Veliki Jadrč is a village in

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, under the

Vrbovsko Vrbovsko ( sr-Cyrl, Врбовско) is a town in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County; on its 280 square kilometers area, Vrbovsko features 60 settlements and a t ...

township, in

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. Along with

Mali Jadrč Mali Jadrč is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Along with Veliki Jadrč, it is one of two villages that make up Jadrč. It is the first of a chain of villages of increasing elevation from Mali Ja ...

, it is one of two villages that make up Jadrč. It is the second of a chain of villages of increasing elevation from Mali Jadrč to Veliki Jadrč, Donji Osojnik and Gornji Osojnik.

History

On 8 June 1654, Juraj V Frankapan Tržački issued in

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a document granting Stjepan Domitrović a ''selo'' in Osojnik, while ordering a resolution to the border dispute between Jadrč and Ponikve. On 20 April 1679, Janko Herendić wrote a land grant for Ivan Benić in Veliki Jadrč, specifically "na Grabarčim i lučicu Bačeve i na vrh Gerganice", in the house of priest Ferenc Herendić in Severin, with witnesses Jurica Herendić, Katarina Ivančić and Pere Benić. The transcript survives in the HDA. In the 1774 list of duties, the villagers of Osojnik mentioned their preserved ''slobodni list'' from grof Frangepan dated 28 June 1654, which made them

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; that of the villagers of Jadrč had burned up about 50 years prior. On 9 June 1774, Gregorij Knežić lord of

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drew up in Bosiljevo on behalf of the widow lady Ana Vojković and her housekeeper Elizabeth de Pozzi a list of duties of freemen in Jadrč and Osojnik. It was signed by Mihal Muretić of Jadrč. The villagers of Jadrč spring water even in the summer, in contrast to those of Osojnik for whom it dried up. They milled their wheat on the Kupa about an hour's walk away. The was mentioned. The vineyards on Tisovac and Gložac were also mentioned. The transcript survives in the HDA in

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, and was published by . The original survives in the HDA, and was published by . In 1796, some 7

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folia were drawn up for the purpose of founding a new parish in Veliki Jadrč, which never happened. It is still 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 ...

. In July 1936,

Ivan Goran Kovačić Ivan Goran Kovačić (; 21 March 1913 – 12 July 1943) was a Croatian poet and writer. Early life and background He was born in the town of Lukovdol, Vrbovsko municipality, in Gorski Kotar, to a Croat father, Ivan Kovačić, and Transylvani ...

and other HSS members and sympathisers founded ' chapters in Severin and

. On 9 August, they held a meeting in Veliki Jadrč along with one in Osojnik.

WWII

Mate Halamić of Veliki Jadrč was listed by as a victim of fascism.

Federal era

The

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DVD Veliki Jadrč was founded in 1951, the same year as the DVD Severin na Kupi, and is today part of the ''VZ grada Vrbovsko''. Its current commander is Miro Vrbanac.

Recent

Veliki Jadrč was hit by the

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Demographics

In 1870, Jadrč Veliki, alone in its ''porezna općina'', had 62 houses and 441 people. In 1890, Jadrč Veliki had 79 houses and 400 people. Šormanka had 2 houses and 6 people. Its villagers were under

parish and school districts, but were taxed by Jadrč Veliki and administered by Severin.

Politics

As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it is the seat of the of Jadrč-Osojnik, encompassing

and Osojnik. Presidents of local committee: * Alojz Sudac (2008) * Ivan Vrbanac (2009) * Dražen Domitrović (2013, 2017, 2021),

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Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Veliki Jadrč.

Notable people

* Alojz Bonašin (died near Jadrč on 12 May 1944) *

Infrastructure

The water storage unit in Gornji Osojnik is also responsible for Donji Osojnik, Dražice, Veliki Jadrč and