Klobuk, Ljubuški

Klobuk is a village in the municipality of Ljubuški, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located about 12 km north-west of the town of Ljubuški along the regional road M-6 (Grude - Ljubuški - Čapljina - Metković) and some 5 km away from the border crossing with Croatia. It has got its name from the Klobuk hill, that's central to the place, whose specific shape resembles a type of hat. (Klobuk eng. hat)

Klobuk
Village
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CantonWest Herzegovina
MunicipalityLjubuški
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Klobuk has 12 hamlets - Kapel Mala, Pržine, Šiljevište, Borajna, Zastražnica, Poljane, Vlake, Čuljkova Njiva, Dabranja, Brdo, Osoje and Drače.

History

Klobuk was first mentioned in 1585 in an Ottoman list of villages.[1]

Population

Current estimated population (2019) is just beyond 1000, mainly gravitating towards Ljubuški, Grude and Vrgorac in the neighbouring Croatia.

Klobuk
Year of census 1991. 1981. 1971.
Croats 1.555 (98,48%) 1.721 (98,06%) 1.974 (99,59%)
Muslims 0 0 1 (0,05%)
Serbs 0 2 (0,11%) 2 (0,10%)
Yugoslavs 0 17 (0,96%) 0
others and unknown 24 (1,51%) 15 (0,85%) 5 (0,25%)
totally 1.579 1.755 1.982

Notable people
  • Ivan Musić (1848 - 1888), a Catholic priest, given the title Duke (Vojvoda) of Herzegovina by Prince Nikola of Montenegro for leading the uprisal against the Ottomans in 1875 and 1878.
  • Petar Barbarić (1874 - 1897), a charismatic Catholic priest who lived a life of heroic virtue, proclaimed venerable and expected to be beatified by the Pope Francis.
  • Zvonimir Remeta (1909 - 1964), an author and writer.
  • Milenko and Ivan Rašić, "rags-to-richess" entrepreneurial brothers with a multi-million dollar business in poultry industry (Rasic Hnos. S.A), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Nevenko Barbarić, Mayor of Ljubuški.
  • Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign & European Affairs of Croatia.
  • Milijan Brkić (hr), a Vice-President of Croatian Parliament (Sabor) and Vice-Chair of HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union).
  • Božo Skoko, a university professor and TV personality, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Milan Artuković, former Managing Director of Franck Ltd. (d.o.o.), Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Hrvoje Pezić, an entrepreneur with investments in property development, insurance and hospitality (Zagreb City Hotels d.o.o. - Double Tree, Canopy and Garden Inn Hilton Hotels), Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Dubravko Grgić, founder of Euroherc Osiguranje Plc. (d.d.) and Agram Plc. insurance companies, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia.
  • Željko Musa, a handball player. SC Magdeburg, Germany. Zagreb, Croatia National Handball Team.
  • Antoni Jurčić Cronite, Germany based rapper and hip-hop singer.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-11-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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