Glina, Croatia

Glina, Croatia

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Glina
settlement_type = Village


image_caption = Aerial view
image_shield =
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map_caption = Location of Glina in Croatia
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Croatia
subdivision_type1 = County
subdivision_name1 = Sisak-Moslavina
area_total_km2 =
population_as_of = 2001
population_note =
population_total = 3116
latd = 45
latm = 20
latNS = N
longd = 16
longm = 5
longEW = E
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Marko Sremić (HDZ)
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST =CEST
utc_offset_DST =+2
website = http://www.grad-glina.hr/
notes =

Glina is a small town in central Croatia, located southwest of Petrinja and Sisak in the Sisak-Moslavina county.

History

Glina was first mentioned as a city in June 1284. Later in September of 1737, during the threat of the Turks, the Croatian sabor met in Glina. It was also a post of Ban Jelačić when he became the commander the Military Frontier during the Turkish threat.

During the mid 18th century, Count Ivan Drašković created freemasons' lodges in several Croatian cities, including Glina, where officers and other members shared ideas of the Jacobins from the French Revolution, until Emperor Francis I banned them in 1798.

During World War Two Glina was part of the Nazi puppet state of Croatia. On 3 August 1941, the ustaše killed over 260 Serbs, and most of them were killed in the Serbian Orthodox Church in Glina. (See Glina massacre.)

During the Croatian War of Independence, from 1991-95, Glina was a town in the unrecognised Republika Srpska Krajina. Thousands of Croats fled the region and many were killed. On August 6, 1995 Glina became a fully functioning part of Croatia itself after Operation Storm.

Demographics

In some censuses people listed themselves as Yugoslavs, instead of Serbs and Croats.

Notable people from Glina

* Natko Devčić Croatian composer

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.grad-glina.hr/ Glina]


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