Ozalj
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Ozalj is a town in central Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, located north of Karlovac
Karlovac
Karlovac is a city and municipality in central Croatia. The city proper has a population of 49,082, while the municipality has a population of 59,395 inhabitants .Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County...

 and southwest of Jastrebarsko
Jastrebarsko
- Antiquity :In 1865, remnants of a Roman settlement were uncovered in Repišće, Klinča Sela, a village in Jastrebarsko metropolitan area. Further archeological investigation in the late 20th century classified them as a villa rustica and a necropolis consisting of six tumuli, both dating to...

, on the Kupa
Kupa
Kupa may refer to:*Kupa River, a river in Croatia and Slovenia*Kupa River , a river in Lithuania*Kupa River in Siberia, see Kuta River*Kupa Synagogue, a synagogue in Krakow*Kupa, Hungary, a village in Northern Hungary...

 river. It is close to Žumberak
Žumberak/Gorjanci
Žumberak or Gorjanci is a range of mountains or hills between Croatia and Slovenia. The highest peak is Sveta Gera on the border between Croatia and Slovenia, being tall....

 in the north and the border with Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 in the northwest, with Metlika
Metlika
Metlika is a town and municipality in the southeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the river Kolpa on the border with Croatia. The municipality is at the heart of the area of Bela Krajina, the southeastern part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the...

 being the closest Slovenian town.

Population

The town of Ozalj itself has a population of 1,194, with a total of 6,837 people in the municipality. 96% of the population are Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 (census 2001).

It is surrounded by 96 smaller settlements, the full list of which is:
  • Badovinci
    Badovinci
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    , population 24
  • Belinsko Selo, population 1
  • Belošići, population 25
  • Boševci, population 64
  • Brašljevica, population 33
  • Bratovanci, population 50
  • Brezje Vivodinsko, population 8
  • Breznik
    Breznik
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    , population 6
  • Brezovica Žumberačka, population 19
  • Budim Vivodinski, population 15
  • Bulići
    Bulići
    Bulići is a village in the municipality of Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    , population 2
  • Cerje Vivodinsko, population 22
  • Cvetišće, population 0
  • Dančulovići, population 18
  • Dojutrovica, population 35
  • Doljani Žumberački, population 23
  • Donji Lović, population 20
  • Donji Oštri Vrh Ozaljski, population 47
  • Dragoševci, population 7
  • Dučići
    Dučići
    Dučići is a suburb in the city of Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    , population 21
  • Durlinci, population 90
  • Dvorišće Ozaljsko, population 49
  • Dvorište Vivodinsko, population 27
  • Ferenci
    Ferenci
    Ferenci, Ferenczi, Ferenczy:* 11584 Ferenczi* Franz Ferenczy * István Ferenczy , a Hungarian sculptor* István "Stan" Ferenczi , a Hungarian international...

    , population 49
  • Fratrovci Ozaljski, population 46
  • Furjanići, population 33
  • Galezova Draga, population 26
  • Galin
    Galin
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    , population 4
  • Goleši Žumberački, population 4
  • Goli Vrh Ozaljski, population 6
  • Gorniki Vivodinski, population 34
  • Gornje Pokupje, population 161
  • Gornji Lović, population 41
  • Gornji Oštri Vrh Ozaljski, population 6
  • Goršćaki Ozaljski, population 11
  • Grandić Breg, population 37
  • Grdun, population 137
  • Gudalji, population 1
  • Hodinci, population 33
  • Hrastovica Vivodinska, population 0
  • Ilovac, population 35
  • Jaškovo, population 488
  • Kamenci, population 0
  • Kašt
    Kast
    KAST may refer to:* KAST , an AM radio station in Astoria, Oregon* The ICAO identifier for Astoria Regional Airport in Astoria, Oregon* Kast , a tall wardrobe-like Dutch chest with double doors. Often used as hope chests, these were constructed so as to partially dismantle for transport to the...

    , population 46
  • Keseri, population 5
  • Kuljaji, population 11
  • Kunčani, population 0
  • Levkušje, population 205
  • Liješće, population 37
  • Lović Prekriški, population 72
  • Lukšići Ozaljski, population 43
  • Lukunić Draga, population 24
  • Mali Erjavec
    Mali Erjavec
    Mali Erjavec is a village in Croatia....

    , population 157
  • Malinci, population 0
  • Novaki Ozaljski, population 62
  • Obrež Vivodinski, population 81
  • Ozalj
    Ozalj
    Ozalj 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.-Population:...

    , population 1,194
  • Pećarići, population 2
  • Petruš Vrh, population 10
  • Pilatovci, population 22
  • Podbrežje
    Podbrezje
    Podbrezje is a village in the municipality of Naklo in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It has become a single settlement, but is actually made up of what were, before the Second World War, the three separate villages of Dolenja vas, Srednja vas and Podtabor. The settlement lies on a terrace...

    , population 323
  • Podgraj, population 116
  • Police Pirišće, population 81
  • Polje Ozaljsko, population 270
  • Popovići Žumberački, population 0
  • Požun, population 35
  • Radatovići, population 23
  • Radina Vas, population 7
  • Rajakovići, population 0
  • Rujevo, population 11
  • Sekulići, population 4
  • Slapno, population 280
  • Soldatići, population 19
  • Sršići, population 6
  • Stojavnica, population 27
  • Svetice
    Světice
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    , population 21
  • Svetičko Hrašće, population 127
  • Šiljki, population 5
  • Škaljevica, population 71
  • Tomašnica
    Tomašnica
    Tomašnica is a small village in the Republic of Croatia, in Karlovac County. It is located on the left bank of the Dobra River in region called Gornje Pokuplje, ten kilometres from Karlovac in the direction of Netretić. It belongs to municipality of Ozalj. Tomašnica is place of beautiful nature ...

    , population 159
  • Trešćerovac, population 86
  • Trg
    TRG
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    , population 185
  • Varaštovac, population 11
  • Veliki Erjavec, population 12
  • Vini Vrh, population 4
  • Vivodina
    Vivodina
    Vivodina is a village in Croatia, Karlovac County. It is first mentioned on September 22, 1321. The village is well known for a long winery tradition and that both parents of NBA Hall of Famer George Mikan descends from Vivodina near Bubnjarci....

    , population 76
  • Vrbanska Draga, population 21
  • Vrhovac, population 356
  • Vrhovački Sopot, population 89
  • Vrškovac, population 123
  • Vuketić, population 22
  • Vuksani, population 9
  • Zajačko Selo, population 165
  • Zaluka, population 35
  • Zorkovac, population 209
  • Zorkovac na Kupi, population 103
  • Zorkovac Vivodinski, population 16


History

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
Frankopan
The Frankopans are a Croatian noble family. Also called Frankapan, Frangepán in Hungarian, and Frangipani in Italian.The Frankopan family is the leading princely Croatian aristocratic family which dates back to the 12th Century and even earlier to Roman times...

 family owned it since 1398, then it passed to the Zrinski
Zrinski
The Zrinski family was a Croatian noble family, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia and Hungary and in the later Austro-Hungarian Empire...

 family in 1550, and it stayed theirs until 1671. The city commemorates April 30 as its day, in memory of the event in 1671 when Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski was a Croatian Ban and writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664-1670 which ultimately led to his execution for high treason.-Zrinski family:Petar Zrinski was born in Vrbovec, a small town near...

 and Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan
Fran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...

 were executed.

The patron saint of the town is St. Vitus, whose saints day is celebrated June 15.

Munjara

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

Notable people

  • Slava Raškaj
    Slava Raškaj
    Slava Raškaj was a painter considered to be the greatest Croatian watercolorist of the late 19th and early 20th century. Deaf since birth, Raškaj was schooled in Vienna and Zagreb, where her mentor was the Croatian painter Bela Čikoš Sesija. In the 1890s her works were exhibited around Europe,...

     (1877–1906), painter
  • John Malkovich
    John Malkovich
    John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director and fashion designer with his label Technobohemian. Over the last 25 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award...

    's grandparents

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