Ponikve, Karlovac County
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Ponikve
Поникве | |
|---|---|
  Ponikve | |
| Coordinates: 45°22′23″N 15°14′13″E / 45.373°N 15.237°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Karlovac |
| City | Ogulin |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.7 km2 (8.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 222 m (728 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 58 |
| • Density | 2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 51326 Vrbovsko |
| Area code | +385 (0)47 |
Ponikve is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin. The river Ponikva runs through it.
It was recorded as Ponikue on the 1673 map of Stjepan Glavač.[3]
History
On 8 June 1654, Juraj V Frankapan Tržački issued in Novigrad na Dobri a document granting Stjepan Domitrović a selo in Osojnik, while ordering a resolution to the border dispute between Jadrč and Ponikve.[4]: 5
WWII
In late June or early July 1941, the priest in Ponikve was arrested. In early July, he had not yet been sent away. As of a 15 July document, all he had been sent to a concentration camp.[5]: 359
Around 7:00 on 19 June 1942, a group of 18 Partisans halted and commandeered an automobile belonging to Matija Rački of Severin, who had been transporting passengers to Karlovac. They commanded the owner and passengers to return to their homes, and directed the driver to take them to Ponikve, where they let Rački go but kept the automobile for themselves.[6]
Recent
On 27 March 2022 at 13:16 the ŽVOC Karlovac received a call about a wildfire in the area. 144 hectares (360 acres) burned by the time it was put out at 17:00 by 13 firefighters with 5 vehicles JVP Ogulin, DVD Ogulin, DVD Zagorje and DVD Ribarić.[7]
Demographics
| population | 758 | 909 | 946 | 911 | 795 | 832 | 760 | 799 | 695 | 648 | 483 | 406 | 292 | 179 | 159 | 98 | 58 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
