Tršće, Croatia

Tršće is a village in Croatia, under the town of Čabar, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

History

The volunteer fire department DVD Tršće was founded on 17 June 1906, and is today part of the VZ grada Čabra. Its current commander is Tomislav Matjašević.

WWII

At the behest of Dušan Rašković, Jakov Amstodt parish priest of Tršće and others gathered in Delnice signed a document recognising the JNOF on 21 February 1945, selecting a delegation to represent the priesthood before their authority.

Recent

Tršće was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated, freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million HRK to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses. The Šumarija Tršće lost 34% of its wood mass. Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.

Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar passes through Tršće, where the fourth stage ends and the fifth stage begins.
An annual enduro race takes place at Tršće.