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Bosiljevo is a village and municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the Gorski Kotar region, 25 km south-west from Karlovac, on the highways A1 and A6 leading to Zagreb, Rijeka and Split.
It is situated between the rivers Kupa (the western part lying roughly along the Slovenia-Croatia border) and Dobra. To the south, the municipality shares borders with the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the town of Vrbovsko, to the south-east Ogulin, to the east Generalski Stol, and Netretić to the north.
Located in Gorski Kotar, the area's landscape is shaped by karst relief, and its most prominent features are the hills Družac and Privis, which stand at 469 and 461 meters respectively. The geology and climate of the region have traditionally been well-suited for pastoralism.
The earliest references to Bosiljevo date back to documents from the year 1334 when Ivan the Archdeacon of Gorica mentioned the parish church of Sancti Mauri in Bozilio in the constitution of the Zagreb bishopric. The Bosiljevo castle was most likely built in the early 15th century, and its first owner was Bartol IX Frankopan, a member of the Frankopan family.
During the fortification of Karlovac in 1588, Bosiljevo was part of its supply chain, being counted together with Dubovac Castle, Novigrad and Ribnik. Ozalj Castle owed the same as all of these four. Each owed 6 carts of timber, and although there were complaints about the conduct of the soldiers stationed in Karlovac, the order was complied with.
For the fortification of For the fortification of Ivanić in 1598, Bosiljevo and Novigrad had to supply 30 labourers.
On 17 September 1602, the županijski sudac Bernardo Severšić issued from Bosiljevo a judgement on a case between the Frankopan family members Juraj, Nikola and Vuk on the one hand ant the of Gomirje on the other.
On 30 September 1632, a document written by a committee including Ivan Adam à Vernegg and Zagreb cleric Ivan Somogy tasked with delimiting the border between the possessions of the Zrinski family and of the Frankapan family was written in Bosiljevo.
On 9 June 1774, Gregorij Knežić lord of Bosiljevo drew up in Bosiljevo on behalf of the widow lady Ana Vojković and her housekeeper Elizabeth de Pozzi a list of duties of freemen in Jadrč and Osojnik. The transcript survives in the HDA in Zagreb, and was published by . The original survives in the HDA, and was published by .
In 1870, the road through Štokani was repaired.
Cultural and historical monuments, such as the Castle Frankopan (which has been in a desolate state of frame since the nuns were expelled in the late 70's), the ruins of the Castle Steljnik, old mansions, churches and monasteries yield the county a certain attraction.
Two volunteer fire departments are presently active in Bosiljevo. The first one, DVD Bosiljevo, was founded on 2 December 1934 by Matija Bukovac. The other, DVD Grabrk, was founded on 17 June 1951. Together with the DVD Prikuplje in Ribnik, these make up the VZ Općine Bosiljevo.
There is also a local cultural club called "Frankopan" and the hunting club "Družac".
At 21:00 on 21 June, a large group of Partisans attacked the arms depot in Bosiljevo. The attack lasted until 4:00 the next morning, but was ultimately repelled. A search of the grounds found much blood and a Mannlicher Rifle, meaning there were losses on the Partisan side.
From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated, freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. Because of power lines falling on the A6, the highway was closed in of Rijeka between Bosiljevo and Kikovica, and between Kikovica and Delnice in the direction of Zagreb. It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million Croatian kuna to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses. Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.
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In 1890, the općina of Bosiljevo (court at Popovci), with an area of , belonged to the kotar and electoral district of Vrbovsko (Vrbovsko court) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 1051 houses (1102 in 1910), with a population of 7165 (the largest in Vrbovsko kotar): 3163 male and 4002 female; this fell to 6029 in 1910. The majority were Serbo-Croatian speakers, but 66 spoke Slovene language, 7 Czech language, 1 Hungarian, 1 German language and 8 spoke other languages. The majority were Catholic, but 10 were Eastern Orthodox. Its 56 villages and 37 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 16 porezne općine, under the Ogulin office.
In 1910, the entire općina had only one resident soldier. Militarily, Bosiljevo fell under the and 26th Landsturm Infantry Brigade, both at Karlovac.
According to the 2011 census, Bosiljevo has a population of 1,284 inhabitants, of which 97% are ethnic Croats. The local dialect is mixed Kajkavian-Chakavian.
The patron saint of Bosiljevo is St. Vitus the Martyr, who is celebrated on 15 June.
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