Lopud

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Lopud
View from the west of the port of Lopud
View from the west of the port of Lopud
Waters the Adrian Sea
Archipelago Elaphites
Geographical location 42 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 42 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
Lopud (Croatia)
Lopud
length 3.3 km
width 2.2 km
surface 4.38 km²
Highest elevation Polacica
216  m
Residents 249 (2011)
57 inhabitants / km²
main place Lopud (place)
Location within the Elaphiti Islands
Location within the Elaphiti Islands

Lopud is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea northwest of the city of Dubrovnik and belongs to the Elaphites . The islands from Dubrovnik to the north are Daksa, Koločep, Sv Andrija, Lopud, Ruda, Šipan, Jakljan, Tajan and Olipa. Most of these islands are very small and uninhabited.

description

The islands of Koločep , Lopud and Šipan are the only inhabited islands of the Elaphites, Lopud being the middle one. It is up to 3.3  km long and up to 2.2 km wide, the area is 4.38  km² . The highest point Polačica is 216 meters. In the bay on the northwest side with a view of Šipan lies the village of Lopud . In 2011 Lopud had 249 inhabitants. A path leads between two hills to the “Šunj” bay on the other side of the island.

The northeast side of Lopud is difficult to access due to rocks and steep cliffs. The island has 11.5 km of coastline, 1.2 km of which consists of sandy beaches. There is also a sandy beach in the village by the harbor. The beach of Šunj is located in the southeast of the island. Since the island has its own freshwater wells with more than 2584 hours of sun annually, it is overgrown with greenery, trees, shrubs, plants and many palm trees. The park, the former garden of a villa from the 19th century , in which plants from all over the world were collected, is well known. a. also types of bamboo and various cacti; but also outside the park there are green areas with bougainville, palm and cypress trees. Various Greek, Roman and Old Slavic buildings and ruins indicate that the island has been inhabited for a very long time.

Lopud has been a well-known seaside resort for a century.

There are several ways to visit the island. The liner "Postira" sails to the island four times a day. Many day visitors come from Dubrovnik to the sandy beaches for the weekend. Excursion ships come from different places or commute from other islands.

With the exception of a few bicycles, scooters and electric buggies, there is no traffic on the island.

history

The coat of arms of the Visconti

In 1098 the Milanese crusader and patrician Ottotone Visconti stranded on the island. According to legend, during a heavy storm he made the vow to build 100 houses of worship when he would reach the land of salvation. Therefore there are numerous chapels, churches and also prayer stones on Lopud. The church at the highest point is adorned with the well-known coat of arms of the Visconti family . Since it is said to date from the 11th century, it is the oldest coat of arms of the Visconti with this peculiar representation. At the end of the 20th century, the Milanese aristocratic family wanted to acquire the coat of arms, but the citizens of Lopud were not interested in the trade, despite the high bid; thereupon the Visconti family sued Lopud at the European Court of Justice for the surrender of the coat of arms at the end of the last century and lost this process. Therefore, the coat of arms is still on the small island. The eastern beach near the church was called Bišun for a long time, and according to the assumption of the islanders, this word is derived from the Italian word for snake (biscione). Today this beach is called Šunj. Katarina Kosača-Kotromanić fled to Lopud after the Ottoman occupation of Bosnia in 1463 .

literature

  • Vincenz Lisičar, Lopud. A historical and contemporary representation. Translated into German by Christoph Knie, Dubrovnik (self-published by the author) 1932
  • Aida Cvjetković, Elaphites. Islands of Deer, Zagreb 1998 (Tourism and Cultural Heritage Library 9) ISBN 953-6570-45-9 [unreliable in the details and z. Partly out of date].
  • Bodo Müller, Croatian coast. Dubrovnik - Elaphiten - South Dalmatia, Bielefeld 2007 (Edition Maritim) 2007, ISBN 3-89225-577-6

Web links

Commons : Lopud  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duplancic leather, T .; Ujević, T .; Čala, M. (2004): Duljine obalne crte i površine otoka na hrvatskom dijelu Jadranskog mora određene s topografskih karata mjerila 1:25 000 , Geoadria, Vol. 9, No. 1, 5-32.
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ^ Kotromanić, Katarina | Hrvatska enciklopedija. Retrieved September 4, 2017 .