Majske Poljane

Majske Poljane is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality/town of Glina, Sisak-Moslavina County.[1] The village's geographic coordinates are 45°21′N 16°8′E, the altitude is 162 meters above sea level.[2] The village was severely affected by the 2020 Petrinja earthquake, with five deaths reported.

Majske Poljane
Village
Majske Poljane
Location of Majske Poljane in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°21′N 16°09′E
Country Croatia
RegionContinental Croatia (Banovina)
County Sisak-Moslavina
MunicipalityGlina
Elevation
117 m (384 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total196
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
44400 Glina
Area code(s)(+385) 44

Culture

The village is within the Serbian Orthodox Church's Eparchy of Upper Karlovac.[3] The Orthodox parish church,[4] dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ, stands on the hill above the village. The one-nave building with a semicircular chapel, high wooden cassette ceilings, vault decorated with figural and plant motifs, and the wooden bell tower, was built no later than 1820. It is very likely that its predecessor, the older wooden church, stood close by and higher up the hill. While the "new church" is a one-room Krajina type of church, it is very traditional in shape and construction of the ceiling and vaults, and is similar to the chapel in Gornje Selište near Glina. The church was damaged by an earthquake of 1909 and its iconostasis, inherited from the Glina's St. George's Church, was destroyed during World War II. The extensive reconstruction and renovation work carried out on the church, which started in 1946, was only completed in 1989. The church, a pearl of folk architecture, is of great historical and architectural value. [5]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census,[6] the village of Majske Poljane has 196 inhabitants. This represents 32.56% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.


Population by ethnicity [6][7]

Year of censustotalSerbsCroatsYugoslavsothers
2011196139 (70.92%)53 (27.04%)-4 (2.04%)
2001325n/an/a-n/a
1991602576 (95.68%)6 (1.00%)10 (1.66%)10 (1.66%)
1981658609 (92.55%)8 (1.26%)35 (5.32%)6 (0.87%)
1971806791 (98.14%)8 (0.99%)5 (0.62%)2 (0.25%)
1961883875 (99.09%)4 (0.45%)2 (0.23%)2 (0.23%)

Historical population 1857-2011 [6][8]


Sights and events
  • Celebration of the Feast of Transfiguration on 19 August[9]
  • Monument to the Victims of Fascism - removed from the site and deposited into storage facilities in Glina based on the decision of the Glina Municipal Council dated 18 March 1997[10]

Notable natives and residents
  • Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), a distinguished sculptor and academic, was also born in Majske Poljane.

References
  1. Wilkinson, Ray. "The Long Road Home". Refugees Magazine. Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  2. "Majske Poljane". Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  3. "The diocese of Upper Karlovac". spc.rs. Serbian Orthodox Church. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
  4. "Celebration of the Feast of Transfiguration in Majske Poljane". Online Televizija Glina (in Croatian). 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. Škiljan, Filip (2008). Kulturno – historijski spomenici Banije s pregledom povijesti Banije od prapovijesti do 1881 [Cultural and historical monuments of Banija with an overview of history Banija from prehistory to 1881.] (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Serb National Council. ISBN 978-953-7442-04-0.
  6. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Majske Poljane". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  7. Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.
  8. Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr
  9. "Celebration of the Feast of Transfiguration in Majske Poljane". Online Televizija Glina (in Croatian). 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  10. "Spomenik koji je preživio reprizu 1941". portalnovosti.com (in Serbian). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  11. http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/znanost-it/umro-istaknuti-matematicar-svetozar-kurepa.html
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