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Šumber
Šumber () is a village and ruinous castle in the eastern part of Istria County, Croatia, in the municipality of Sveta Nedelja. - Sveta Nedelja Description It is in the eastern part of Istria, on the local road L50123, north-west from the village and municipal center , from , and west of .Castle history [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveta Nedelja, Istria
Sveta Nedelja (, also ''Santa Domenica d'Albona''; takes its name from Kyriaki (martyr), Saint Kyriake = Sancta Dominica; ) is a municipality of twenty villages in Croatia. The three largest villages are municipal seat Nedešćina (604), Štrmac (439) and Šumber (village with castle, 381). Sveta Nedelja is located on a high plateau above the Raša (river), Raša river valley and in the hinterland of the town of Labin. Demographics According to the 2021 census, its population was 2,898. It was 2,987 in 2011. The municipality consists of the following 21 naselje, settlement: *Cere, Sveta Nedelja, Cere, population 36 *Eržišće, population 47 *Frančići, population 39 *Jurazini, population 91 *Kraj Drage, population 54 *Mali Golji, population 102 *Mali Turini, population 37 *Marići, Sveta Nedelja, Marići, population 75 *Markoci, population 69 *Nedešćina, population 537 *Paradiž, Sveta Nedelja, Paradiž, population 70 *Ružići, Sveta Nedelja, Ružići, population 110 *Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nedešćina
Nedešćina (Italian: Santa Domenica d'Albona) is a village in the Istria County in Croatia. It is part of Sveta Nedelja municipality situated on the Labinština peninsula in Istria. Demographics According to the 2021 census, its population was 537. It was 604 in 2011. History Nedešćina and its surroundings were inhabited as early as the Bronze Age, as evidenced by the prehistoric fortifications of the Illyrian-Celtic tribes. By the end of the 13th century there was a Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity in the place. From Istrian Demarcation it is learned that the corner of the church of St. Trojica was located on the border of three communes: Šumber, Labin, and Plomin. Nedešćina has been the center of the parish since 1632 Events January–March * January 8 – University of Amsterdam is established at the site of the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam. * January 31 – The dissection of a body for the benefit of medical students is carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kršan
Kršan (, ) is a village and municipality in the eastern part of Istria County, Croatia. Description It is located in the eastern part of Istria, west of mountain Učka and south-west of Čepić field, on the state road D64 between county center Pazin ( D48) and village Vozilići ( D66). It is 12 km north of town Labin, and 22 km south-east of town Pazin. The old town, medieval castle (mentioned 1274), lies on the hill, while new town and village is along the road. According to tradition, the name is derived from the rocky karst hill on which was built, , , . Castle history The castle is first mentioned in 1274 as ''Castrum Carsach'', in a peace agreement between Aquileia patriarch Raimondo della Torre, and Count Albert I of Gorizia who in the conflict that started in 1268 during patriarch Gregorio di Montelongo conquered and destroyed the fortified settlement. It was abandoned until the 13th or early 14th century, when it was rebuilt by Heinrich III. Unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (; ), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful Dynasty, dynasties in the history of Europe and Western civilization. They were best known for their inbreeding and for ruling vast realms throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and early modern period, including the Holy Roman Empire and Habsburg Spain, Spain. The house takes its name from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in the 1020s in present-day Switzerland by Radbot of Klettgau, who named his fortress Habsburg. His grandson Otto II, Count of Habsburg, Otto II was the first to take the fortress name as his own, adding "Count of Habsburg" to his title. In 1273, Count Radbot's seventh-generation descendant, Rudolph I of Germany, Rudolph, was elected King of the Romans. Taking advantage of the extinction of the Babenbergs and of his victory over Ottokar II of Bohemia at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278, he appointed his sons as Dukes of Austria and moved the family's power base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kožljak
Kožljak (Kozljak, , ) is a village in Istria County Istria County (; ; , "Istrian Region") is the westernmost Counties of Croatia, county of Croatia which includes the majority of the Istrian peninsula. Administrative centers in the county are Pazin, Pula and Poreč. Istria County has the larg ..., Croatia, in the municipality of Kršan. The settlement besides of the village consists of nearby homonymous medieval ruinous castle. Description It is located in the Labinština microregion in the eastern part of Istrian peninsula, on the western slopes of mountain Učka along the Lake Čepić, Čepić field, on the local road Šušnjevica-Vozilići (L50180), 6 km east from the municipal center Kršan (D64 road (Croatia), D64), and 13 km north-east of the city of Labin. In the village is the railway station of Lupoglav-Štalije route. Nearby is abandoned village Zagrad which leads to the castle. The Croatian primary school was founded in 1907. The inhabitants mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March Of Istria
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. History The name of March comes from '' Martius'', the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ''Martius'' was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ''Martius'' remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as late as 153 BC, and several relig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupoglav, Istria County
Lupoglav () is a village and municipality in Istria, Croatia. The Lupoglav Municipality is situated on the northeast of the Istrian Region. To the east it borders with the Primorsko-Goranska County and with the Istrian municipalities of Lanišće and Cerovlje and the City of Buzet. The municipality is crossed by the arterial roads that connect the Istrian region with the rest of Croatia – the Istrian Y and the tunnel of Učka. The municipality has a surface area of 92.19 km2, i.e. it accounts for 3.27% of the territory of the Istrian Region. The Castle Mahrenfels which belonged to the family Herberstein and later to the counts Brigido is situated over the village. Demographics According to the 2021 census, its population was 836, with 298 living in the village proper. The village population was 288 in 2011, with a total of 924 in the municipality (2011). The municipality consists of the following settlements: * Boljun, population 64 * Boljunsko Polje, population 143 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, Hungary, and List of rulers of Croatia, Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.Milan Kruhek: Cetin, grad izbornog sabora Kraljevine Hrvatske 1527, Karlovačka Županija, 1997, Karslovac Before his accession as emperor, he ruled the Erblande, Austrian hereditary lands of the House of Habsburg in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Also, he often served as Charles' representative in the Holy Roman Empire and developed encouraging relationships with German princes. In addition, Ferdinand also developed valuable relationships with the German banking house of Jakob Fugger and the Catalan bank, Banca Palenzuela Levi Kahana. The key events during his reign were the conflict with the Ottoman Empire, which in the 1520s began a great advance into Central Europe, and the Protestant Reformation, which resulted in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senj
Senj is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains. The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress () which was completed in 1558. For a time this was the seat of the Uskoks, who were Christian refugees from Ottoman Bosnia resettled here to protect the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg borderlands. The Republic of Venice accused the Uskoks of piracy and declared Uskok War, war on them, which led to their expulsion following a truce in 1617. Senj is to be found in the Lika-Senj County of Croatia, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gospić-Senj and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rijeka. History Senj has apparently been inhabited since prehistoric times. Senj is an old settlement founded more than 3000 years ago on Kuk hill, which is east of today's Senj. A settlement called Athyinites or Athuinites (Αθυινιτες) in today's Senj was mentioned in Ancient Greece, Greek documents dated to the 4th century BC. The Illyria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert III, Count Of Gorizia
Albert III (died in 1374),Peter Štih & al., Slovenski zgodovinski atlas (Ljubljana, 2011), p. 75 a member of the House of Gorizia (''Meinhardiner'' dynasty), ruled as Count of Gorizia from 1338 until his death. Life Albert III was a son of Count Albert II of Gorizia (1261–1325) and his first wife Elizabeth, a daughter of Landgrave Henry I of Hesse. From 1329 to 1338, he served as governor of Gorizia, Friuli, and Istria for his minor nephew Count John Henry IV. In 1338, he inherited the County of Gorizia (''Görz'') upon the early death of John Henry IV. Albert ruled jointly with his younger half-brothers Henry V and Meinhard VI. In 1339, they agreed that Albert would be the sole count palatine of Carinthia. Three years later, he waived his rights to Gorizia and went on to rule in Istria ( Mitterburg) and in the Windic March, including County of Metlika. Albert III married a noblewoman named Helen and later, in 1353, with Catherine, a daughter of Count Frederick I of Celje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klis
Klis is a Croatian village and a municipality located around a mountain fortress bearing the same name. Population In the 2011 census, the municipality of Klis had a total population of 4,801, consisting of the following settlements: * Brštanovo, population 286 * Dugobabe, population 137 * Klis, population 3,001 * Konjsko, population 283 * Korušce, population 80 * Nisko, population 244 * Prugovo, population 555 * Veliki Bročanac, population 159 * Vučevica, population 56 Geography Klis is a suburb of the city of Split located in the region of Dalmatia, just northeast of Solin and Split proper near the eponymous mountain pass. The Klis mountain pass separates the mountains Mosor and Kozjak at an altitude of 360m. It has had major strategic value throughout history because any inland force passing through Klis would have been able to easily reach the entire region of Split and Kaštela. Due to its geographical position, Klis is also susceptible to a rather strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
