selo Glinsko, population 119
- PrekopaPrekopa, Sisak-Moslavina CountyPrekopa is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D37 highway....
, population 145 - Prijeka, population 56
- Ravno Rašće, population 133
- Roviška, population 43
- SkelaSkelaSkela is a village situated in Obrenovac municipality in Serbia....
, population 41 - Slatina PokupskaSlatina PokupskaSlatina Pokupska is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D31 highway....
, population 90 - Stankovac, population 28
- Svračica, population 43
- Šaševa, population 26
- ŠatornjaŠatornjaŠatornja is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D6 highway....
, population 169 - Šibine, population 29
- Trnovac Glinski, population 33
- Trtnik Glinski, population 14
- Turčenica, population 0
- Velika Solina, population 69
- Veliki Gradac, population 127
- Veliki Obljaj, population 24
- Vlahović, population 72
- ZalojZalojZaloj is a village in Croatia....
, population 23