Lesci

Lesci
Village
Lesci in the first half of the 20th century.
Lesci
Coordinates: 45°25′26″N15°07′31″E / 45.423968°N 15.125206°E / 45.423968; 15.125206
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
City	Vrbovsko
Area [1]
• Total	0.2 km2 (0.08 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	51326
Area code	+385 051

Lesci is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is a ghost town.

History

Ivan Goran Kovačić wrote a poem about the accordion players of Lesci titled "Petr Breški harmonikaš":

Ako se je jókal ali smèjal
Zaprta bila vusta so i oči, -
Z harmoniko je svoje soze lèjal,
Čez tipke njeje smeh se njegov tòčil.
Njegòvo dušo imal njeji meh,
Njegòvo srce, njegov vzdih i smeh.
I celi život bil mu je popêvka,
Cel život tan'c, svati, pirovânje,
Muzìkal do svojèga je sršetka, -
I na oblâke š'l je v svatovânje...
To znadó sì: da je Petr Breški
Pri ajngeli hàrmonikâš nebêški.
To ní izmìslil nigdo, to so glasi
Od Boga prišli o mrtvâčke maše:
Čim plòvan zapopêval "Bože, spasi!"
Zagrmèle orgùlje so naše
Na tan'c - kudi muzìke Petròve -
I ko da celo selo v nebo zove!

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In December 1942, ^[4] Ivan Goran Kovačić crossed the Kupa at Lesci in Matija Paviša's ^[a] boat together with Vladimir Nazor on their way to join the Yugoslav Partisans. The news was featured on the BBC. ^[5]

In 2014 and 2015, the gravel road from Riblje by Severin na Kupi to Lesci was completed and equipped with benches. ^[6]

Demographics

As of 2011, it was one of four uninhabited statistical villages in Vrbovsko, along with Međedi, Podvučnik and Radočaj. ^[7] These were followed by Gornji Vukšići. ^[2]

Village of Lesci: Population trends 1857–2021

population		24	16	20	21	17	21	26	23	24	17
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Note: A statistical village since 1869, under the name Brijeg from 1869 to 1900. Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

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Politics

As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it belongs to the local committee  [ hr ] of Lukovdol. ^[8]

Dialect

According to local former resident Lidija Žagar, the dialect of Lesci differed somewhat from the dialect of Lukovdol significantly in accent and vocabulary, but without being closer to dialects across the river. ^{[9] : 108}

Gallery

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  Remains of the mill
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  Remains of the weir

Notes

1. Općinski bilježnik and legal representative of Vladimir Arko  [ hr ].

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. Kovačić, Ivan Goran (1945). Tadijanović, Dragutin (ed.). Ognji i rože (1st ed.). Zagreb.
4. Nazor, Vladimir (2019-05-09) [December 1942]. "Čamac na Kupi". Radio Gornji Grad.
5. Marušić, Mladen (2013-05-04). "GORSKA PISMA (ČITATELJA): I dvorce ubijaju, zar ne?". Gorske novosti.
6. GN (2015-01-15). "U Gradu Vrbovskom: Potpisan Ugovor o izradi projektne dokumentacije za uređenje doline rijeke Kupe u turističke svrhe i uređenje šetnice". Gorske novosti.
7. Tatar, Nensi (2011-06-29). "Crni preliminarni rezultati popisa stanovništva: "Umiru" Skrad, Vrbovsko, Fužine i Mrkopalj – Delnice goranski lider". Gorske novosti.
8. Medved, Slavko (2008-03-14). "Statut Grada Vrbovskog (pročišćeni tekst)". Službene novine: Službeno glasilo Primorsko-goranske županije. Vol. 16, no. 8.
9. Baković, Matijas; Perić Kaselj, Marina; Škiljan, Filip (2024-07-01). "Suživot Hrvata i Slovenaca uz srednji tok Kupe na hrvatsko-slovenskoj granici". Sociologija i prostor: časopis za istraživanje prostornoga i sociokulturnog razvoja. 61 (1): 91–122. doi: 10.5673/sip.62.1.5 . eISSN   1849-0387.