Žumberak (Croatian) or Gorjanci
(Slovene) or
Uskokengebirge or Sichelberg
(German) Karst [2] in Meyers Großes
Konversations-Lexikon, Band 10., Leipzig, 1907, p 680-681 is a
range of mountains or hills between
Croatia
and Slovenia
.
The
highest peak is Sveta
Gera
on the border between Croatia and Slovenia, being
tall.
Near the
peak, there is a 90 meter high telecommunications tower of the
Radio-Television
Slovenia
.
In 1999, a
nature park (
Park
prirode) Žumberak - Samoborsko gorje was founded on the
Croatian side.
Population (Žumberak)
The isolated region on Croatian side has always had a low
population. The population of about 3,000 people consists mainly of
the elderly. The region is also the intersection of all three
Croatian
dialects.
The reason for this is
the immigration of Uskoks in the 17th century
from Senj
, which
brought a large population of Štokavian speakers to the
region. Žumberak was then part of Austrian
Military Frontier, created by the
Habsburgs to serve as a defensive buffer between their empire and
the
Ottoman Empire. Žumberak itself
was an enclave within Banija and did not directly border the
Ottoman Empire. Most of the Štokavian
population were
Orthodox
who, under pressure of the Austrian authorities, became
Greek Catholics. Today there are very few
Greek Catholics left in the area, most having converted to the
Latin Rite.
One remaining Greek
Catholic church is in Drage, on the Slovenian side of the border
near the town of Suhor, the other one is in Metlika
.
Dispute
Military facility
A military complex near the top of Sveta Gera, created by the
Yugoslav People's Army, is a
subject of a dispute between the two new countries in the 1990s.
Escalation was prevented due to amicable diplomacy.
History
In
Jazovka pit, where thousands of victims
of
Partisan massacres was hidden , every years a
pilgrimage and a counter-
commemoration is held on
June 22 (Croatian
antifascist day), regularly outnumbering the
official ones.
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