Vitunj
Village in Croatia
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Vitunj is a small village in Karlovac, Croatia, a suburb of Ogulin.[3]
Seven kilometers west of Ogulin at the river Vitunjčica, a tributary of the River Dobra (Kupa), are the ruins of the medieval Frankopan city Vitunj, about which little is known, only that in 1575, the settlement was abandoned permanently. During the Ottoman incursions, the area was deserted until 1639, when Frankopans settled Vlachs from Petrova fields.
On the coast of the Vitunjčica River there is a small consumer trout fishing farm.
Name
Vitunj is likely derived from the anthroponym Vitun, itself an addition of the suffix -unъ/-unь to the Christian name Vid/Vit (< Latin: Vitus).[4]: 47, 48
History
WWII
According to a plaque in Vitunj, having taken the Partisan oath on 15 October 1941, the following died from Vitunj:[5]
- M.? Bogdan
- Cvijetko Busić
- ? Galović
- Gojko Kosanović
- Jovo Mamula
- Franjo Pavičić
- ? Salopek
- Simo Stjepanović
- Dmitar Tatalović
- M. Tatalović
- Ilija Vujnović
- Ilija Vujnović[a]
- ? Vujnović
- ? Vujnović
- Jure ?
- Franjo ?
Demographics
Infrastructure
Castle
The castle was built in an eastern style.[6]: 305
The castle Vitunj belonged to Ivan Frankopan in 1459.[6]: 305
There is no record of its destruction, but being located so close to a high mountain, Fras surmised it had been abandoned by the Frankopan family because of its increasingly unfavourable location with the advance of gunpowder warfare.[6]: 305
Notes
- Two of the same name are commemorated.
