The Croatian State Archives ( Croatian : Hrvatski državni arhiv ) are the national archives of Croatia located in its capital, Zagreb . The history of the state archives can be traced back to the 17th century. There are also regional state archives located in Bjelovar , Dubrovnik , Gospić , Karlovac , Osijek , Pazin , Rijeka , Sisak , Slavonski Brod , Split , Varaždin and Zadar .
16-610: Gospić ( pronounced [ɡǒːspitɕ] ) is a town in Lika , Croatia . It is the seat of the Lika-Senj County . Gospić is located in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika. It is the administrative center of Lika-Senj County . Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje ). The first organised inhabitation of the area was recorded in 1263 as Kaseg or Kasezi . The name Gospić
32-603: A humid continental climate , Dfb by Köppen climate classification, with mean temperatures varying from −0.9 °C (30.4 °F) in January to 18.1 °C (64.6 °F) in July. Being situated higher than 500 metres (1,640 ft) above sea level , the area experiences high diurnal ranges, especially in summer, and frost has been recorded in every month except for July. The record low and high temperatures are −33.5 °C (−28.3 °F) and 38.7 °C (101.7 °F), respectively. Gospić
48-573: Is also quite a rainy city, with a slight summer minimum, but it experiences plentiful precipitation all year long, with the maximum being in autumn. During winter, Gospić can get strong blizzards, with on average 5.1 days a year when more than 50 cm (20 in) falls, and 16.1 days when more than 30 cm (12 in) falls. Its record snow cover was 285 cm (112.2 in), and it was measured in February 1916. Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for
64-768: Is first mentioned in 1604, which likely originates from the Croatian word for "lady" ( gospa ) or another archaic form, gospava . During the Ottoman wars in Europe , Gospić was for a time ruled by the Ottoman Empire as part of Sanjak of Lika initially in Rumeli Eyalet (1528–1580), later in Bosnia Eyalet (1580–1686). Today's town was built around two Ottoman forts (the towers of Aga Senković and of Aga Alić). The Turkish incursion
80-663: Is instructed to create an inventory of all the laws, charters and other documents. This was followed by the commission to construct a special chest at the Kingdom's expense which would house the most important documents in the aforementioned inventory. The chest only had symbolic meaning, since it could only house a negligible amount of documentation and was located on the grounds of the Bishopric of Zagreb . The number of laws and regulation were subsequently passed in relation to archiving documents. The Croatian Parliament named Ladislaus Kiraly as
96-683: The Državni arhiv Gospić , at Kaniška 17. It was founded 30 September 1999 and officially opened 1 September 2000 in a renovated building and now houses historical documents of relevance to the Lika-Senj region which were formerly housed in the Regional Archive at Karlovac. In 2013, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović urged the town's authorities to allow for a replica of the Tesla statue that had been destroyed in 1992 to be reinstated. The mayor of Gospić at
112-554: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 766561498 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:48:40 GMT Croatian State Archives The Croatian State Archives trace their origin to a 1643 decision of the Croatian Sabor in which the Kingdom's treasurer (blagajnik) Ivan Zakmardi
128-503: The east and often bombarded the town from there. In late 1991, the town was the site of the Gospić massacre , where between 100-120 predominantly Serb civilians were killed by Croatian military units. In February 1992, a statue of Nikola Tesla in downtown Gospić was destroyed in an explosion. The perpetrators were never apprehended. Control of the area finally devolved to the Croatian government with
144-789: The end. Bjelovar , Bjelovar-Bilogora Slavonski Brod , Brod-Posavina Dubrovnik , Dubrovnik-Neretva Pazin , Istria Karlovac , Karlovac Koprivnica , Koprivnica-Križevci Krapina , Krapina-Zagorje Gospić , Lika-Senj Čakovec , Međimurje Osijek , Osijek-Baranja Požega , Požega-Slavonia Rijeka , Primorje-Gorski Kotar Sisak , Sisak-Moslavina Split , Split-Dalmatia Šibenik , Šibenik-Knin Varaždin , Varaždin Virovitica , Virovitica-Podravina Vukovar , Vukovar-Srijem Zadar , Zadar Zagreb , Zagreb Lika Too Many Requests If you report this error to
160-767: The late 19th century and early 20th century, Gospić was part of the Lika-Krbava County . During the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia in WWII , the district of Gospić experienced the first large-scale massacres which occurred in the Lika region, as some 3,000 Serb civilians were killed between late July and early August 1941. A concentration camp was established in Gospić in which (together with other camps that belonged to
176-454: The local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority council of the Town of Gospić with only 13 members being elected in
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#1732859320290192-660: The same complex) the Ustaše might have killed between 24,000-42,000 people, most of them being Serbs and Jews , but some of the prisoners were also Croatian . In the 1990s, during the course of the Croatian War of Independence , Gospić suffered greatly during the Battle of Gospić . The town was held by Croatian government forces throughout the war, while the rebel Serb forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina occupied positions directly to
208-571: The success of Operation Storm in August 1995. Gospić is the third smallest seat of a county government in Croatia. Its status as the county capital helped to spur some development in it, but the town as well as the entire region have suffered a constant decrease in population over the last several decades. Gospić is also the site of one of the regional branches of the Croatian State Archives ,
224-523: The time, Milan Kolić, refused to give his approval for such a move and instead vowed to erect a statue of wartime Croatian President Franjo Tuđman on the spot where the Tesla statue had once stood. In 2021, under mayor Karlo Starčević, the town renamed a square after Tesla, and the Croatian Ministry of Culture sponsored a new statue on the square, a replica of the Frano Kršinić original. Gospić has
240-524: Was born in the nearby village of Smiljan and grew up in Gospić between 1862 and 1870, when he moved to Karlovac . He again lived in Smiljan between 1873 and 1879, when he briefly returned to Gospić until 1880 when he went to Graz . In the 19th century, Gospić was the headquarters of Military Frontier "Likaner Regiment" N° I. Following the compromise of 1867 , it became part of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia . In
256-651: Was repelled by the end of the 17th century and Gospić became an administrative centre of the Lika region within the Military Frontier , a section of the Habsburg monarchy organized as defense against the Ottomans. Before 1850, there are references to the town as Gospich in German. Since this time, there's been a significant population of ethnic Serbs in the Gospić region. Scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla , of Serb descent,
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