Klis

Klis

coat of arms

Coordinates: 43 ° 33 ′ 5 " N , 16 ° 31 ′ 56" E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Split-Dalmatia

Area :

176.10 km²

Residents :

4,801 (2011)

Population density :

27 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

(+385) 021

Postal code :

21 231

License plate :

ST

Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )

Community type :

local community

Mayor :

Jakov Vetma ( HDZ )

Website :

www.klis.hr

Klis is a municipality in the Croatian Split-Dalmatia County . The place had an important fortress in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. Due to its strategic location, the fortress was referred to as the key of Dalmatia in the past .

Klis has 4,801 inhabitants (2011) who live in nine associated localities (Brštanovo, Dugobabe, Klis, Konjsko, Korušce, Nisko Prugovo, Veliki Bročanac, Vučevica). The main town itself has 3,001 inhabitants.

location

Klis is located about 10 kilometers northeast of Split on a saddle between the Kozjak and Mosor mountains, part of the Dinaric Mountains , in central Dalmatia on an ancient road that leads from the Adriatic coast via Solin to Bosnia.

history

Klis was fortified in the times of the Illyrians and Romans and was used to monitor the road from Salona into the interior. Abandoned in the time of the migration, Klis Fortress was built in the 9th century by the Croatian princes I. Trpimir created. In the following centuries, the place repeatedly served as a residence for the Croatian kings.

In the 13th century, Klis came into the possession of the Croatian noble family Šubić . When the sex with Mladen III. Šubić died out in 1354, should the Bosnian Ban Tvrtko take possession of the fortress for the Hungarian king. He was preceded by the Serbian tsar Stephan Dušan , whose troops occupied Klis in 1355. After Dušan's death in the same year, Klis was alternately under Hungarian and Bosnian rule, but was always given as a fiefdom to a Croatian nobleman. Petar Kružić defended the castle and village against the Turks for more than 15 years before they conquered the Klis in 1537.

View of Klis (1571)

The Ottomans built a mosque and made Klis the center of a sanjak . From Klis, Ottoman troops threatened the Venetian Dalmatia for a long time. In 1596 the Venetians succeeded in conquering Klis for the first time; however, they had to vacate the fortress after a short time. Despite the often hostile relationship between the Republic of Mark and the Ottomans, trade between the Dalmatian coast and the interior of the Balkans was never interrupted for long. The most important trade route ran from Split via Klis to Sarajevo. Both Dalmatian and Turkish merchants traveled this route in donkey caravans. In 1648 the Venetians were able to recapture Klis during the Candia War under the command of Leonardo Foscolo . While Crete had to be abandoned at the same time, the Republic of Klis was able to keep Klis under the Peace Treaty of 1669.

Picture gallery Klis

View of Klis (1571)
Klis, view from the fortress
Fortress walls
View of the place

literature

Firic, Valter: Tvrđava Klis. Klis 1996. ISBN 953-96751-0-3

Web links

Commons : Klis - collection of images, videos and audio files