Gomirje
Village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gomirje is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is part of the Vrbovsko municipality. The population is 343 (as of the 2011 census). [4][5]
Gomirje
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 Gomirje Location of Gomirje in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°20′10″N 15°07′01″E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Municipality | Vrbovsko |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 418 m (1,371 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 255 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
Summarize
Perspective
On 17 September 1602, the županijski sudac Bernardo Severšić issued from Bosiljevo a judgement on a case between the Frankapan family members Juraj, Nikola and Vuk on the one hand ant the Vlachs of Gomirje on the other.[6]: 5
In 1933, Chetnik formations were organised on the territory of Srpske Moravice, Gomirje and Lička Jesenica. They had a minor political influence until 1941 when a large number of them were killed in the first wave of liquidations.[7]: 346
WWII
In May 1941, the Ustaša government began targeting known and suspected JRZ members with arrests. The prominent JRZ members in Gomirje at the time were Vlado Mrvoš, Petar Musulin, Bogdan Mamula and Miloš Trbović.[7]: 352
In late May, the Ustaše arrested a number of villagers from Gomirje were and imprisoned them in the Ogulin castle, transferred on 6 June to the Danica concentration camp, and finally the Jadovno concentration camp.[7]: 355
A 2 July was issued order for all Velike župe, including that of Modruš (with seat in Ogulin), to make room for 2500 Slovenes each, who were to occupy the homes of 2500 Serbs, to be deported to the GMS, prioritising businessmen and merchants. Gomirje was to accommodate 250 Slovenes. As of mid-July, there were not enough empty Serb homes to accommodate the exchange. The kotarski načelnik complained that Gomirje had been confiscatd by the state and that the monastery was going to be used as a livestock station, emphasising the need to "first deport all Serbs, and then import the Slovenes" (Croatian: prvo iseliti sve Srbe, a potom naseliti Slovence).[7]: 365
On 9 June 1941, according to the memory of the sole surviving Gomirje monk, father Nektarije Dazgić, the Ustaše arrived by surprise from Ogulin in a truck, besieged the monastery, drove the monks into their cells and questioned them about money and the keys to the monastery coffers. After beating them, they transported them to Ogulin. Any remaining monks of Gomirje were arrested in late June and early July. In early July, the hegumen and four monks had not yet been sent away. As of a 15 July document, all Orthodox priests from Gomirje had been sent to concentration camps. At Danica, Dazgić recalled seeing almost the entire ecclesiastical court of Plaški, and a total of more than 30 priests.[7]: 359, 360
In the context of deportations of families to the GMS through Sisak concentration camp during the planned Slovene-Serb ethnic exchange, the općinsko poglavarstvo of Gomirje wrote that all men of Gomirje from age 16 up had fled into the forests in fear of the Ustaše, so that the općina did not know which houses had been emptied and which were only temporarily empty.[7]: 367
On 30 July, many Serbs from Ogulin and the surrounding villages were arrested at the market in Ogulin. The second uncle of Milka Bunjevac, a Vučinić with a prominent job at the railway station, was to be arrested that day, but he was warned by an Ustaša that he should flee "wherever he knows" (Croatian: kamo god zna) because that night he would be arrested. Vučinić then boarded a train from Ogulin to Gomirje, arriving at his sister's house around midnight and then fleeing to the GMS two or three days later.[7]: 361
Federal
The volunteer fire department DVD Gomirje was founded on 29 January 1982, and is today part of the VZ grada Vrbovsko.[8]
Recent
Gomirje was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated,[9] freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million HRK to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses. The Šumarija Gomirje fared well relative to western forestry branches, losing mainly diseased and very poorly anchored trees.[10] Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.[11]
Demographics
Note:Includes Ljubošina and Musulini in 1857 and 1869 and partly in 1880. Considered a dio naselja from 1890. From 1910 to 1931, part of the population was counted under Ponikve, općina Ogulin. In 2001, Kamensko and Majer were separated. From 1857 to 1880 and in 1981 and 1991 it includes the population of Majer. Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications
Population
As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it is the seat of a local committee encompassing Musulini, Majer and Kamensko.[14]
Politics
Presidents of local committee:
- Nikola Mamula (2008)[15]
- Rade Mrvoš (2009)[16]
- Đurđica Polovina (2013,[17] 2017)[18]
- Nemanja Musulin (2021),[19] Independent
In 2020, the option of dividing Vrbovsko into 4 municipalities (Croatian: općine) was being considered, one being Gomirje.[20]
Culture
As of 2009, Gomirje hosts an annual Cvjetni korzo.[21] As a part of the festival, a competition was held to decide on the house with the most beautiful garden beginning in 2013 for the first time since 1966.[22]: 3
Sports
The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012,[21] sometimes goes through Gomirje, such as in the third leg for 2022.[23]
Infrastructure
Gomirje has a post office,[24]: 24 an infirmary,[24][25] an Udaljeni pretplatnički stupanj (UPS).[24]: 24
The water storage unit in Kosanovići, with a capacity of 100 cubic metres (3,500 cu ft) at an elevation of 528.3 metres (1,733 ft), uses on the Draškovac pumping station at 356.62 metres (1,170.0 ft), with 9.5 l/s flow. It is responsible for Gomirje.[26]
Sights
- Gomirje Monastery - the westernmost Orthodox monastery
Notable natives and residents
- Lazar Mamula (1795-1878) - baron, general in the general in Austro-Hungarian army and governor of Dalmatia
- Bogdan Mamula (1918-2002) - antifascist, partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
- Desanka Đorđević (1927-2011) - dancer and folk dance choreographer in the National Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Serbia, Ensemble "Kolo"
References
Further reading
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