Begovac
Begovac is a village in the Lika region of Croatia, in the municipality of Saborsko, Karlovac County.
History
On 10 April 1941, while the Royal Yugoslav Army was withdrawing south by a passenger train, while stopped at Blato the Regia Aeronautica bombed the train, resulting in many dead and wounded. The villagers helped transport the wounded to the hospital in Ogulin: major Tihomir Oklobdžija, farmer Pavao Kostelac and the conductor Matija Pintar.On 4 July 1942, Partisans destroyed of track between Blato and Lička Jesenica. Italian soldiers arrived from Plaški on an armoured train and the Partisans retreated.
On 1–7 and 8 September, Partisans destroyed about of railway between the Blato-Lička Jesenica and Javornik stations. They burned 4 railway guardposts between Blato and Lička Jesenica and destroyed the water pump in Lička Jesenica. Italian railway guard troops engaged the Partisans in a 2 day battle. The Partisans killed 1 and wounded 8. After the Partisans left, it was estimated the repairs would take several days.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the village of Begovac has 16 inhabitants. This represents 9.20% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.The 1991 census recorded that 99.43% of the village population were ethnic Serbs and 0.57% were of other ethnic origin.