Gerovo

Gerovo
Village
Gerovo Location of Gerovo in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°30′49″N14°38′20″E / 45.5136510600°N 14.6389486900°E / 45.5136510600; 14.6389486900
Country	Croatia
Area [1]
• Total	65.1 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	593
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Gerovo is a Croatian village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is connected by the D32 highway.

Geography

The NE edge of the karst polje of Gerovo is known as Ponikve because of its dolines. ^[3]

History

The volunteer fire department DVD Gerovo was founded in 1926, and is today part of the VZ grada Čabra. ^[4] Its current commander is Robert Pajnić. ^[5] It was liquidated on 20 January 1939. ^{[6] : 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. ^[7] In 1937, it had 23 members who participated in expeditions to Risnjak and the source of the Kupa. ^{[8] : 244}

Gerovo 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. 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. ^[10] Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared. ^[11]

Demographics

In 1870, Gerovo općina, in Delnice podžupanija, 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. ^{[12] : 9}

In 1895, the općina of Gerovo (court at Gerovo), with an area of 126 kilometres (78 mi), 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. ^{[13] : iv, v}

Town of Gerovo: Population trends 1857–2011

v

population	676	695	563	733	649	835	813	892	681	796	1210	807	840	807	722	689
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Economy

There was a sawmill in Gerovo. ^[14]

Governance

National

At the 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election in Modruš-Rijeka County, Gerovo voted mainly for the Croatian People's Peasant Party and to a lesser extent the Democratic Party. ^{[15] : 596}

Results at the poll in Gerovo ^[15]

Year	Voters	Electors	NRS	DSD	KPJ	HPSS	Independent	SS	HSP	HZ
1920	663	293	1	65	9	192	5	3	4	14

Sports

Beginning in 2013, ^[16] the 7 stage 260 kilometres (160 mi) long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar (Croatian : Goranska biciklistička transverzala) passes through Gerovo. ^[17]

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were two gendarmeries in Čabar kotar: one in Čabar itself and one in Gerovo. ^[18]

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. ^[19]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Gerovo include:

• Petar Klepac, legendary figure

Gallery

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  Sv. Hermagora i Fortunata church near Gerovo
• 
  Forest near Gerovo

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. Državna geodetska uprava (n.d.). Registrar topografskih imena (Map).
4. 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.
5. n.s. (2015–2025). "Požarno područje Gorski kotar III - ČABAR". Vatrogasna zajednica Primorsko-goranske županije. Archived from the original on 2025-03-29.
6. Plaček, Josip (1939) [1939-05-05]. "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 35, no. 7–8. pp. 238–264. ISSN   0354-0650.
7. Plaček, Josip (1936) [1936-05-15]. ""Jelenc" — Gerovo" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 32, no. 7–8. p. 244. ISSN   0354-0650.
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9. 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. ISSN   1334-3017.
10. Ned (2014-04-11). "Ledena kiša u Gorskom kotaru uzrokovala najveću mirnodopsku štetu u Hrvatskoj". Crometeo - motrenje i prognoziranje vremena. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
11. Uredništvo (2014-02-28). "Ledena kiša u Gorskom Kotaru". Šumarski list. 138 (1–2): 5. eISSN   1846-9140.
12. Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (1877). "Pregled gradovah i podžupanijah i uredjenja upravnih obćinah uz naznačenje poreznih obćinah, njihove površine i k istim spadajućih mjestah uz broj kućah i stanovnikah". 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. 1–120.
13. Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (1895). "Glavni pregled područja županija, upravnih kotara i obćina, sudbenih stolova, sudbenih kotara, financijalnih ravnateljstva, poreznih ureda i izbornih kotara". Političko i sudbeno razdieljenje kralj. Hrvatske i Slavonije i Repertorij prebivališta po stanju od 31. svibnja 1895. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada. pp. I–XXVII.
14. Matić, Zdravko (2004-12-22). "Osnivanje i rad "Napretkovih" organizacija na području Hrvatskog primorja i Gorskog kotara (1928. - 1950.)" [The Foundation and Work of "Napredak" Organisations on the Territory of Hrvatsko Primorje and Gorski Kotar]. Časopis za suvremenu povijest (in Croatian). 36 (3): 1183–1204. ISSN   1848-9079.
15. Уставотворна скупштина (1921). Статистички преглед избора народних посланика за Уставотворну скупштину Краљевине Срба, Хрвата и Словенаца : извршених на дан 28. новембра 1920. год (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade.
16. Krmpotić, Marinko (2013-11-21). "Gorski kotar Bike: Goranska biciklistička transverzala duga 260 km". Novi list. ISSN   0350-4301. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28.
17. n.s. (2020). "Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar stages". Gorski kotar Bike.
18. Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (May 1913). "Razmještaj Kr. oružništva u Kraljevinama Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji". Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara. pp. XXXIV–XXXV.
19. 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.

Bibliography

General

• Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža (2013–2024). "Fužine". Hrvatska enciklopedija (online ed.). Archived from the original on 2023-12-28.
• 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. ISBN   953-158-004-9.

Forestry

• Šoštarić, Miroslav (2016-11-22) [defended 2016-09-09]. Prirodno pomlađivanje nakon ledoloma u jelovo-bukovim sastojinama na području Gerova [Natural regeneration of ice-damaged fir-beech stands in the area of Gerovo] (Thesis) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Šumarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu.

Genealogy

• Barac-Grum, Vida (1987-06-28). "Pogled na gorskokotarsku povijesnu antroponimiju" [A View into the Historical Anthroponymy of Gorski Kotar]. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik (in Croatian). 13 (1): 5–8. ISSN   1331-6745.