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Lika-Krbava County ( hr, Ličko-krbavska županija; sr, Личко-крбавска жупанија; hu, Lika-Korbava vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the

Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen The Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen ( hu, a Szent Korona Országai), informally Transleithania (meaning the lands or region "beyond" the Leitha River) were the Hungarian territories of Austria-Hungary, throughout the latter's entire exis ...

, the Hungarian part of the dual Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its territory is now in southwestern

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. Lika and

Krbava Krbava (; ) is a historical region located in Mountainous Croatia and a former Catholic bishopric (1185–1460), precursor of the diocese of Modruš an present Latin titular see. It can be considered either located east of Lika, or indeed as t ...

are the names of two valleys in the county (

Gospić Gospić () is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje). Gospić is the ...

lies in Lika). The capital of the county was Gospić (Croatian, in Hungarian: ''Goszpics'').

Geography

Lika-Krbava county shared borders with the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Kingdom of Dalmatia The Kingdom of Dalmatia ( hr, Kraljevina Dalmacija; german: Königreich Dalmatien; it, Regno di Dalmazia) was a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1815–1867) and the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918). It encompassed the entire ...

and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the county of Modruš-Rijeka (also in Croatia-Slavonia). The county has a strip of

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coast. Its area was 6211 km² around 1910.

History

The territory of the Lika-Krbava County was part of the Kingdom of Croatia when it entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, and with it became part of the Habsburg monarchy in 1526. In 1920, by the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in Versailles on 4 June 1920. It forma ...

the county became part of the newly formed

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(later renamed to Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when

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became independent from

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, the county is part of

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Demographics

In 1900, the county had a population of 209,341 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: * Serbian: 107,172 (51.2%) * Croatian: 101,737 (48.6%) * German: 134 (0.0%) * Hungarian: 60 (0.0%) * Slovak: 10 (0.0%) * Romanian: 1 (0.0%) * Ruthenian: 0 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 227 (0.1%) According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

: 107,176 (51.2%) *

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

: 102,123 (48.8%) *

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

: 16 (0.0%) *

Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

: 11 (0.0%) *

Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...

: 7 (0.0%) *

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

: 7 (0.0%) * Unitarian: 0 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 1 (0.0%) In 1910, the county had a population of 204,710 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: * Serbian: 104,036 (50.82%) * Croatian: 100,346 (49.02%) * German: 68 (0.03%) * Hungarian: 22 (0.01%) * Slovak: 3 (0.0%) * Romanian: 2 (0.0%) * Ruthenian: 2 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 231 (0.11%) According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

: 104,041 (50.82%) *

: 100,620 (49.15%) *

: 6 (0.0%) *

: 2 (0.0%) *

: 14 (0.0%) *

: 12 (0.0%) * Unitarian: 0 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 15 (0.0%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Lika-Krbava County were:

References

{{HUCountiesto1918 1920 disestablishments Former counties of Croatia Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary States and territories established in the 12th century History of Lika

Geography

History

Demographics

Subdivisions

See also

References