Kamačnik

Kamačnik
Source
Kamačnik is located in Croatia
Kamačnik
Location
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Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationVujnovići
 • coordinates45°20′41″N 15°03′35″E / 45.344811°N 15.059600°E / 45.344811; 15.059600[1]
 • elevation405.4 m (1,330 ft)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Vrbovsko
 • coordinates
45°22′03″N 15°04′20″E / 45.367581°N 15.072131°E / 45.367581; 15.072131[1]
Length2.95 km (1.83 mi)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionDobra→ Kupa→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea

Kamačnik is a right tributary of the Dobra that runs through a canyon covered in dense beech forest. It is a major local tourist attraction,[2] and canyon gained legal protection in 2002 in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.[a]

The 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) tourist path along the Kamačnik river was made in the second half of the 20th century, commissioned by the Tourist Society (Croatian: Turističko društvo). The path winds back and forth from one bank to the other over a series of wooden bridges all the way to the source at a Vauclusian spring.[3]

At the beginning of the 20th century, a sawmill was built near the mouth of the canyon, but it was in ruins by the time the park was declared in 2002.[3]

The freezing rain of February 2014 left the path blocked,[4] but it was cleared by the traditional opening of the tourist season on 1 May in Kamačnik, and later in the year the construction of pavilions with tables for eating at the entrance.[5] On 11 July, Kamačnik was designated a Natura 2000 site.[5]: 4  The restaurant in Kamačnik was broken into and robbed in November together with the Gavranović stores in Dokmanovići and Severin na Kupi.[6]

In 2016, a path was built connecting the Planinarski dom Kamačnik mountain hut with the Kamačnik canyon.[7]

In 2024, the final section of the path to the source was widened.[8]

The restaurant at the mouth of the river, Bistro Kamačnik, is open 9:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and to 21:00 on weekends, while entrance to the canyon itself only runs to 16:00.[9] Kamačnik, with its sport fishing society ŠRD Kamačnik, regularly hosts the local Ribarska noć fishing festival, and used to host the Vrbovsko Bundevijada.[5]: 4, 5 

  • Course
    Course
  • Bridge I
    Bridge I
  • Bridge II
    Bridge II
  • Bridge III
    Bridge III
  • Vegetation
    Vegetation

Notes

  1. ^ By decision of the County Assembly, published in the Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije issue 23/2002.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Državna geodetska uprava (1983). Hrvatska osnovna kartau mjerilu 1:5000 (Map). § Ogulin: 5 G 18 - 3.
  2. ^ Žgela 2023, p. 17
  3. ^ a b c Vahtar-Jurković, Koraljka; Obad Šćitaroci, Mladen (2017-12-31). "Pejsažno i perivojno naslijeđe Gorskoga kotara" [Landscape and Park Heritage of Gorski Kotar]. Prostor: znanstveni časopis za arhitekturu i urbanizam (in Croatian). 25 (2): 328–341. doi:10.31522/p.25.2(54).11.
  4. ^ Tatar, Nensi (2014-02-08). "NAKON LEDENE KIŠE VIŠE NIŠTA NIJE KAO PRIJE: Zaštičeni krajolik Kamačnik u katastrofalnom stanju". Gorske novosti. Archived from the original on 2014-02-08.
  5. ^ a b c Kušić, Tatjana (March 2015). "Godišnje financijsko izvješće Turističke zajednice Grada Vrbovskog za 2014. godinu" (PDF). Visit Vrbovsko. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-27.
  6. ^ Gorske novosti (2014-11-18). "Prijelomna vijest – krenuo val provalnih krađa: Uz Skrad i Kamačnik provaljeno i u dvije trgovine Gavranović na području Vrbovskog!". Gorske novosti.
  7. ^ Tatar, Nensi (2016-09-13). "Na "staroj cesti" u Vrbovskom: Radovi na zamjeni cjevovoda". Gorske novosti.
  8. ^ Tatar, Nensi (2013-09-29). "POČELI RADOVI: Širi se staza zadnjeg dijela kanjona". Gorske novosti.
  9. ^ Grad Vrbovsko 2021; Ralica 2022; TZGK 2022

Bibliography

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