Divuša
Divuša (Serbian Cyrillic: Дивуша)[2] is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D47 highway.
Divuša
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Village | |
Country | Croatia |
Region | Continental Croatia (Banovina) |
County | Sisak-Moslavina |
Municipality | Dvor |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Religion
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Catherine
Roman Catholic parish in Divuša was firstly mentioned in 1271 as a local parish under the Order of Cistercians Abbey in Topusko.[3] The first church of Saint Stephen was mentioned in canonical visitations in 1334, and the wooden church of Saint Catherine was constructed in 1699.[3] The church was burned in a battle in 1737 and the current church was constructed in 1748-1750 period.[3] The church got its current shape in 1805.[3] It was destroyed by Serb forces and Yugoslav People's Army in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence when the village was a part of self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, and was reconstructed once again after the end of war.[3]
References
- Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- "Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- Škiljan, Filip (2008). Kulturno – historijski spomenici Banije s pregledom povijesti Banije od prapovijesti do 1881 [Cultural and historical monuments of Banija with an overview of history Banija from prehistory to 1881.] (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Serb National Council. ISBN 978-953-7442-04-0.