Palanjek Pokupski

Village in Turopolje, Croatia
45°30′00″N 16°03′32″E / 45.5°N 16.059°E / 45.5; 16.059Country CroatiaRegionTuropoljeCounty Sisak-MoslavinaMunicipalityLekenikArea
[1]
 • Total2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2)Elevation
528 ft (161 m)Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total7 • Density3.5/sq mi (1.3/km2)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
44 271

Palanjek Pokupski is a village in municipality of Lekenik in central Croatia.

History

The ancient Roman archaeological site called Gradina is located south of the village with ceramic artifacts, bricks, and residues of sand and clay plaster present at the site.[3]

World War II persecutions of local Serb population

On the night of 11 to 12 May 1941, 5 local Serbs were seized and murdered after the killing of a Nazi soldier in the village of Pešćenica.[4]

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "POVIJEST / ARHEOLOŠKA BAŠTINA" (in Croatian). Lekenik Municipality. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ^ Stipica Grgić (December 2013). "Biti Židov na hrvatskom selu: Skica za portret Juliusa Manna, lekeničkog trgovca i mecene (1870.-1943.?)" (PDF) (in Croatian). Radovi: Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. pp. 71–94. Retrieved 24 December 2017.


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