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Ozalj

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Ozalj
Grad Ozalj
Town of Ozalj
Ozalj Castle
Ozalj Castle
Official seal of Ozalj
Map
Map of Ozalj municipality within Karlovac County
Ozalj is located in Croatia
Ozalj
Ozalj
Location of Ozalj within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°36′46″N 15°28′40″E / 45.612908°N 15.477718°E / 45.612908; 15.477718
Country Croatia
County Karlovac County
Government
 • MayorGordana Lipšinić (Ind.)
Area
 • Town
179.4 km2 (69.3 sq mi)
 • Urban
5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Town
5,837
 • Density33/km2 (84/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,053
 • Urban density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
47280 Ozalj[3]
Websiteozalj.hr

Ozalj[a] is a town in central Croatia, located north of Karlovac and southwest of Jastrebarsko, on the Kupa River. It is close to Žumberak in the north and the border with Slovenia in the northwest, with Metlika being the closest Slovenian town.

History

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Ozalj Castle
St.Vitus' Church
Grave of Slava Raškaj

The town was built on a cliff over the Kupa river and the first mention of it dates from 1244, as a free royal town. The Frankopan family owned it since 1398, then it passed to the Zrinski family in 1550, and it stayed theirs until 1671. The city commemorates 30 April as its day, in memory of the event in 1671 when Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan were executed.

The patron saint of the town is St. Vitus, whose feast is celebrated on 15 June.

Munjara

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Munjara is the old hydroelectric plant. This plant has three 3.5 megawatt generators and was built between 1907 and 1908.

Demographics

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The town of Ozalj itself has a population of 1,053, with a total of 5,837 people in the municipality.[2] 97.36% of the population are Croats (census 2021).[6]

Town of Ozalj: Population trends 1857–2021
population
11780
13354
13610
14309
14126
14047
13574
14839
14769
14432
13125
11634
9744
9988
7932
6817
5837
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021

The administrative area of the Town consists of 96 smaller settlements, the full list of which is (population 2011):[7]

Governance

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Judiciary

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Karlovac was once the seat of the kotar court for an 1870 population of 53,148. In 1875, the kotar court of Karlovac was responsible for the općine: Karlovac city, Banija, Rečica, Draganić, Ozalj, Novigrad, Ribnik, Bosiljevo and Severin.[8]: xi 

Notable people

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Notes

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  1. ^ pronounced [ôzaʎ], Hungarian: Ozaly, German: Wosail[4] or Woseil[5]

References

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  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ List of Croatian settlements and delivery post offices. Wikidata Q125763583.
  4. ^ Krapf, Franz Philipp. 1844. Handbuch zur Zoll- und Staats-Monopols-Ordnung, vol. 2. Innsbruch: Verlag der Wagner'schen Buchhandlung, p. 242.
  5. ^ Lopašić, Radoslav. 1894. Urbaria lingua croatica conscripta. Hrvatski urbari. Zagreb: U knjižari Jugosl. akademije, p. 308.
  6. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Karlovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  7. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Ozalj". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  8. ^ Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (1877). "Glavni pregled sudbenoga razdieljenja kraljevinah Hrvatske i Slavonije". Pregled političkoga i sudbenoga razdieljenja kraljevinah Hrvatske i Slavonije i uredjenja upravnih obćinah. Na temelju naredbe kr. hrv.-slav.-dalm. zem. vlade od 5. veljače 1875. broj 221 pr. i provedenoga zatim zaokruženja upravnih obćinah. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Tiskara "Narodnih novinah". pp. IX–XIV.

Further reading

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  • Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža (2013–2024). "Ozalj". Hrvatska enciklopedija (online ed.). Archived from the original on 26 December 2023.
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