Klanac ( sr-Cyrl, Кланац) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

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 ...

. It is connected by the D3 highway.

Geography

The view of the

Kupa The Kupa () or Kolpa ( or ; from in Roman Empire, Roman times; ) river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is long, with a length of serving as the border between Croati ...

valley from the at Klanac is particularly well-known.

History

In 1780, the Report of the Commission for the Introduction of Urbarial Organisation on the Possessions of Klanac, Damalj, Plešivica and Severin na Kupi (), today with signature HR- Za NSK R 6687, was drawn up. In 1860–1879,

Matija Mažuranić Matija Mažuranić (1817–April 17, 1881) was a Croatian writer best known for his travelogues. He was the brother of more renowned Ivan, the writer of the well-known epic '' Smrt Smail-age Čengića''. He was born in Novi Vinodolski and atte ...

wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), today with signature HR- Za NSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR- Za NSK R 4572. In 1864, a

rinderpest Rinderpest (also cattle plague or steppe murrain) was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic water buffalo, and many other species of even-toed ungulates, including gaurs, African Buffalo, buffaloes, large antelope, deer, giraffes, wilde ...

outbreak in Bosanci and

Kasuni Kasuni is a village in Croatia. History In 1864, the rinderpest epidemic reached Kasuni, having just subsided in Gornja Kupčina, Zamršje and Čeglje. The Lujzijana was therefore closed to horned traffic for 21 days in December. On 12 July 19 ...

caused the

Lujzijana The Louisiana road () is a roadway in Croatia, built between 1803 and 1812 by an association of noble families ( Lichtenstein, Dietrichstein, Esterházy, Harrach, Batthyány, Anna Maria Erdődy) and designed by Josef Philipp Vukassovich. The ...

to be closed to horned traffic for 21 days in December. On 11 August 2012, drought caused a loss of tap water in

Severin na Kupi Severin na Kupi is a village and part of Vrbovsko municipality, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, in Croatia. It is situated above the Kupa valley on the part of the D3 (Croatia), D3 highway formerly known as the ''Lujzijana''. It is known for the ...

Draga Lukovdolska Draga Lukovdolska is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. History In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lik ...

, Močile,

Smišljak Smišljak may refer to: * Smišljak, Brod Moravice, a village near Brod Moravice, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia * Smišljak, Vrbovsko, a village near Vrbovsko, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia {{geodis ...

, Damalj, Klanac, Plešivica,

Rim Rim may refer to: *Rim (basketball), the hoop through which the ball must pass **Breakaway rim, a sprung basketball rim * Rim (coin), the raised edge which surrounds the coin design * Rim (crater), extending above the local surface *Rim (firearms) ...

, Zdihovo and Liplje. Klanac was hit by the

2014 Dinaric ice storm The 2014 Dinaric ice storm, better known as the 2014 Slovenia ice storm or 2014 Croatia ice storm, was a severe ice storm ( SPIA 5) that struck the Northwest Dinaric Alps between 31 January and 2 February 2014. The freezing rain led to glazing of ...

. The Klanac beach became the most popular in Vrbovsko municipality, but it took some time to prepare it thanks to the municipality having been left out of previous EU financing projects, with most of the financing coming from local and national bodies instead. On 18 July 2023, the wind of a thunderstorm left Klanac without power. In 2023, an assortment of inflatable objects was installed near Damelj on the right bank. Comically, the inflatable objects nearly floated away in the autumn floods. In 2024, the ''ŠRD Kamačnik'' organised a

sport fishing Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is occupational fishing activities done for profit; or subsistence fishing, ...

competition on the Kupa by the mill near Klanac, becoming the first ''

Hucho hucho The huchen (''Hucho hucho'') (, from German), also known as Danube salmon or redfish (), is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae native to the Danube basin in Central and Eastern Europe. It is the type species of genus ' ...

'' fishing competition to be held on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.

Demographics

In 1870, Klanac's ''porezna općina'' included Plešivica and Damalj. Klanac itself had 12 houses and 175 people. In 1890, Klanac had 31 houses and 149 people. Its villagers were under

Lukovdol Lukovdol is a small village located in the Gorski Kotar region of Croatia, about one mile south of the Slovenian border. Lukovdol is part of Vrbovsko municipality. Local industries include cattle raising, lumber processing, and textile products. L ...

parish and school districts, but were taxed by administered by Severin and taxed by Klanac. Klanac tax district also administered Damalj and Plešivica

Sports

The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, sometimes goes through Klanac, such as in the first leg for 2024, which started and ended there.

Politics

As of its foundation in 2006, it belongs to the of

, but the committee meets at Klanac 2a.

Infrastructure

The water storage unit between Severin na Kupi and Damalj is responsible for Draga Lukovdolska, Močile, Smišljak, Klanac, Plešivica, Rim, Zdihovo and Liplje. The water

pumping station Pumping stations, also called pumphouses, are public utility buildings containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They are critical in a variety of infrastructure systems, such as water supply, Land reclamation, ...

''Klanac'' affects the water storage units in Severin and Gornji Kalanji.

References

{{coord, 45.4238, N, 15.1923, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:HR, display=title Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County