Krnjak

Krnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Крњак)^[4] is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia.

Krnjak Крњак (Serbian)[1]
Municipality
Coat of arms
Map of Krnjak municipality within Karlovac County
Krnjak Location in Croatia
Coordinates: 45.336049°N 15.600684°E / 45.336049; 15.600684
Country	Croatia
County	Karlovac County
Area [2]
• Municipality	111.8 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
• Urban	8.0 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Municipality	1,332
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
• Urban	258
• Urban density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2
Website	krnjak.hr

History

On 13 April 2023 at 15:28 the ŽVOC Karlovac received a call about a wildfire in the area of Debela Kosa. 20 hectares (49 acres) burned by the time it was put out at 21:26 by DVD "Debela Kosa" Krnjak.^[5]

Languages and names

On the territory of Krnjak municipality, along with Croatian which is official in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet.^[6][7]: 2 As of 2023, most of the legal requirements for the fulfillment of bilingual standards have not been carried out. Official buildings and seals do have Cyrillic signage, but not street signs or traffic signs. Cyrillic is not used on any official documents, nor are there public legal and administrative employees proficient in the script.^{[7]: 133, 134} Preserving traditional Serbian place names and assigning street names to Serbian historical figures is legally mandated, but not carried out.^[7]: 135

Demographics

In 1890, the obćina of Krnjak (court at Krnjak), with an area of 101 square kilometres (39 sq mi), belonged to the kotar of Vojnić (Vojnić electoral district but Krnjak court) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 825 houses, with a population of 4776: 2391 male and 2385 female. All were Croatian or Serbian speakers. The majority were Eastern Orthodox, but 27 were Catholic and 4 were Jewish. Its 27 villages were divided for taxation purposes into 8 porezne obćine, under the Slunj office.^{[8]: vi, vii [9]: xxx, xxxi}

In 1910, the court of Krnjak encompassed an area of 695 square kilometres (268 sq mi), with a population of 35,642. Krnjak had its own cadastral jurisdiction, but its business court was in Ogulin.^{[10]: xxxii}

There are a total of 1,985 inhabitants in the municipality (census 2011), 68.6% which are Serbs and 29.2% which are Croats.^[11] By mother tongue there are 1,620 Croatian speakers, 201 Serbian speakers and 164 speakers of other languages.^[12] The municipality is part of Kordun.

Settlements

The settlements in the municipality are:^[3][13]

• Bijeli Klanac (population 3)
• Brebornica (population 36)
• Budačka Rijeka (population 166)
• Burić Selo (population 9)
• Čatrnja (population 85)
• Donji Budački (population 99)
• Dugi Dol (population 74)
• Dvorište (population 29)
• Gornji Budački (population 9)
• Gornji Skrad (population 44)
• Grabovac Krnjački (population 58)
• Grabovac Vojnićki (population 42)
• Hrvatsko Žarište (population 23)
• Jasnić Brdo (population 4)
• Keserov Potok (population 4)
• Krnjak (population 258)
• Mala Crkvina (population 22)
• Mlakovac (population 98)
• Pavković Selo (population 54)
• Perići (population 13)
• Podgorje Krnjačko (population 47)
• Poljana Vojnićka (population 14)
• Ponorac (population 16)
• Rastovac Budački (population 12)
• Suhodol Budački (population 4)
• Trupinjak (population 0)
• Velika Crkvina (population 25)
• Vojnović Brdo (population 5)
• Zagorje (population 39)
• Zimić (population 40)

Hrvatsko Žarište, once called Partizansko Žarište, was famous for its elementary school, that was founded by family Vidić.

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were 6 gendarmeries in Vojnić kotar: Barilović, Krnjak, Krstinja, Perjasica, Vojnić and Vukmanić.^[14]

Notable people

• Vladimir Matijević