Zrin

Zrin is a village in Croatia, Sisak-Moslavina County (Dvor Municipality).

Zrin
Village
Zrin castle
Zrin
Location of Zrin Croatia
Coordinates: 45°11′31.2″N 16°22′8.4″E
Country Croatia
RegionContinental Croatia (Banovina)
County Sisak-Moslavina
MunicipalityDvor
Population
 (2011)
  Total12
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
44440 Dvor
Area code(s)+ 385 (0)44

In the past it was the seat of the Šubić noble family. Later the family called themselves Zrinski, after Zrin Castle. It was a stronghold of Croatian defense in the Ottoman wars. There are still ruins of Zrin Castle in the village.

Village limits of Zrin; view of the castle

The serbs Partisans attacked the Croatian village during World War II, apparently citing a sizable Ustaše presence in the village to justify their attack. From the 9-10 September 1943, Partisan forces killed as many as 270 Croat civilians and burned the village down, together with the old Roman Catholic church of the Holy Cross, forcing many to flee.[1] After the liberation of Yugoslavia, the communist regime relocated the remaining Croatian population to confiscated houses in Slavonia after it had exiled the Volksdeutsche Danube Swabians.

In the Croatian War of Independence, Zrin was held by the Serb forces and was part of the unrecognized self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina. In Operation Storm (1995), Zrin was taken by the Croatian Army. It is inhabited by 12 residents.

See also

References

  1. "Zrin - od slave do genocida". Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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