Palanjek Pokupski

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Palanjek Pokupski
Village
Palanjek Pokupski is located in Croatia
Palanjek Pokupski
Palanjek Pokupski
Location of Palanjek Pokupski in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 16°03′32″E / 45.5°N 16.059°E / 45.5; 16.059
Country Croatia
RegionTuropolje
County Sisak-Moslavina
MunicipalityLekenik
Area
 • 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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, 2021 Census". 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.