The volunteer fire department DVD Gerovo was founded in 1926, and is today part of the VZ grada Čabra.[3] Its current commander is Robert Pajnić.[4] It was liquidated on 20 January 1939.[5]:240
The local chapter of the HPS was HPD "Jelenc", which had very low activity for a time until its reconstitution in 1936 under the Josip Turk presidency.[6] In 1937, it had 23 members who participated in expeditions to Risnjak and the source of the Kupa.[7]:244
Gerovo was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated,[8]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. 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 Gerovo lost 43% of its wood mass.[9] Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.[10]
Demographics
In 1870, Gerovo općina, in Delnicepodžupanija, had 497 houses, with a population of 3410. Its 41 villages were divided into 3 porezne obćine for taxation purposes. Parishes included Gerovo, Hrib and Plešće.[11]:9
In 1895, the općina of Gerovo (court at Gerovo), with an area of 126 kilometres (78mi), belonged to the kotar of Čabar (Čabar court) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). But it was under the electoral district of Delnice. There were 393 houses, with a population of 2166 (the highest in Čabar kotar). Its 23 villages and 11 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 2 porezne općine, under the Delnice office.[12]:iv,v
Beginning in 2013,[15] the 7 stage 260 kilometres (160mi) long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar (Croatian: Goranska biciklistička transverzala) passes through Gerovo.[16]
Infrastructure
In 1913, there were two gendarmeries in Čabar kotar: one in Čabar itself and one in Gerovo.[17]
Judiciary
In 1875, the kotar court of Čabar, subordinate to the royal court at Zagreb, encompassed an 1870 population of 7476, being responsible for the općine: Čabar, Prezid and Gerovo.[18]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Gerovo include:
↑ Plaček, Josip (1937) [1937-05-05]. "Izvještaj tajnika"(PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol.33, no.7–8. pp.221–252. ISSN0354-0650.
↑ Trošić, Tanja; Mokorić, Marija (2014). ""Ledena kiša" i poledica u Gorskom kotaru od 31. siječnja do 5. veljače 2014". Meteorološki i hidrološki bilten (4): 49–53. ISSN1334-3017.
↑ 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.
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Hirc, Dragutin (1898) [written 1898-02-08]. "Gerovo". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Zagreb: 🖶 Lavoslav Hartman (Kugli i Deutsch). pp.143–149. Republished as Hirc, Dragutin (1993) [written 1898-02-08]. "Gerovo". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Rijeka: 🖶 Tiskara Rijeka. pp.143–149. ISBN953-158-004-9.
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