The ''Croatian Encyclopedia'' () is a
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
n general
encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into article (publishing), articles or entries that are arranged Alp ...
(with the national component), published in 1999–2009 by the
Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography
The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography ( or LZMK) is Croatia's national lexicographical institution. Based in Zagreb, it was established in 1950 as the national lexicographical institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...
.
Overview
The project began in 1999, and it represents a fifth iteration of the encyclopedic tradition that was established by
Mate Ujević
Mate Ujević (13 July 1901 – 6 January 1967) was a Croatian poet and encyclopedist.
Life
Ujević was born in Krivodol (part of Podbablje near Imotski) in the Kingdom of Dalmatia (present-day Croatia). He received his secondary education ...
's ''Croatian Encyclopedia'', and continued in the ''
Encyclopedia of the Lexicographical Institute'', as well as the two editions of its ''General Encyclopedia''.
Eleven volumes were published in the period 1999–2009, with a new volume appearing every year.
It is named "Croatian" encyclopedia (colloquially ''Croatica'') in the tradition of general-knowledge encyclopedias as ''Britannica''.
Online edition
The free-access online edition of the ''Croatian Encyclopedia'' has been available since 2013. Paper volumes are no longer published.
Since 2021, the Encyclopedia, available a
enciklopedija.hr has been managed by a new, fourth editor-in-chief, Bruno Kragić, with a team of 14 editors, and updated on a weekly basis.
Volumes
Printed volumes total 9272 pages and 67,077 articles, with a total of 1,059,000 lines of text.
It represents a combined effort of 1070 authors, mainly associates.
See also
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Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia
The ''Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia'', , , , or ''Yugoslavika'' was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Published under the auspices of the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in Zagreb and overseen by Miro ...
References
External links
''Croatian Encyclopedia'' - Online Edition
{{Croatian language
General encyclopedias
Croatian online encyclopedias
Internet properties established in 2013
20th-century encyclopedias
21st-century encyclopedias