Zrin | |
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Village | |
 Zrin castle | |
  Zrin Location of Zrin Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°11′31.2″N16°22′8.4″E / 45.192000°N 16.369000°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Region | Continental Croatia (Banovina) |
| County |  Sisak-Moslavina |
| Municipality | Dvor |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.8 km2 (5.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) [2] | |
• Total | 8 |
| • Density | 0.54/km2 (1.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 44440 Dvor |
| Area code | + 385 (0)44 |
Zrin is a village in Croatia, Sisak-Moslavina County (Dvor Municipality).
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In the past it was the seat of the Šubić noble family. Later the family called themselves Zrinski, after Zrin Castle. It was a stronghold of Croatian defense in the Ottoman wars. There are still ruins of Zrin Castle in the village.
During World War II, Zrin represented one of the strongest Ustaša strongholds in the Banovina region, from which military operations were frequently carried out against Banovina Partisans. A certain number of inhabitants of Zrin also took part in war crimes against the local Serbian population, such as those in Banski Grabovac, Donji Kuljani, and villages in the Kozara area in the summer of 1941, as well as the massacre in nearby Šegestin at the beginning of 1942.
At the beginning of September 1943, the village was attacked by the Una Operational Group and the 7th Division of the People’s Liberation Movement in Croatia (NOVH) with the aim of destroying the village and eliminating the local Ustaša forces. According to Partisan sources, there were about 150 Ustaša in Zrin during the attack on 9 September 1943, of whom 83 were killed in combat; Partisan losses amounted to 16 killed and 39 wounded. After this battle, Zrin was deliberately burned down, and the civilian population was sent to Divuša and Dvor, which were then under the control of the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). According to some media reports, throughout the entire Second World War and the immediate post-war period, a total of 291 inhabitants of Zrin were killed or died in various ways. In 1946, the displaced inhabitants were collectively prohibited from returning to Zrin by a court decision.
