Bunić, Croatia

Bunić
Бунић (Serbian)[1]
The church in Bunić was destroyed in World War II
Bunić
Location in Croatia
Coordinates: 44°40′41″N 15°38′06″E / 44.678°N 15.635°E / 44.678; 15.635
Country  Croatia
County Lika-Senj County
Municipality Udbina
Population (2011)
  Total 133
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

Bunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бунић[1]) is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the Udbina municipality, between Korenica and Lički Osik. The population is 133 (census 2011).

History

The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 2,058 inhabitants, of whom 2,051 were Serbian Orthodox ("Vlach") and 7 were "Turks".[2]

In 1743 Ernst Laudon an Austrian generalisimo built a church to commemorate his children who died and were buried in Bunić and in 1746 he planted an oak forest now called by his name.[3]

The place was heavily damaged in the Second World War by the Chetniks who expelled and erased most Croats, and greatly damaged the church.[4][5]

Notable natives and residents

Coordinates: 44°40′41″N 15°38′06″E / 44.678°N 15.635°E / 44.678; 15.635

References

  1. 1 2 Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. Šarić, Marko (2009). "Predmoderne etnije u Lici i Krbavi prema popisu iz 1712./14.". In Željko Holjevac. Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak (PDF) (in Croatian). 1. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar. p. 375. ISBN 978-953-6666-65-2.
  3. "Ernst Gideon von Laudon". enciklopedija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. "Vlade Lozić: Poziv na obnovu srušene katoličke crkve u Krbavi". hrsvijet.net (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. Kukec, Alojzije (2013). Goran Moravček, ed. Ratni vihor u Gospiću i okolici (in Croatian). 1. Kastav: Nakladnik Inicijativa za zaštitu baštine Kastav. p. 16. ISBN 978-953-56683-3-6.


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