Duga Resa
Duga Resa | |
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| Grad Duga Resa Town of Duga Resa | |
 Panoramic view of the town center on the Mrežnica river. | |
Interactive map of Duga Resa | |
  Duga Resa Location of Duga Resa in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°26′50″N 15°29′45″E / 45.44722°N 15.49583°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Region | Central Croatia |
| County |  Karlovac County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tomislav Boljar (HSS) |
| Area | |
• Town | 60.9 km2 (23.5 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Town | 10,212 |
| • Density | 168/km2 (434/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,380 |
| • Urban density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Website | dugaresa |
Duga Resa is a town in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located about 65 km southwest of Zagreb and 100 km east of Rijeka.
Name
The earliest reference to Duga Resa is from the year 1380. There are several theories on how the then-village acquired its name: one is that "resa" is a reference to the town people's folk costumes; another is that it is named from a native plant that grows in the area, both on the land and in the water.
History
The first known electric generator in Croatia was introduced in Duga Resa in 1880 to power the textile industry in the town.[3]
Population
The village soon grew into a town during the industrialization of the area in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the 2001 census, there were 12,114 inhabitants in the municipality, 96% of which were Croats.
In 2021, the total population is 10,212, in the following settlements:[2][4]
- Belajska Vinica, population 163
- Belavići, population 274
- Bošt, population 47
- Cerovački Galovići, population 59
- Donje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko, population 507
- Donji Zvečaj, population 180
- Duga Resa, population 5380
- Dvorjanci, population 102
- Galović Selo, population 65
- Gorica, population 61
- Gornje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko, population 544
- Grganjica, population 16
- Gršćaki, population 63
- Kozalj Vrh, population 83
- Lišnica, population 177
- Mihalić Selo, population 68
- Mrežničke Poljice, population 110
- Mrežnički Brig, population 288
- Mrežnički Novaki, population 168
- Mrežnički Varoš, population 901
- Mrežničko Dvorište, population 48
- Novo Brdo Mrežničko, population 97
- Pećurkovo Brdo, population 107
- Petrakovo Brdo, population 108
- Sveti Petar Mrežnički, population 132
- Šeketino Brdo, population 158
- Venac Mrežnički, population 131
- Zvečaj, population 175
| population | 3258 | 3608 | 3349 | 4193 | 4733 | 5665 | 5448 | 7230 | 8828 | 9429 | 10330 | 11709 | 13102 | 14088 | 12114 | 11180 | 10212 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Local interests
Popular activities include fishing, rafting, hunting, boating, swimming, volleyball, soccer, and biking. The local churches St. Antun in Duga Resa and St. Peters (Sveti Petar) dates back to the 14th century.
Its geographic location gives the town very hot summers and very cold winters.
Sports
The local chapter of the HPS is HPD "Vinica", which had 70 members in 1936 under the Gabor Mainc presidency, meeting every Thursday. At the time, it had a ski section.[5] Membership fell to 51 in 1937.[6]: 244 Under the Ivo Pokolić presidency in 1939 it was dormant, with only 11 members.[7]: 255 In August 1941, the Minister of Sport and Mountaineering of the NDH, Miško Zebić, named Ivan Pokolić as the state povjerenik of the chapter, and designated as the chapter's advisory board: Barka Tomac, Greta Kovač, Margita Belić, Mirko Bosiljevac, Filip Mlinarević and Valjo Dragutin.[8]: 195
Notable people
- Antun Stipančić - table tennis player
- Miroslav Šutej - visual artist and designer of Croatian coat of arms
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Christian Heitmann (2023). "The Electrification of Yugoslavia 1919-1952: Ideas, Plans, Realities". In Danijel Kežić; Vladimir Petrović; Edvin Pezo (eds.). TAMING THE YUGOSLAV SPACE: Continuities and Discontinuities in Coping with the Infrastructural Challenges of the 20th Century. Belgrade & Regensburg: Institute of Contemporary History Belgrade & Leibniz-Institute for East and Southeast European Studies. pp. 67–88. doi:10.29362/2023.2794.hei.67-88.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Duga Resa". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Plaček, Josip (1936) [1936-05-15]. ""Vinica" — Dugaresa" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 32, no. 7–8. pp. 235, 236. ISSN 0354-0650.
- ^ Plaček, Josip (1937) [1937-05-05]. "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 33, no. 7–8. pp. 221–252. ISSN 0354-0650.
- ^ Plaček, Josip (1939) [1939-05-05]. "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 35, no. 7–8. pp. 238–264. ISSN 0354-0650.
- ^ Zebić, Miško (August 1941). "Promjene u upravi H. P. D-a" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 37, no. 7–8. pp. 195–196. ISSN 0354-0650.
Further reading
Dialect
- Polović, Ana (2018-09-26). Dijalektalna pripadnost dugoreškoga govora (Thesis). Rijeka: Sveučilište u Rijeci, Filozofski fakultet.
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