Vrgorac

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Vrgorac
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Vrgorac (Croatia)
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Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′ 18 ″  N , 17 ° 22 ′ 26 ″  E
Basic data
State : Croatian flag Croatia
County : Split-Dalmatia County flag Split-Dalmatia
Height : 317  m. i. J.
Area : 284.00  km²
Residents : 6,572 (2011)
Population density : 23 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+385) 021
Postal code : 21 276
License plate : MA
Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )
Community type : city
Mayor : Borislav Matković ( HDZ )
Postal address : Tina Ujevića 8
21 276 Vrgorac
Website :
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View of Vrgorac

Vrgorac (German obsolete Vergoraz or Wergoratz ) is a city and a municipality in Croatia . It is located between the Imotski municipality and the fertile Neretva Delta . According to the 2011 census, the population of Vrgorac is 6,572 and the city of 2,039.

geography

Vrgorac is located in the Dalmatian hinterland directly behind the mountain range Biokovo and belongs to the Split-Dalmatia County ( Croatian Splitsko-dalmatinska županija ). The city is connected to Makarska by the state road D62 and the spectacular panoramic road D512 (distance: 36 kilometers). Split is 98 kilometers away and Mostar is 50 kilometers away. Vrgorac lies on a saddle on the edge of the fertile Vrgoračko Polje .

economy

The largest asphalt mine in Europe is located near Vrgorac . The Vrgoračko Polje is an important wine-growing region .

history

The old name Vrhgorac indicates the location of the city on a mountain. Vrgorac became part of the Ottoman Empire with Herzegovina in 1483 . In November 1690 it was conquered by the Venetians and incorporated into Dalmatia, whose fate it shared from then on.

During the Second World War (1942) Serbian irregulars , so-called Chetniks , carried out the massacre in Zabiokovlje in villages belonging to Vrgorac . 141 to 147 Croatian civilians were killed and 702 houses looted and burned down. Clergymen, women and children were among those murdered.

Attractions

A path begins at the parish church of the Annunciation and leads up to the ruins of the medieval castle, which was later expanded by the Ottomans. There are still seven Turkish defense towers in the village . Bogomil tombstones can be found in the vicinity of the city .

gallery

  • Church of the Annunciation

  • Castle ruins

  • Dizdarević tower

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census