Mokro Polje ( sr-Cyrl, Мокро Поље) is a village in

Šibenik-Knin County Šibenik-Knin County (; ) is a county in southern Croatia, located in the north-central part of Dalmatia. The biggest city in the county is Šibenik, which also serves as county seat. Other notable towns in the county are Knin, Vodice, Drniš a ...

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. It is one of the largest villages in the municipality of

Ervenik Ervenik ( sr-Cyrl, Ервеник) is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. There were 826 inhabitants (municipality) in 2021, and 97.19% of the population were Serbs, making Ervenik the municipality with the highest percent ...

. The river

Zrmanja Zrmanja (, ) is a river in southern Lika and northern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is long and its basin covers an area of . It was known to the ancient Romans as ''Tedanius''. The spring of Zrmanja is located in southern part of Lika under Postak - th ...

flows through Mokro Polje. The 2021 census listed 163 inhabitants.

History

The village features the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Luke.

Nikodim Milaš Nikodim Milaš ( sr-cyr, Никодим Милаш), born Nikola Milaš, (16 April 1845 – 2 April 1915), was a Serbian Orthodox Church bishop, theologian, university professor and academic. He was a writer, one of the most respected experts on ...

claimed that the Orthodox Church was built between 1524-1537. Although it was mentioned as an Orthodox Church in the mid-16th century Ottoman

defters A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Etymology The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...

, it would have been likely founded as a renovation of a medieval

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Roman Catholic church. The fact that the village was settled by Roman Catholics in 1636 further brings into question the dating of the Orthodox Church. A monument to the fallen

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...

and victims of fascism was built in 1952 and destroyed in November 1996. During the

Croatian War The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Cro ...

, Mokro Polje was included in the

Republic of Serbian Krajina The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Република Српска Крајина, Republika Srpska Krajina, separator=" / ", ; abbr. РСК / RSK), known as the Serbian Krajina ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српск� ...

(1991–95). During the

Croatian Army The Croatian Army ( or HKoV) is the land force branch of the Croatian Armed Forces. It is numerically the largest of the three branches of the Croatian Armed Forces. The HKoV is the main force for the defense of the country against external threa ...

(HV)

Operation Storm Operation Storm ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Operacija Oluja, separator=" / ", Операција Олуја) was the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and a major factor in the outcome of the Bosnian War. It was a decisive victory f ...

offensive in August 1995, the majority of the village's residents fled along with the columns of Serb refugees but some stayed behind. According to various sources, between 5 and 20 Serbs were killed by the Croatian army after they entered the village. A plaque commemorating the victims was raised by locals.

Culture

''Mokropoljski susreti'' - A sporting and cultural event known as ''Mokropoljski susreti'' takes place at the end of each July.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Mokro Polje has 227 inhabitants. This represents 28.27% of its pre-

war War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...

population according to the 1991 census. The 1991 census recorded that 99.75% of the village population were ethnic

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 ...

(801/803) while 0.25% were of other ethnic origin (2/803).
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Notable natives and residents

* Mira Bjedov (born 1955) - a former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Gallery

File:Most_u_Mokrom_polju.JPG, Bridge over the

river File:Crkva svetog Luke Mokro Polje.jpg, Serb Orthodox Church of St. Luka File:Kula_Kegljevica.JPG, The Keglević fort tower File:Ambulanta_i_Pošta.jpg, Health centre and post office File:Скретање за Мокро Поље.JPG, Turn towards Mokro Polje (from

Pađene Pađene ( sr-Cyrl, Пађене) is a village in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of Ervenik municipality. Location It is located in Zagora (Croatia), Zagora, 12 kilometers from Knin, on the state road ...

) File:Zrmanja Kotlina.JPG,

river next to ''Bjedov'' File:Zrmanja_1.jpg,

waterfalls

References

Populated places in Šibenik-Knin County Serb communities in Croatia {{ŠibenikKnin-geo-stub