Klana
| Klana | ||
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| Klana Municipality Općina Klana |
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 Klana
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| Coordinates: 45°27′0″N 14°22′48″E / 45.45000°N 14.38000°ECoordinates: 45°27′0″N 14°22′48″E / 45.45000°N 14.38000°E | ||
| Country | Croatia | |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Matija Laginja | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 94 km2 (36 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 1,975 | |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Area code | 051 | |
| Website | klana.hr | |
Klana (Italian: Clana) is a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.
The municipal area is situated in the densely forested Gorski kotar mountains, about 18 km (11 mi) north of Rijeka and the Kvarner Gulf, close to the border with Slovenia. At Klana is the source of the Reka river, running northwards across the border towards the Slovenian Snežnik karst plateau. Though officially part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the area marks the northeastern rim of the Istrian historical region, bordering Croatia proper in the east as well as Slovene Istria and Inner Carniola in the north.
There are 1,975 inhabitants, in the following settlements:
As of 2011, the population is 94% Croats.
The name Klana was first mentioned in a 1235 deed (located in the Roman library) recording a visit of the Bishop of Pula. Due to its geographical position at a crossroads from north to south and from east to west, as well as its forests rich in wildlife and fresh water springs, the area was suitable for settlement even in ancient times. Indications of Histri settlements trace back to around the 6th or 5th century BC.
Croatians settled in the eastern and central Istrian peninsula, as well as in the area around Klana, from the 7th century onwards and early on accepted Christianity. Mass was conducted in the Old Church Slavonic language and writing was done in Glagolitic, with evidence in the Vatican archives of mass in Old Slavonic taking place in the 13th century in the Holy Trinity Church of the castle overlooking the town. Additional evidence of Glagolitic writing is in the form of an inscription from 1439 AD placed over the door to the sacristy of the parish church of St. Jerome. The scholar Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693) writes of the celebration of Holy Mass in Old Slavonic in the 17th century.
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