Crikvenica

Crikvenica
Crikvenica
Town
	Grad Crikvenica; Town of Crikvenica
	Crikvenica
	Crikvenica Location of Crikvenica within Croatia
	Coordinates: 45°10′N 14°41′E / 45.167°N 14.683°E
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Government
• Mayor	Damir Rukavina (HDZ)
• Town Council	17 members
Area
• Town	28.5 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
• Urban	8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2021)
• Town	9,980
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
• Urban	6,239
• Urban density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	51 260
Area code	051
Website	crikvenica.hr

Crikvenica (pronounced [ˈtsrikvɛnitsa]) is a town in Croatia, located on the Adriatic in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

Names

The names of the town in various languages include:^[4]

Latin: Ad Turres
Italian: Cirquenizza
Hungarian: Cirkvenica, Cirkvenicza, Czirkvenicza, Czirkwenicza
German: Cirknenz

Geography

Crikvenica is located southeast of Rijeka and is the largest settlement on the coast of the Vinodol coastal area.

Towns near Crikvenica include Kraljevica, Selce and Novi Vinodolski.

Over the last twenty years, urban expansion of Crikvenica itself and of the nearby town of Selce has resulted in the two merging into a mini-conglomerate.

Population

In the 2011 census, Crikvenica had a total municipal population of 11,122, in the following settlements:^[5]^[6]

Crikvenica, population 6,860
Dramalj, population 1,485
Jadranovo, population 1,224
Selce, population 1,553

Town of Crikvenica: Population trends 1857–2021

population	4566	5145	5575	5910	6935	7375	7817	7392	5997	6170	6346	8207	9501	10584	11348	11122	9980
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

History

Crikvenica was developed on the site of a Roman era settlement and military base called Ad Turres. Old Crikvenica was originally an offshoot of the village of Kotor, which is located on a nearby hill and shares its name with that of the village.^{[citation needed]}

The name of the town derives from the word for 'church' (Croatian: crkva, in dialect crikva), referring to the monastery church of the Pauline Fathers, which was built by Nikola IV Frankopan nearby in 1412. Nikola IV. Frankopan issued a grant in Modruš, which is also the oldest written document in which the name Crikvenica is mentioned. ^[7] Beside the church and the monastery at the mouth of the Dubračina, the nearby port of Grižane grew up. In 1760 the local worthy moved from Bribir to Crikvenica and thus it became the centre of the whole Vinodol coast. A great fire of 1776, in which nearly entire Kotor was burnt down, accelerated the migration from the hills towards the coastal areas.^[8]

In the 19th century Crikvenica began to attract many tourists, which brought about a turning point in its history. In 1877 a harbour was built in Crikvenica, in 1888 a bathing beach and as early as 1891 the first hotel had opened. In 1895 the Hotel Therapia was opened with 120 beds and a Hydrotherapy Institute. In 1902 the Hotel Crikvenica was built, in 1903 the Bellevue and in 1905 the Miramare. In 1906 Crikvenica became officially a health resort and due to its favourable climate, in the space of just 16 years Crikvenica became the most important resort on the riviera.^[9] Today, together with Selce, it is one of the most attractive parts of the Kvarner coast, as well as of the North Adriatic coast of Croatia in general.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Crikvenica was a district capital in the Modruš-Rijeka County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Archaeology

A Roman ceramic workshop was discovered at Crikvenica, in an archaeological site called Igralište. The workshop operated from the latter part of the 1st century BC until the conclusion of the 2nd century AD, producing various ceramic items such as construction materials, amphorae, and pottery.^[10]

Sport

NK Crikvenica is an association football team that play in the Third Football League, at the Gradski stadion, which is located near the centre of Crikvenica. The European route E65 (Jadranska magistrala) dominates the view to the south.^[11] The stadium once had a motorcycle speedway track around the pitch and hosted significant competitions such as a qualifying round of the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup^[12] and the Yugoslavian National championship.^[13]

Notable people

Josif Pančić (1814–1888), botanist
Ljerko Spiller (1908–2008), Croatian and Argentine violinist
The family of Argentine Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic (born 1926) came from in the village of Karlići near Grižane, a small village approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) outside Crikvenica^[14]

Photo gallery

Viaduct passing through the town
Port of Crikvenica
Town park
Dramalj
Nighttime view of the town
Crikvenica Town Hall
Monastery (today Kaštel Hotel) and Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cave lion skull found in Vrtare Male cave

References

^ "Konačni rezultati izbora" (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 20, notes.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Crikvenica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Primorje-Gorski kotar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Povijest | Crikvenica". www.rivieracrikvenica.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
^ Bašić 2009, p. 5.
^ Naklada Naprijed, The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide, pg. 27, Zagreb (1999), ISBN 953-178-097-8
^ Ožanić Roguljić, Ivana (2018-11-30), "Overview of the capacity of pottery vessels from the workshop of Sextus Metillius Maximus (Crikvenica)", Pottery Production, Landscape and Economy of Roman Dalmatia, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, p. 37, retrieved 2024-05-20
^ "Map of Gradski Stadion Crikvenica". Football Ground Map. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "1970 Speedway World Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1924-1991". Speedway History. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "Karlić: Nikada nemojte zaboraviti svoje podrijetlo i svoje običaje". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 2008-02-17. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2011-01-18.

Bibliography

Bašić, Martina (2009). "Crikvenička toponimija" [The toponymy of Crikvenica] (PDF). Folia onomastica Croatica (in Croatian) (18): 1–52. Retrieved 10 September 2020.