Smiljan (Croatia)
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 Croatia
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| County : |
 Lika-Senj
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| Municipality : | Gospić | ||
| Telephone code : | (+385) 053 | ||
| Postal code : | 53 211 | ||
| License plate : | GS | ||
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| Community type : | settlement | ||
Tesla's birthplace and the Serbian Orthodox Peter and Paul Church in Smiljan
Smiljan is a village in the hilly landscape of the Lika in central Croatia . It is a district of the seven kilometers west town of Gospic and located 15 kilometers from the highway Zagreb - Split away. The village has 446 inhabitants (2001).
Personalities
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), electrical engineer and important inventor, was born here. There is a memorial in the house where he was born, the rectory of St. Peter and Paul Church . The Lika belonged to the time of his birth - under the Habsburg Franz Joseph I. - the Croatian Military Frontier , which reports directly to the Empire of Austria was under and in the until 1882 Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was incorporated.
Other personalities
- Josip Čorak (* 1943), wrestler
- Ferdinand Kovačević (1838–1913), inventor ( duplex (communications engineering) )
- Mile Miškulin (1873–1953), politician ( Minister of Justice )
- Kata Pejnović (1899–1966), Yugoslav folk heroine
See also
Web links
Commons : Smiljan - collection of images, videos and audio files
