Zapeć
Zapeć is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Ecclesiastically, it is under the Plemenitaš parish.
Etymology
The village is named after a cave, "Peć", which has in turn taken on the name of the village as "Zapeć".Architecture
There is a mill just south of Zapeć, opposite Dečina.History
On 28 June 1774, lord Mihal Mikulić of Severin on behalf of count Krsto II Oršić drew up in Severin a list of duties of freedmen and serfs in Razdrto, Štefanci, Blaževci, Zapeć, Plemenitaš and Košac. It was signed by Marko Barić of Zapeć. The villagers of Zapeć were serfs. The original survives in the HDA in Zagreb, survives in the HDA, and was published by.Ecclesiastically, Zapeć has belonged to the parish of Plemenitaš since its foundation in 1805, before which it was under Lukovdol, although its parish registers were in Stari Trg ob Kolpi until the construction of the present church in Plemenitaš in 1790.
Zapeć has always been well-connected with the Slovene side of the river as well, and of all the villages on the Croatian side of the Predgrad-Radenci valley it saw the most marriages across the river.
The sawmill of Dušan Vilhar was in function until 1968 and had customers on both sides of the river, after which business shifted to the sawmill in Blaževci.
The telephone lines were installed in 1981/1982 from Dol in Slovenia, so Zapeć ended up with a Ljubljana number along with Blaževci and Plemenitaš, contrasting with the rest of Vrbovsko municipality. Before the installation of telephone lines, one had to place a call at the telephone in the post office of Stari Trg.
The Blaževci-Plemenitaš road, which passes through Zapeć, was asphalted in 1986.
Zapeć was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm.
Demographics
As of 2021, there were no inhabitants under the age of 20.In 1870, Zapeć, in Blaževci's porezna općina, had 12 houses and 91 people.
In 1890, Zapeći had 18 houses and 91 people. Šutejevac had 2 houses and 27 people. Its villagers were under Plemenitaš parish and school districts, but were administered by Severin and taxed by Blaževci.