Klobuk is a picturesque and scenic village in the municipality of

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, located on the western outskirts of the municipality. It partially lays alongside a section of the regional road M-6 (Grude - Ljubuški - Čapljina - Metković), with road connections to the famous Marian pilgrimage in Medjugorje and the nearest border crossing with Croatia that's some 5 km away. Klobuk has got its name from the Klobuk hill (468m), that's central to the place, whose specific shape resembles a type of hat. (Klobuk ''eng.'' hat) Klobuk has 12 hamlets that are quite scattered around - Kapel Mala, Pržine, Šiljevište, Borajna, Zastražnica, Poljane, Vlake, Čuljkova Njiva, Dabranja, Brdo, Osoje and Drače. Klobuk, namely its hamlet Šiljevište, has become increasingly popular amongst Catholic pilgrims who flock here to visit the birth place of a God's Servant, the Venerable Petar Barbaric, to worship him and pray for his intercession at this sanctuary that consists of Petar's refurbished old house where he grew up, and a recently blessed chapel serving as a place for gathering and worship.

History

Klobuk was first mentioned in 1585 in an Ottoman list of villages.

Population

According to the 2013 Census, the total population of Klobuk was 1.232, gravitating mostly towards Ljubuški and nearby municipalities, including Vrgorac in neighbouring Croatia.

Notable people

* Milan Artuković, former Managing Director of Franck Ltd. ''(d.o.o.)'', Zagreb, Croatia. * Petar Barbarić (1874 - 1897), a charismatic Catholic priest who lived a life of heroic virtue, proclaimed venerable and expected to be beatified by the Pope Francis. * Nevenko Barbarić, former Mayor of Ljubuški and a representative of Croatian Diaspora in Croatian Parliament ''(Sabor)''. * , former Vice-President of Croatian Parliament ''(Sabor)'' and former Vice-Chair of HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union). *

Marija Pejčinović Burić Marija Pejčinović Burić (; born 9 April 1963) is a Croatian politician of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union party who served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from 2017 to 2019. Sh ...

, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign & European Affairs of Croatia. * Jozo Dumandžić, former Mayor of

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and member of the

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* Dubravko Grgić, founder of Euroherc Osiguranje Plc. ''(d.d.)'' and Agram Plc. insurance companies, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia * Željko Musa, a handball player. * (1848 - 1888), a Catholic priest, given the title Duke ''(Vojvoda)'' of Herzegovina by Prince Nikola of Montenegro for leading the uprising against the Ottomans in 1875 and 1878. *

Leo Petrović Leo Petrović (28 February 188314 February 1945) was a Herzegovinian Croat Franciscan and historian. Petrović, a native of Klobuk, Ljubuški, entered the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina in 1900, and was ordained a priest in 1905. He held va ...

, a Franciscan and a historian. * Hrvoje Pezić, an entrepreneur with investments in property development, insurance and hospitality (Zagreb City Hotels ''d.o.o.'' - Double Tree, Canopy and Garden Inn Hilton Hotels), Zagreb, Croatia. * Milenko and Ivan Rašić, "rags-to-richess" entrepreneurial brothers with a multi-million dollar business in poultry industry (Rasic Hnos. S.A), Buenos Aires, Argentina. * (1909 - 1964), writer and author. *

Božo Skoko Božo Skoko (born 26 February 1976 in Ljubuški, Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a professor of public relations at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb. He is Head of the Public Relations postgraduate specialist programme at the Universit ...

, a university professor and media personality, Zagreb, Croatia.

References

External links

*http://klobuk.info/ Populated places in Ljubuški Villages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{WestHerzegovinaCanton-geo-stub

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