Divuša

Divuša
Дивуша (Serbian)[1]
Village
Map
Country Croatia
RegionContinental Croatia (Banovina)
County Sisak-Moslavina
MunicipalityDvor
Area
 • Total
0.9 sq mi (2.3 km2)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
39
 • Density44/sq mi (17/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Divuša (Serbian Cyrillic: Дивуша)[4] is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D47 highway.

Religion

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Roman Catholic Church of Saint Catherine

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Roman Catholic parish in Divuša was firstly mentioned in 1271 as a local parish under the Order of Cistercians Abbey in Topusko.[5] The first church of Saint Stephen was mentioned in canonical visitations in 1334, and the wooden church of Saint Catherine was constructed in 1699.[5] The church was burned in a battle in 1737 and the current church was constructed in 1748-1750 period.[5] The church got its current shape in 1805.[5] It was destroyed by Serb forces and Yugoslav People's Army in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence when the village was a part of self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, and was reconstructed once again after the end of war.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ "Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  5. ^ a b c d e Škiljan, Filip (2008). Kulturno – historijski spomenici Banije s pregledom povijesti Banije od prapovijesti do 1881 [Cultural and historical monuments of Banija with an overview of history Banija from prehistory to 1881.] (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Serb National Council. ISBN 978-953-7442-04-0.

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