Croatian coastal country

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Location map of the Croatian coastal region

The Croatian Littoral ( Croat . Hrvatsko Primorje or Primorje ) is a historically determined geographical term and comprises the narrow coastal strip east of the city of Rijeka to Karlobag in a southerly direction along the Adriatic coast (the places from Karlobag are usually already included in Dalmatia ).

geography

There are numerous important tourist resorts along the coast such as Bakar , Bakarac , Kraljevica , Crikvenica , Selce , Bribir , Novi Vinodolski and Senj . In front of the continental coastal area is the Kvarner Bay with the largest islands in Croatia, such as Krk , Cres and Rab (see also Croatian Islands ). The Kvarner Bay is often associated with the term Primorye or viewed as belonging to Primorye.

In the east of the narrow coastal strip of Primorye there are high mountain ranges, such as the Kapela or the Velebit . These mountain ranges form a stable climatic dividing line between the Mediterranean , Croatian coastal area and the influences of the strongly fluctuating continental climate. It is not surprising, therefore, that for example, you can bathe in the spring on the coast of Primorye, while a few kilometers of it in the mountains of the removed Gorski Kotar , the skiing is possible.

The area around Senj, in particular, is notorious for strong Bora winds, which cause numerous disabilities in the changeover periods between the warm and cold seasons. The bora (Croatian bura ) is a strong continental fall wind that often blows down from the high mountain slopes towards the sea at powerful, hurricane-like speed. It is therefore not uncommon for bridges or coastal roads to have to be temporarily closed every year (in some cases the wind has already thrown coaches from the coastal road into the sea). Ferry lines are also affected by the wind conditions. Wind barriers that are unique in the world are currently being tested on the new A1 Zagreb - Split motorway .

history

Division of Austria-Hungary ; Central Croatia (with the Croatian coast) and Slavonia are grouped together and labeled 17
The Croatian counties ( Croatia - Slavonia ) at the time of the Kingdom of Hungary 1867/68

The term Croatian coastal land came about after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise in 1867, when Hungary gained extensive independence from Austria. Hegemonic aspirations of the Hungarian half of the empire led at that time to the fact that the area from Rijeka to Karlobag was referred to as the "Hungarian coastal country", so to speak, as an equal territorial access to the Adriatic Sea , as the neighboring Austrian coastal country represented for Austria.

Istria (at that time called the Austrian coastal region or also the Austrian Riviera ) and Dalmatia were administratively separate crown lands from the rest of Croatia and were ruled from Vienna .

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Coordinates: 44 ° 56 '  N , 14 ° 55'  E