Presika, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Village in Croatia
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Presika is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway.
History
In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (Croatian: Spisi o gradnji cesta u Gorskom Kotaru i Lici), today with signature HR-ZaNSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR-ZaNSK R 4572.[3]: 223
WWII
On 29 May 1941, the Ustaše arrested 20 Serb and 7 Croat villagers from Jablan, Hajdine, Presika, Stubica and Tuk. All were imprisoned for 8 to 30 days and then release, only to be recaptured shortly after release. Only Ivan Štiglić, Zvonko Matijević and Jovo Stipanović survived.[4]: 355
Recent
Presika was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm.
On 12 December 2017, a severe wind hit Presika, blocking traffic to and from it.[5][6][7]
On 27 March 2021, a magnitude 2.1 earthquake occurred between Presika, Nadvučnik and Međedi.[8]
In June 2018, the Lovnik water storage unit was found to have a coliform bacteria concentration of 391/100ml, and both Escherichia coli and Enterococcus bacteria were present.[9][10]
Demographics
As of 2021, the only inhabitants under the age of 20 was a single teenage boy.[2]
In 1870, Preseka had 13 houses and 92 people.[11]: 13
In 1890, Presika (Moravice) had 9 houses and 48 people, and was considered part of Vučinić Selo. They attended the school in Dokmanovići. Administered and taxed by Komorske Moravice.[12]: 57
In 1890, Presika (Vrbovsko) consisted of hamlets Presika (10 houses, 74 people), Jelenski Jarak (1 house, 11 people) and Prokop (4 houses, 18 people). Its villagers were under Komorske Moravice Orthodox and Vrbovsko Catholic parishes, and Vrbovsko school, tax and administrative districts.[12]: 58
| population | 72 | 92 | 105 | 103 | 84 | 88 | 75 | 90 | 70 | 78 | 72 | 50 | 35 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Further reading
- Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (1903). Političko i sudbeno razdieljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. travnja 1903. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara.
- Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (May 1913). "Repertorij prebivališta po županijama, upravnim kotarima, gradovima, upravnim i poreznim općinama". Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara. pp. 1–126. Pages 32, 33.
Politics
As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it belongs to the local committee of Vrbovsko.[13]
