Žman
Žman | ||
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Basic data | ||
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State : | Croatia | |
County : | Zadar | |
Island : | Dugi Otok | |
Municipality : | Sali | |
Height : | 36 m. i. J. | |
Residents : | 199 (2011) | |
Telephone code : | (+385) 023 | |
Postal code : | 23282 | |
License plate : | ZD | |
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Patron saint : | John the Baptist | |
City Festival : | 29th August |
Žman is a village on the island of Dugi Otok in Croatia .
Location and inhabitants
Žman lies between Luka and Zaglav, roughly in the middle of Dugi Otok. The houses stretch down to the Žmanšćica bay . Upstream is the small uninhabited island of Krknata. With its 199 inhabitants (2011) Žman is the second largest settlement on the island after Sali. The inhabitants make their living from fishing, olive growing and tourism.
Population development | |||||||||||||||
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1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
210 | 276 | 308 | 412 | 493 | 499 | 653 | 572 | 633 | 570 | 486 | 420 | 275 | 328 | 203 | 199 |
history
Žman had the first written mention in 1260 as Mecano, which means the middle village. In the 16th century, Mecano was adopted into Croatian. However, prehistoric and Roman graves testify to an earlier settlement.
The parish church, consecrated to St. John the Baptist, was built by the Benedictines in 1626 with the reconstruction and expansion of the medieval church. It has two corridors, a rarity among churches in small settlements. The church today has five altars. The main altar adorned with four marble columns is dedicated to St. Dedicated to John the Baptist . Two statues show John and St. Josef in Tyrolean plants. The altarpiece was painted by Antonio Zuccaro from Trieste. The side altars are also decorated with marble columns dedicated to the Healing Virgin, Saint Joseph, the Holy Cross and Saint Roch.
In 1895 a school was built in the village. In 1903 a consumer and craft cooperative was founded, which worked well until the war of 1914.