Udbina

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Udbina
Country
 Croatia
County Lika-Senj
Government
 • MayorIvan Pešut (HDZ)
 • Municipal Council
11 members
Area
UTC+1 (CET)
Websiteudbina.hr

Udbina is a village and a municipality in historical Krbava, in the Lika region of Croatia. It is administratively a part of the Lika-Senj County.

Geography

Udbina is located in the large

karst field called Krbava. It is approximately 45 kilometres from Gospić
, the county capital and nearest sizeable town. The field has a small airport, the only one in Lika.

History

Udbina was one of

Frankopans suffered defeat from the Ottoman Empire
.

The medieval fortified town, from which only the remains were preserved, was governed in 1509 by Ban

St. Mark Graveyard (Named after the folk tradition that martyr saint and several heroes of the Battle of Krbava were buried on the site), which was a shrine with a triangular ending destroyed by the Serbs in 1942. In the vicinity, near Mutilić
, there are ruins of the old Church of St. Augustine (quadrangular sanctuary with a bell tower).

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Udbina was part of the Lika-Krbava County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. According to the 1910 census, the town of Udbina was inhabited by a Croat majority and Serb minority; 1,317 Croats and 621 Serbs.[4]

Despite the fact that by 1942 the entire population of Udbina and

better source needed] On 13 July 1941, Catholic priest Father Mate Mugoša delivered a sermon to his parishioners in Udbina pledging allegiance to the Ustaše and calling for the extermination of Serb population in Croatia, which preceded massacres of Serbs.[7][8][9] In 1942, Serbs burned two Catholic churches, Church of St. Nicholas[10] and Church of St. Mark Graveyard. In December of the same year, the Croatian population was expelled from Udbina.[11] In order to conceal ruins, Serbs after the war built a hotel on the site of the Church of St. Nicholas, and used stone from the Church of St. Mark Graveyard for building a sheep barn. In addition, Serbs also destroyed the Church of St. Augustin in Mutilić and the Catholic cemetery in Korija.[12] During the war, many local Serbs were killed by Ustaše and local Croats by Chetniks and Yugoslav Partisans. The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas (filial of the Church of the Holy Transfiguration of Mutilić) was also destroyed during World War II.[13] Most Croats fled from Udbina after the massacre on the eve before the St. Lucy's Day. Croats fled through Trovro mountain all the way to Lovinac.[12]

Buildings and streets in Udbina

After World War II, the new Yugoslav authority took away the houses and lands from the Croats and gave them to Serbs who comprised Udbina's majority, as confirmed by 1961–91 censuses, with smaller numbers of Croats and Muslims.

SFR Yugoslavia
, Udbina was part of the Korenica municipality.

During the

UNPROFOR's Czech battalion.[12] The local airport was used as an airbase for offensive operations against Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, in direct defiance of NATO's Operation Deny Flight. The airstrip was eventually destroyed by a NATO's 39 aircraft-strong strike on 21 November 1994.[16] Udbina was taken over by Croatian forces on 7 August 1995, during Operation Storm.[17]

In the 2001 census, 51% of Udbina's population were Croats, mostly from Bosnia. Today, Udbina is a part of the Lika-Senj County. In recent years, Udbina recorded an increase in tourist visits.

Settlements

The

settlements in the municipality are (2011 census):[18]

Corbavian Cathedral
of St. James in Udbina

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, there were 1,875 residents in the municipality, of which 51% were Serbs and 45% were Croats.

election manipulation with the fictive residences.[20]

Historic sites

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.[21] 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 Udbina.[22]

Notable locals

References

  1. Wikidata Q119585703
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  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/pdf/9.pdf Archived 2020-11-11 at the Wayback Machine Karl Kaser, POPIS LIKE I KRBAVE 1712. GODINE, (prijevod s njemačkog: Sanja Lazanin), 2003. #page=19
  4. ^ Spezialortsrepertorium der österreichischen Länder I-XII, Wien, 1915–1919
  5. ^ "Tu smo, bit ćemo, za vijeke vjekova - crkva Hrvatskih mučenika na Udbini". Hrvatsko kulturno vijeće (in Croatian). 8 September 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ "13. listopada 1991. pokolj u Širokoj Kuli – sud u Srbiji osudio zločinca kojega je sud u Hrvatskoj amnestirao i oslobodio!". narod.hr (in Croatian). 13 October 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Borba". Zbornik (in Serbo-Croatian). 2–5. Historijski institut Slavonije: 186. 1964. U svom govoru 13. jula 1941, 90: udbinski župnik Mate Mugoša zmeđu ostalog kaže: »Dosad smo za katoličku vjeru radili mo venikom, a sad je došlo vrijeme da radimo puškom i revolverom. Iselit ćemo i istjerat ćete srpski narod u Hrvatskoj.. Ustaše će.. istrijebiti sve one koji nisu vjerni.. Vidite ljudi ovih 16 ustaša..imaju 16 hiljada patrona i pobiće 16 hiljada Srba.
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  10. ^ "SVEČANO BLAGOSLOVLJENO GRADILIŠTE I TEMELJNI KAMEN CRKVE HRVATSKIH MUČENIKA NA UDBINI: »Neka ova crkva bude simbol našega zajedništva«". Glas Koncila (in Croatian). 18 September 2005. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Udbina bi mogla postati snažno središte vjerničkih hodočašća" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). 6 September 2003. p. 05A5.[dead link]
  12. ^ a b c Ive Sertić: Hrvati su prognani prije 60 godina. Hrvati u Udbini (2), Rubrika: Jeka. Hrvatsko slovo, 17 January 2003, p. 29.
  13. ^ Филијални храм Св. оца Николаја на Удбини (срушен у Другом свјетском рату), eparhija-gornjokarlovacka.hr; accessed 13 March 2016. (in Serbian)
  14. , p. 16
  15. ^ "CRKVA HRVATSKIH MUČENIKA NA UDBINI". www.hrvatski-mucenici.net.
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  17. ^ Marijan, Davor (2007). "Olouja" (PDF) (in Croatian). pp. 76–77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  18. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Udbina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ a b c d e Ana Brakus (2 December 2016). "Redarstvena operacija 'Udbina'". Novosti. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  21. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  22. ^ "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. 11. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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