Saborsko is a village and 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 ...

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. The municipality is part of the

Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by t ...

region.

Geography

It is country-side mountain resort, situated in a curved, long and narrow valley. The altitude of the place is 630–900 m. 1 / 4 of the Saborsko is located in National Park Plitvice Lakes.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the total municipality population was 632, in the following settlements: * Begovac, population 16 * Blata, population 54 *

Lička Jesenica Lička Jesenica is a settlement in the Lika region of Croatia, in the municipality of Saborsko, Karlovac County. History In 1933, Chetnik formations were organised on the territory of Srpske Moravice, Gomirje and Lička Jesenica. They had a mi ...

, population 100 * Saborsko, population 462 In the 2001 census, the municipality of Saborsko had 860 inhabitants, of whom 78.5% (675) were

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and 19.19% (165) were ethnic

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.DZS
Popis stanovništva 2001/Population by Ethnicity, Census of 2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics Saborsko inhabited place:CD ROM: "Settlements and Population of Croatia 1857-2001. The" Issue of the Central Bureau of Statistics Croatian, Zagreb, 2005. * 2001 - 666 * 1991 - 852 (Croats - 800 Serbs - 18, other - 34) * 1981 - 1127 (Croats - 1081, Serbs - 38, Yugoslavs - 4, others - 4) * 1971 - 1,519 (Croats - 1476, Serbs - 34, Yugoslavs - 1, other - 8) * 1961 - 1832 * 1951 - 2062 * 1948 - 2165

History

Saborsko is first mentioned in the Modruš Feudal Law in 1486. After the

Invasion of Yugoslavia The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, was a Nazi Germany, German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was put fo ...

, relations between the

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and the Ustaša were tense, but Saborsko was marked by more such tension than most areas, to the extent that on the 28th and 29th of April 1941 the Italians detained 6 Ustaše. On 1–7 and 8 September, Partisans destroyed about of railway between the Blato-

and Javornik stations. They burned 4 railway guardposts between Blato and Lička Jesenica and destroyed the water pump in Lička Jesenica. Italian railway guard troops engaged the Partisans in a 2 day battle. The Partisans killed 1 and wounded 8. After the Partisans left, it was estimated the repairs would take several days. In

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, the

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killed 48 civilians in Saborsko, including seven boys and girls. In the

Croatian War of Independence 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 Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

, Croatian troops defended Saborsko for several months until falling in November 1991, after the JNA and nearly 1000 members of paramilitary groups broke the defences, armed with nine military aircraft, 43 tanks, howitzers and a dozen MRL's. The assault destroyed several homes and the Parish Church. The Yugoslav forces executed the Saborsko massacre, in which 29 civilians were killed. A total of 48 citizens of Saborsko were killed in 1991. The rate at which refugees returned after the war was slow, due to the lack of housing, jobs, and the danger of mines. At first, only the elderly people returned. The

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began the rebuilding of family homes and common buildings, including the Parish Church. Even so, few families have returned, especially those with children.

Nature

The richness and beauty of Saborsko is most evident in the virgin forest mountain nature. The area abounds with mountain streams, lakes, dense forests and unspoiled countless species of wildlife. To be preserved further, many areas of the municipality Saborsko are protected. * Mala Kapela mountain * Lake Blata * River Jesenica Protected areas * Part of the National Park

Plitvice Lakes Plitvice or Plitvička jezera can refer to: * Plitvice Lakes National Park Plitvice Lakes National Park (, colloquially ''Plitvice'', ) is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was inscrib ...

* Čorkova uvala

Monuments and landmarks

* The old parish church from 1726, worldwide cultural heritage monument. * The parish church of St. John Nepomuk built in 2001 * Monument to the fallen Croatian soldiers

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were 8 gendarmeries in Delnice kotar:

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 ...

, Drežnica, Generalski Stol, Jasenak, Saborsko, Josipdol,

Modruš Modruš is a village, former episcopal see, and current Latin Church The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. T ...

and

Plaški Plaški is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is part of the region of Lika. Geography Plaški is situated in the lower part of the Ogulin-Plaški valley. Together with Gorski kotar and Lika, the Ogulin-Plaški valley ...

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External links

Saborsko.net
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