Krnjak ( sr-Cyrl, Крњак) is a village and a municipality in

Karlovac County Karlovac County () is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side st ...

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 ...

History

On 13 April 2023 at 15:28 the ''ŽVOC Karlovac'' received a call about a

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in the area of Debela Kosa. burned by the time it was put out at 21:26 by ''DVD "Debela Kosa" Krnjak''.

Languages and names

On the territory of Krnjak municipality, along with Croatian which is official in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced

Serbian language Serbian (, ) is the standard language, standardized Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of ...

and

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

alphabet. As of 2023, most of the legal requirements for the fulfillment of bilingual standards have not been carried out. Official buildings and seals do have Cyrillic signage, but not street signs or traffic signs. Cyrillic is not used on any official documents, nor are there public legal and administrative employees proficient in the script. Preserving traditional Serbian place names and assigning street names to Serbian historical figures is legally mandated, but not carried out.

Demographics

In 1890, the ''obćina'' of Krnjak (court at Krnjak), with an area of , belonged to the ''kotar'' of

Vojnić Vojnić ( sr-Cyrl, Војнић) is a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. There are 4,764 inhabitants. The municipality is part of Kordun. Vojnić is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area ...

(Vojnić

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but Krnjak court) in the ''županija'' of Modruš-Rieka (

Ogulin Ogulin () is a town in central Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 7,389 (2021) (it was 8,216 in 2011), and a total municipal population of 12,251 (2021). Ogulin is known for its historic stone castle, known as Kula, and the nearby ...

court and financial board). There were 825 houses, with a population of 4776: 2391 male and 2385 female. All were Croatian or Serbian speakers. The majority were

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, but 27 were

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and 4 were

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. Its 27 villages were divided for taxation purposes into 8 ''porezne obćine'', under the

Slunj Slunj is a town in the mountainous part of Central Croatia, located along the important North-South route to the Adriatic Sea between Karlovac and Plitvice Lakes National Park, on the meeting of the rivers Korana and Slunjčica. Slunj has a popu ...

office. In 1910, the court of Krnjak encompassed an area of , with a population of 35,642. Krnjak had its own cadastral jurisdiction, but its

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was in

. There are a total of 1,985 inhabitants in the municipality (census 2011), 68.6% which are

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

and 29.2% which are

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

. By mother tongue there are 1,620 Croatian speakers, 201 Serbian speakers and 164 speakers of other languages. The municipality is part of

Kordun The Kordun () region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora (Peter's mountain) mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within ...

Settlements

The settlements in the municipality are: * Bijeli Klanac (population 3) * Brebornica (population 36) * Budačka Rijeka (population 166) * Burić Selo (population 9) * Čatrnja (population 85) * Donji Budački (population 99) * Dugi Dol (population 74) * Dvorište (population 29) * Gornji Budački (population 9) * Gornji Skrad (population 44) * Grabovac Krnjački (population 58) * Grabovac Vojnićki (population 42) * Hrvatsko Žarište (population 23) * Jasnić Brdo (population 4) * Keserov Potok (population 4) * Krnjak (population 258) * Mala Crkvina (population 22) * Mlakovac (population 98) * Pavković Selo (population 54) * Perići (population 13) * Podgorje Krnjačko (population 47) * Poljana Vojnićka (population 14) * Ponorac (population 16) * Rastovac Budački (population 12) * Suhodol Budački (population 4) * Trupinjak (population 0) * Velika Crkvina (population 25) * Vojnović Brdo (population 5) *

Zagorje Hrvatsko Zagorje (; Croatian Zagorje; ''zagorje'' is Croatian language, Croatian for 'backland' or 'behind the hills') is a cultural region in northern Croatia, traditionally separated from the country's capital Zagreb by the Medvednica mount ...

(population 39) * Zimić (population 40) Hrvatsko Žarište, once called Partizansko Žarište, was famous for its elementary school, that was founded by family Vidić.

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were 6 gendarmeries in Vojnić kotar:

Barilović Barilović is a village and a municipality in central Croatia, in the Karlovac County. History During the Gomirje conflict, Lord Barilović had raised the issue of Vlach soldiers taking over their castle at the Pressburg Diet of 1604, which decid ...

, Krnjak, Krstinja, Perjasica,

and

Vukmanić Vukmanić is a village belonging to Karlovac in Croatia, population 207 (2011). It was the birthplace of Ivan Ribar who preceded Josip Broz Tito as post-World War II leader of Yugoslavia. Demographics In 1890, the ''obćina'' of Vukmanić (court a ...

Notable people

* Vladimir Matijević

References

External links

* {{authority control Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Karlovac County