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Gornja Rijeka (municipality)
Gornja Rijeka is a municipality in Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 1,779 inhabitants, with Croats forming an absolute majority. History In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Gornja Rijeka was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. During World War II, when the village was part of the Independent State of Croatia, it was the site of the Gornja Rijeka concentration camp where several hundred children were interned by the Ustaše in 1941 and 1942. Demographics According to 2011 Croatian census, 1,779 people live in 14 census-registered settlements: * Barlabaševec – 19 * Deklešanec – 136 * Donja Rijeka – 218 * Dropkovec – 172 * Fajerovec – 76 * Fodrovec Riječki – 61 * Gornja Rijeka – 340 * Kolarec – 148 * Kostanjevec Riječki – 267 * Lukačevec – 23 * Nemčevec – 18 * Pofuki – 185 * Štrigovec – 37 * Vukšinec Riječki – 79 Notable people *Sidoni ... [...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] |
Sidonija Rubido
Countess Sidonija Rubido Erdődy (1819–1884) was Croatia's first opera primadonna and an important member of the Illyrian movement. Life Sidonija Rubido Erdődy was born on 2 February 1819 in a small castle on Razvor estate, near a place called St Peter, above the hilltop of Sveta gora (St Mount) with the Chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem. At that time there was no maternity hospital in Zagreb, but her name was enlisted in the registry of births within the Parish of St Mark. The Rubido family of Madrid originated in Castile, where they were ennobled in the 12th century. The Croatian branch of that family came to Croatia in the first half of the 19th century. Sidonija started a primary school in Gornja Rijeka by initiating the building of a new school. Today the primary school in Gornja Rijeka carries her name. Sidonija Rubido responded to the ideals of the Illyrian movement with her youth, the centuries of her heritage, and her remarkable music education. She was rehearsing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostanjevec Riječki
Kostanjevec () is a settlement in the hills west of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in the Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region () is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorj .... References External linksKostanjevec on Geopedia Populated places in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica {{Slovenska-Bistrica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |