Baška (Croatia)

Baska

coat of arms

Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′ 14 ″ N , 14 ° 45 ′ 15 ″ E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Primorje-Gorski kotar

Island :

Krk

Height :

0 m. i. J.

Area :

62 km²

Residents :

1,674 (2011)

Population density :

27 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

(+385) 051

Postal code :

51 523

License plate :

RI

Boat registration :

BŠ

Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )

Community type :

local community

Mayor :

Toni Juranić ( SDP )

Website :

www.baska.hr

Others

Patron saint :

St. John

Baška [ ˈbaːʃka ] (German outdated: Weschke , Italian Bescanuova ) is located on the Croatian island of Krk and belongs to the Primorje-Gorski kotar County .

geography

View from the cemetery

location

With 1,674 inhabitants (2011 census), Baška is the second largest municipality on the island of Krk in the Kvarner Bay . The place is located at the southern end of the Baška valley at the mouth of the Vela Rika river , which rises on the Hlam mountain. The distance to the mainland ( Krk bridge ) is around 50 km (mainly expressway). Ferry connections to Lopar (island of Rab ) are offered. The main source of income is tourism. The first hotel was built as early as 1906, and the first beach was laid out two years later. Baška has more than thirty pebble beaches. The largest of these is “Vela plaža”, a 1800 m long natural pebble beach.

climate

The climate is typically Mediterranean, with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. The mean annual temperature of 15 ° C is due to the longer than average and cloudless days and the balancing effect of the sea. In summer the daily mean is 24 ° C (measurements are taken twice at 9 p.m.), in winter 6 ° C. The average water temperature between April and September is 24 ° C.

The seasons are characterized by three winds: Bora (north-east wind, mainly in winter), Jugo (south-west wind in spring and autumn) and Maestral (north-west wind in summer).

history

Baška tablet found on the island of Krk (Croatia)

General plan of the island of Krk, Baška in the south

The natives of Baška were Illyrians from the Iapod tribe . In the second century BC there was a Roman settlement near the current port. Until the 14th century the place was known under the name Kraj. Old Baška (Starigrad), protected by a fort, was originally located on the hill of St. John above the present town, where the cemetery is today. This old settlement was destroyed by the Venetians in 1380 and never rebuilt. At the beginning of the 16th century, with the construction of the Michaelskirche (1514), the construction of the new place on today's Uferplatz began. In the Middle Ages, the city was first under the rule of the Frankopan princes, then under the rule of Venice. Until the end of the First World War in 1918, Baška was under Austrian rule.

There are three more villages in the Baška valley: Bašćanska Draga, Batomalj with the pilgrimage church “To our lady on the mountain” and the historically significant settlement Jurandvor with the Baška plaque ( Bašćanska ploča ), a plaque with the oldest surviving Glagolitic characters (around 1100) excavated. The original is kept by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb . A copy of the board can be found in the church of Sv. Lucije can be visited.

Općina Baška

The following places belong to the Općina Baška:

Draga Bašćanska
Jurandvor
Batomalj
Baska

Churches in Baška and the surrounding area

Cemetery Church of Sv. Ivan

The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity (Sveti Trojice) is the largest church in Baška. The three-aisled church was built around 1722 in the Baroque style. In the church there is an altarpiece of the Mother of God with saints, created at the end of the 15th century by Marco Marziale, the painting The Last Supper of Palma d. J., as well as some wood and stone sculptures from the 15th to 18th centuries.

The cemetery church of St. John (Calva Sv. Ivana) is ocher colored. In the belfry is the oldest bell in this area from 1431. It is called the old one.

In the surroundings of Baska there is also the chapel of St. Lucia , in which the Baška tablet was found.

A local sanctuary is also the pilgrimage church “Sanctuary of the Mother of God on the Mountain” (Svetište Majke Božije Goričke) near Batomalj, which in the year Celebrated several anniversaries in 2015.

Festivals

Crna Ovca

"The Black Sheep" is celebrated at the beginning of May. The program includes sporting events such as the Corinthia Cup regatta in the Laser and Optimist classes , hiking on the surrounding hiking trails of Baška and a bicycle race. The cultural program includes lectures on the subject of the sea and the universe, theater performances, performances by various klapas and folk dance groups. In gastronomy, everything revolves around the sheep and is prepared in different traditional ways. In the village, shepherds demonstrate how the sheep are sheared.

Fishing festival

The Baška Fisherman's Festival ( Ribarski dan ) has been celebrated every year on the second Sunday in August since 1910 . The highlight is a race to pull fishing nets onto the beach.

Folk art festival Zasopimo, zatancajmo

The cultural society ŠOTO from Baška traditionally organizes a festival of folk art and klapas under the name Zasopimo, zatancajmo every September . Numerous folk art groups from the island of Krk, but also from the whole county and the whole country, take part in the festival. The purpose of this festival is to preserve and maintain the cultural heritage of the Baška municipality.

Personalities

Two people who were not born in Baška are among the most famous citizens of Baška. A bronze bust commemorates Emil Geistlich, Baška's tourism father, former director of the Narodna Politika printing company in Prague. In 1913 he became editor of the Baška magazine . The main street is named after him.

In the local history museum ( Zavičajni muzej ) on the church terrace , the Tschermakova memorial room commemorates the Czech doctor, who was a local doctor and promoter of tourism from 1910 to 1960.