Gospić
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| State : |
 Croatia
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 Lika-Senj
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| Height : | 656 m. i. J. | ||
| Area : | 967 km² | ||
| Residents : | 12,745 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 13 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Telephone code : | (+385) 053 | ||
| Postal code : | 53,000 | ||
| License plate : | GS | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Mayor : | Karlo Starčević ( HSP ) | ||
| Postal address : | Budačka 55 53 000 |
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Gospić [ ˈɡɔːspitɕ ] ( German Gospitsch , Italian obsolete Gospici or Gospich , Hungarian Goszpics ) is a city in Croatia . It is the capital of the Lika-Senj County ( Ličko-Senjska županija ) in the Lika region and has 12,745 inhabitants (as of 2011). It is also the seat of the Catholic diocese of Gospić-Senj . The majority of the population are Croatians with 93.06% .
The second largest city of the Lika is located on the banks of the Ličina River in a charming karst landscape . The city is the cultural and educational center in the sparsely populated region.
history
The place was first mentioned in 1263 under the name Kaseg or Kasezi . The name Gospić was used from 1604. The name probably comes from the Croatian Gospa (German "Madonna, Mother of God" ).
At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary, Gospić was the seat of Lika-Krbava County , was in the area of the Croatian military border from 1583 to 1882 , belonged to the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia and from 1867 to the end of the First World War in 1918 to the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy .
On May 9, 1937, seven Croatian youths from the city who wanted to take part in a celebration of the Croatian Peasant Party in Senj for the Croatian peasant leader Stjepan Radić , who was murdered in the Yugoslav parliament in 1928 , were killed by royal Yugoslav gendarmes . For these Senj victims, official commemorative events are held every year in Senj and Gospić. In addition, a street in Gospić was named Ulica Senjskih žrtava (Street of the Senj Victims) as a reminder .
During the Second World War (1939–1945) the Gospić concentration camp operated by the Ustascha was located in Gospić and the Jadovno concentration camp about 20 kilometers west .
During the Croatian War , the city was badly damaged by attacks by the Yugoslav People's Army and Serb paramilitaries.
In Gospić there was the Gospić massacre in 1991 , a war crime committed by Croatian troops against Serbian residents.
Districts
Gospić includes 50 settlements, these are: Aleksinica , Barlete , Bilaj , Brezik , Brušane , Budak , Bužim , Debelo Brdo I , Debelo Brdo II , Divoselo , Donje Pazarište , Drenovac Radučki , Gospić, Kalinovača , Kaniža Gospićka , Klanac , Kruščica , Kruškovac , Kukljić , Lički Čitluk , Lički Novi , Lički Osik , Lički Ribnik , the lip , Mala Plana , Gospić , Mogorić , Mušaluk , Novoselo Bilajsko , Novoselo Trnovačko , Ornice , Ostrvica , OTES , Pavlovac Vrebački , Počitelj , Podastrana , Podoštra , Popovača Pazariška , Rastoka , Rizvanuša , Smiljan , Smiljansko Polje , Široka Kula , Trnovac , Vaganac , Velika Plana , Veliki Žitnik , Vranovine , Vrebac , Zavođe i Žabica .
Infrastructure and tourism
Gospić is located on the A1 motorway , which connects Zagreb with the Dalmatian coast. East of the city center on the Lika railway line is the Gospić station, from which there are direct connections to Zagreb main station and Split several times a day . In addition, the city can be reached via the sports airfield in Otočac northwest of the city area and via the Zadar international airport .
There is also a small hospital in Gospić.
Tourism around Gospić focuses primarily on alpine tourism (mountain hikes, skiing on the Velebit Mountains , hunting tourism and tourism in the countryside / villages). There are bathing opportunities in nearby Karlobag on the Adriatic coast. Small hotels, guesthouses and a campsite can be found in the center of Gospić and in neighboring Brušane.
Personalities
Gospić is the birthplace of:
- Joseph Philippovich von Philippsberg (1818–1889), officer
- Franz Philippovich von Philippsberg (1820–1903), officer
- Ante Starčević (1823–1896), philosopher and nationalist politician
- Jure Turić (1861-1944), writer
- Vale Vouk (1886–1962), botanist
- Viktor Pavičić (1898–1943), commander of the Croatian Infantry Regiment 369 in the Battle of Stalingrad
- Nikica Valentić (* 1950), Prime Minister of Croatia from 1993 to 1995
- Darko Kordić (* 1975), singer of the former German band Die 3. Generation
- Predrag Šuput (* 1977), Serbian basketball player
Other personalities:
- Rade Šerbedžija (born 1946), Hollywood actor
- Jenna Elfman (born 1971), Hollywood actress
- Josef Majerović , professional boxer
- Ivana Brkljačić (* 1983), hammer thrower
photos
Panorama of the city with the Sv. Ivan Nepomuk Church
Monument to the defenders of the city during the Croatian War (1991-95)
Stjepan Radić Square with the Vila Velebita Fountain
In 2007 still visible traces of the Serbian shelling
