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16-573: Bosiljevo is a village and municipality in Karlovac County , Croatia. It is located in the Gorski Kotar region, 25 km south-west from Karlovac , on the highways A1 and A6 leading to Zagreb , Rijeka and Split . The total population of the municipality is 1,284, in the following forty-three settlements (villages and hamlets): The Bosiljevo municipality is divided into four districts: Bosiljevo, Grabrk, Prikuplje and Vodena Draga. It
32-442: A natural, economic and social entity, related to one other by the common interests of the area's population. As of 2023, the 21 counties of Croatia are subdivided into 128 towns and 428 municipalities, which in turn are subdivided into 6757 settlements. Municipalities, within their self-governing scope of activities, perform the tasks of local significance, which directly fulfil the citizens’ needs, and which were not assigned to
48-566: A population of 1,284 inhabitants, of which 97% are ethnic Croats. The local dialect is mixed Kajkavian - Chakavian . The patron saint of Bosiljevo is St. Vitus the Martyr , who is celebrated on 15 June. Municipalities of Croatia Municipalities in Croatia ( Croatian : općina ; plural: općine ) are the second-lowest administrative unit of government in the country, and along with cities and towns ( grad , plural: gradovi ) they form
64-616: Is elected together with the president). They (with the deputy president) can be recalled by a referendum . Municipalities have administrative departments as offices of municipal administration (in small municipalities there is unique administrative department) chaired by the heads (principals). They are appointed by the municipal president on the basis of a public competition. Croatian municipalities are administratively subdivided into "local committee areas" ( mjesni odbori ) with elected councils. As of 2015 , there are 428 municipalities in Croatia. Law of Croatia The law of Croatia
80-751: Is part of the legal system of Croatia . It belongs to the civil law legal system . It is grounded on the principles laid out in the Constitution of Croatia and safeguarded by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia . Croatian Law system is largely influenced by German and Austrian law systems. It is significantly influenced by the Civil Code of the Austrian Empire (1811), known in Croatia as Opći građanski zakon (OGZ) (General Civil Law) . It
96-616: Is situated between the rivers Kupa (the western part lying roughly along the Slovenia-Croatia border) and Dobra . To the south, the municipality shares borders with the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the town of Vrbovsko , to the south-east Ogulin , to the east Generalski Stol , and Netretić to the north. Located in Gorski Kotar, the area's landscape is shaped by karst relief, and its most prominent features are
112-470: Is the representative body of citizens and the body of local self-government. The councillors are elected for a four-year term on the basis of universal suffrage in direct elections by secret ballot using proportional system with the D'Hondt method . The executive head of the municipality is the municipality president ( općinski načelnik ), also elected in direct elections for a four-year term, by majority vote ( two-round system ) (the deputy president
128-505: The Yugoslav Federation which enacted in 1946 the Law on immediate voiding of regulations passed before April 6, 1941 and during the enemy occupation (Zakon o nevaženju pravnih propisa donesenih prije 6. travnja 1941. i za vrijeme neprijateljske okupacije) . By this law OGZ was declared invalid as a whole, but implementation of some of its legal rules was approved. During the post-war era,
144-482: The Croatian legal system become influenced by elements of the socialist law . Croatian civil law was pushed aside, and it took norms of public law and legal regulation of the social ownership . After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991, the previous legal system was used as a base for writing new laws. The Civil Obligations Act (Zakon o obveznim odnosima) was enacted in 2005. Today, Croatia as
160-529: The hills Družac and Privis, which stand at 469 and 461 meters respectively. The geology and climate of the region have traditionally been well-suited for pastoralism . The area has been inhabited since the Neolithic period, as evidenced by pottery found in a site near the village of Hrsina. The earliest references to Bosiljevo date back to documents from the year 1334 when Ivan the Archdeacon of Gorica mentioned
176-658: The parish church of Sancti Mauri in Bozilio in the constitution of the Zagreb bishopric. The Bosiljevo castle was most likely built in the early 15th century, and its first owner was Bartol IX Frankopan, a member of the Frankopan family . Cultural and historical monuments, such as the Castle Frankopan (which has been in a desolate state of frame since the Nons were expelled in the late 70's),
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#1733093973554192-662: The restaurant "Bosiljevo" in Bosanci, on the old road (Rijeka-Zagreb). The most important companies are "Maier-Textil" in Bosiljevo and the saw-mill "Korenić" in Orišje . With the new roads, Bosiljevo and the surrounding area are opening up for the future. The current mayor of Bosiljevo County is Josip Korenić, also the owner of the Korenić saw mill in Orišje. According to the 2011 census , Bosiljevo has
208-540: The ruins of the Castle Steljnik , old mansions, churches and monasteries yield the county a certain attraction. Two volunteer fire departments are presently active in Bosiljevo. The first one was founded in 1934 by Matija Bukovac. The other in Grabrk was founded in 1951. There is also a local cultural club called "Frankopan" and the hunting club "Družac". Bosiljevo has one post office, one tavern (stand 2006), two shops and
224-593: The second level of administrative subdisivion, after counties . Each municipality consists of one or more settlements ( naselja ) , which are the third-level spatial units of Croatia. Though equal in powers and administrative bodies, municipalities and towns differ in that municipalities are usually more likely to consist of a collection of villages in rural or suburban areas, whereas towns are more likely to cover urbanised areas. Croatian law defines municipalities as local self-government units which are established, in an area where several inhabited settlements represent
240-458: The state bodies by the constitution or law, and in particular affairs related to the organization of localities and housing, zoning and planning, public utilities, child care, social welfare, primary health services, education and primary schools, culture, physical education and sports, customer protection, protection and improvement of the environment, fire protection and civil defence, and local transport. Municipal council ( općinsko vijeće )
256-614: Was in force from 1853 to 1946, with some provisions still applying in the modern day. The Independent State of Croatia , a Nazi -controlled puppet state was established in 1941 during World War II , used the OGZ as a basis for the 1943 Base of the Civil Code for the Independent State of Croatia (Osnova građanskoga zakona za Nezavisnu Državu Hrvatsku) . After the War, Croatia become a member of
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