Ozalj


Ozalj is a town in central Croatia, located north of Karlovac and southwest of Jastrebarsko, on the Kupa River. It is close to Žumberak in the north and the border with Slovenia in the northwest, with Metlika being the closest Slovenian town.

History

The town was built on a cliff over the Kupa river and the first mention of it dates from 1244, as a free royal town. The Frankopan family owned it since 1398, then it passed to the Zrinski family in 1550, and it stayed theirs until 1671. The city commemorates 30 April as its day, in memory of the event in 1671 when Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan were executed.
The patron saint of the town is St. Vitus, whose feast is celebrated on 15 June.

Munjara

Munjara is the Ozalj [Hydroelectric Power Plant|old hydroelectric plant]. This plant has three 3.5 megawatt generators and was built between 1907 and 1908.

Demographics

The town of Ozalj itself has a population of 1,053, with a total of 5,837 people in the municipality. 97.36% of the population are Croats.
The administrative area of the Town consists of 96 smaller settlements, the full list of which is :
Representatives of the Ozalj kotar at the Croatian Parliament:
was once the seat of the kotar court for an 1870 population of 53,148. In 1875, the kotar court of Karlovac was responsible for the općine: Karlovac city, Banija, Rečica, Draganić, Ozalj, Novigrad, Ribnik, Bosiljevo and Severin.

Notable people