Fužine, Croatia
Fužine | |
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| Općina Fužine Municipality of Fužine | |
 Fužine in summer | |
  Fužine Location of Fužine in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′19″N 14°42′56″E / 45.3053°N 14.7156°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Primorje-Gorski kotar |
| Founded | 17th century |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marianko Kauzlarić |
| Area | |
| 85.8 km2 (33.1 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 20.9 km2 (8.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 722 m (2,369 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 1,394 | |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 597 |
| • Urban density | 29/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Postal Code | 51322 |
| Area code | 051 |
| Vehicle registration | DE |
| Website | fuzine |
Fužine (Italian: Fusine) is a village and a municipality located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, 10 km away from the coast and 30 km away from the city of Rijeka. It is situated at 722 meters above sea level while being surrounded by mountains and three large artificial accumulation lakes (Bajer, Potkoš and Lepenica).
Geography
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There are three large man-made lakes (Bajer and Lepenica) and one small lake (Potkoš) in Fužine.
All the lakes are used for generating electricity. There is also a cave in Fužine named Vrelo.
The area is surrounded by the mountains of Tuhobić, Viševica, and Bitoraj.
Climate
[edit]Between 1955 and 1972, the highest temperature recorded at the Brana weather station was 33.6 °C (92.5 °F), on 6 July 1957.[3] The coldest temperature was −29.4 °C (−20.9 °F), on 14 January 1968.[4]
History
[edit]Fužine was built in the 17th century when the House of Zrinski opened an iron mine in this area of Gorski Kotar.
Fužine got its name from blacksmiths, because there were many blacksmiths in Fužine fixing carriages.
Significant events include the 1727 construction of the Karolina road connecting Bakar with Karlovac.
In 1780, Maurice Benyovszky received permission from the emperor to found a society to support the transport of goods along the Karolina road. Such societies already existed in Vrbovsko, Fužine and Karlovac.[5]: 125
In 1873, the Zagreb-Rijeka railroad came.
The volunteer fire department DVD Fužine was founded in 1876, and is today part of the VZ općine Fužine.[6] The current commander of the VZ and DVD is Filip Milković.[7]
WWII
[edit]During WWII, 194 people were killed in the kotar of Fužine, of which 123 by Italians, 64 by Germans and 7 by Croats.[8]: 369
Recent
[edit]Fužine was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated,[9] freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. Because of power lines falling on the A6, the highway was closed in of Rijeka between Bosiljevo and Kikovica, and between Kikovica and Delnice in the direction of Zagreb.[10] It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million HRK to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses. The Šumarija Fužine lost 38% of its wood mass.[11] Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.[12] All three main power lines in Fužine were severed, leaving the area without electricity.[13]
On 26 March 2022 at 14:49 the DVD Fužine received a call about a wildfire in the area of Donje Selo. 0.9 hectares (2.2 acres) burned by the time it was put out at 16:53 by DVD Fužine and DVD Vrata. While fighting the fire, the body of a man it had killed was found.[14]
Demographics
[edit]The total population of Fužine municipality is 1394, in the following settlements:[15]
- Belo Selo, population 66
- Benkovac Fužinski, population 40
- Fužine, population 597
- Lič, population 446
- Slavica, population 35
- Vrata, population 210
Economy
[edit]Tourism
[edit]Fužine has a long tourism tradition. A lot of people started to come to Fužine to get away from the city life. There are numerous bike routes and hiking trails in the mountains surrounding the village. The Vrelo cave is opened for tourist throughout whole year. The cave is also accessible for people with wheelchair, and other disabilities. Fužine also has a lot of festivities during the year:
- Summer in Fužine - concerts, sport competitions
- Big New Year's Eve party in the noon
- Lake regatta
- World championship in underwater orientation
- Fishing contest
Industry
[edit]Fužine has a number of saw mills. It also contains a large plant (Drvenjača d.d.) for producing cellulose pulp for paper manufacturing.
Culture
[edit]Cuisine
[edit]The society Plodovi gorja Gorskog kotara[a] organises "Strawberry days" (Croatian: Dani jagoda), "Lavender days" (Croatian: Dani lavande) and "Berry days" (Croatian: Dani bobičastog voća in Fužine.[16]
Sports
[edit]Beginning in 2013,[17] the 7 stage 260 kilometres (160 mi) long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar (Croatian: Goranska biciklistička transverzala) passes through Fužine, where the sixth stage ends and the seventh begins.[18]
The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012,[19] sometimes goes through Fužine, such as in the first leg for 2022 and the third leg for 2024, both of which started and ended in Fužine.[20][21]
Notable people
[edit]- Krešo Golik, movie maker
- Franjo Rački, historian
- Viktor Bubanj, general and National Hero of Yugoslavia
- Dario Knežević, football player
- Vojislav Mišković, astronomer
- Ivanka Trohar, Yugoslav Partisan
Bibliography
[edit]- Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža (2013–2024). "Fužine". Hrvatska enciklopedija (online ed.). Archived from the original on 2023-12-28.
- Geriol Nemet, Antonija (2010). Fužine – antički Lič: Prilog proučavanju i vrednovanju kulturne i prirodne baštine. Delnice: Ogranak Matice hrvatske u Delnicama.
- Kauzlarić Andrić, Neda, ed. (1985). Fužine, Lič, Vrata Belo Selo, Slavica, Benkovac: U povodu 200. godišnjice Škole Fužine (1785. – 1985.). ISBN 86-7071-039-0.
- Hirc, Dragutin (1898) [written 1898-02-08]. "Fužina". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Zagreb: 🖶 Lavoslav Hartman (Kugli i Deutsch). pp. 1–10. Republished as Hirc, Dragutin (1993) [written 1898-02-08]. "Fužina". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Rijeka: 🖶 Tiskara Rijeka. pp. 1–10. ISBN 953-158-004-9.
Architecture
[edit]- Bradanović, Marijan (2021-01-07) [received 2020-04-15]. "Župna crkva sv. Antuna Padovanskog u Fužinama – primjer arhitekture klasicizma u Gorskom kotaru" [The Parish Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Fužine – An Example of the Classicist Architecture in Gorski kotar]. Problemi sjevernog Jadrana. 18: 133–158. doi:10.21857/90836c71xy. eISSN 1848-7866.
History
[edit]- Delač-Petković, Karmen (2016-10-01). "Deset godina rada fužinarske čitaonice "Dr. Franjo Rački"". Knjižničar/Knjižničarka: E-časopis Knjižničarskog društva Rijeka. 7: 49–59. eISSN 1848-5790.
- Bujan-Kovačević, Zlata (2010). Fužinarski Bunjevci: Priče iz rodoslovnog istraživanja. ISBN 978-953-7002-60-2.
- Kauzlarić Andrić, Neda (1985). "Postanak, rast i razvoj naselja – stanovništvo i življenje (Fužine, Lič, Vrata, Belo Selo, Slavica i Benkovac)". Fužine, Lič, Vrata Belo Selo, Slavica, Benkovac: U povodu 200. godišnjice Škole Fužine (1785. – 1985.). pp. 17–72. ISBN 86-7071-039-0.
- Erceg, Ivan (1959-03-01). "Prinosi za upoznavanje ekonomskog i pravnog položaja kmetova fužinskog kaštelanata u drugoj polovici 18. stoljeća". Zbornik Odsjeka za povijesne znanosti Zavoda za povijesne i društvene znanosti Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. 2: 227–261. ISSN 1330-7134.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ DHMZ (2022-07-19). "Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
- ^ DHMZ (2022-01-21). "Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
- ^ Despot, Miroslava (1953). "Historijat trgovačkih putova između Rijeke i zaleđa u XVIII. i XIX. stoljeću". Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 123–136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-01.
- ^ Jagodin, Nikola; Runjić, Vedran (2022). "Popis vatrogasnih organizacija s datumima osnivanja" [List of Firefighting Organisations with Date of Founding]. Muzej hrvatskog vatrogastva (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2023-01-30.
- ^ n.s. (2015–2025). "Požarno područje Gorski kotar VI - FUŽINE / MRKOPALJ". Vatrogasna zajednica Primorsko-goranske županije. Archived from the original on 2025-03-29.
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- ^ Vukadinović, Valentina (2022-04-25). "Priča o Plodovima gorja Gorskog kotara". GorskiKotao: Vanjina kuhinja (jedi dobro).
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- ^ Promotiv Travel (2024). "Gorski kotar Bike Tour 2024". Promotiv. Archived from the original on 2024-02-28.
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