Baška Voda

Baška Voda

coat of arms

Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′ 27 ″ N , 16 ° 56 ′ 57 ″ E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Split-Dalmatia

Height :

0 m. i. J.

Area :

19.00 km²

Residents :

2,775 (2011)

Population density :

146 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

(+385) 021

Postal code :

21 320

License plate :

MA

Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )

Community type :

local community

Mayor :

Josko Roščić ( HDZ )

Website :

www.baskavoda.hr

View of Baška Voda

Baška Voda [ ˈbaːʃka ˈʋɔda ] is a village in the Split-Dalmatia County in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea .

Baška Voda has 2,775 inhabitants (2011 census) and is located on the Makarska Riviera . Baška Voda has a port.

geography

Baška Voda is located under the Biokovo Mountains, about 10 km northwest of Makarska.

history

In the past the village was a fishing, farming and trading place, today the village is a tourist place with pine forests and beaches. Baška Voda is first mentioned in 1688 on the Coranelli map under Basca . An earlier settlement is likely due to the archaeological finds that go back to the Bronze Age.

The place arose from a small village that was around a source of drinking water. The inhabitants of the St. Ilija ridge in the Biokovo Mountains moved to Bast in the 18th century after the Turks were driven out. Bast is a settlement in the Baška Voda municipality.

Surname

The name Baška-Voda probably comes from Biston , the mythical forefather of the Trakish tribes of the Bistons. He was considered the son of Ares and the goddess Kalyroja , the protector of water. Symbols of these deities can be found in the vicinity of the place.

population

According to the 2011 census, Baška Voda had a total of 2,775 inhabitants.

National composition

2,669 Croatians (96.8%)
87 others (3.2%)

According to religious affiliation

2,526 Catholics (91.7%)
27 Muslims (1%)
203 other or no information (7.3%)

Personalities

Mate Granić (* 1947), Croatian politician and former foreign minister.
Ivo Josipović (* 1957), family comes from Baška Voda

Sights / other

Baška Voda has historical monuments and a museum. The grave monuments bear the names of the 13 earliest inhabitants of Baška Voda, as well as a boy named Ursin , who died in a shipwreck .
The church, begun around 1750, was rebuilt in 1869 and consecrated to St. Nicholas. Every year there is a good Friday parade up to 15 kilometers long and festivities on the day of St. Nicholas . This parish church dates from 1763 called Uznesenje Blažene Djevice Marije (The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Baška Voda owns a monastery for school sisters of St. Francis of Assisi .
The residents are engaged in the cultivation of vines, olives , sour cherries , figs . Other types of employment are fishing and tourism.
The main beach of Baška Voda is called Nikolina.
Baška Voda is the seat of the NK Urania football club .