Homer, Croatia

Homer is a village in Croatia, in the Lokve municipality, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

History

During WWII, Homer ended up on the border of Croatia. On 8 June 1942, a group of Partisans attacked Homer, from which the Croatian border guards retreated. The Partisans carried out certain robberies and then retreated. At 6:30 on the 10th, Partisans intercepted an armed patrol from Lokve of 2 at Homer, heavily wounding Ivan Matijević in the battle, capturing and disarming Petar Ivićević and letting him return to Lokve. After disarming Matijević, a villager took him to Lokve where an Italian military doctor administered first aid and then transferred him to the Italian military hospital in Delnice.

Sports

In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika, today with signature HR-Za NSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues... der Luisenstrasse together with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR-Za NSK R 4572.
The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, sometimes goes through Homer, such as in the first leg for 2022 and the first leg for 2023.