Drežnik Grad
Drežnik Grad | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Medieval fort above the village | |
  Drežnik Grad | |
| Coordinates: 44°57′N 15°40′E / 44.950°N 15.667°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Karlovac County |
| Municipality | Rakovica |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.5 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 313 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Drežnik Grad is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D1 highway.
History
[edit]In 1941, Marko Brajdić was designated as its Ustaša zbirnik.[3]: 64
On April 12 1941, its mayor Zvonko Pavlić was replaced by the Ustaše with Jure Krizmanić.[3]: 64
At the end of June, the parish priest of Drežnik, Dragutin Štimac, conducted conversions to Catholicism for the Serbian population of the Bihać kotar, only for the local Ustaše to detain them in Bihać, being released only upon the intervention of the parish priest of Bihać. By that time, not a single Serbian Orthodox priest remained on the territory of Drežnik Grad, having obtained permission to leave for the GMS, and so the president of the kotar Eduard Lenčerić confiscated all parish registries.[3]: 67, 68
The Italian Army left Rakovica and Drežnik Grad for Ogulin, where the NDH had set up the administrative capital of the new županija of Modruš, on 12 July 1941.[3]: 67, 69
On 15 August 1941, a letter was written on behalf of 91 families to the poglavnik requesting to be allowed to convert to Catholicism and be treated like Croats:[3]: 68
"We promise that we will remain always loyal and obedient to You, and to love the land in which we live, for we are not responsible for these sufferings inflicted upon us by uneducated peasants and our former lords, priests and teachers, who taught us falsely, fled for safety on time."[a]
Selected works
[edit]- Prša, Želimir (2022-05-15). "Općine Rakovica i Drežnik Grad u Drugom svjetskom ratu (1941.- 1945.)". Podplješivički graničari. pp. 51–90. ISSN 2459-9395.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Prša, Želimir (2022-05-15). "Općine Rakovica i Drežnik Grad u Drugom svjetskom ratu (1941.- 1945.)". Podplješivički graničari. pp. 51–90. ISSN 2459-9395.
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