Baljci

For the village in Bosnia, see Baljci, Tomislavgrad.
Baljci
Village
Baljci

Location of Baljci in Croatia

Coordinates: 43°49′N 16°18′E / 43.817°N 16.300°ECoordinates: 43°49′N 16°18′E / 43.817°N 16.300°E
County Šibenik-Knin County
Municipality Ružić
Population (2001)[1]
 • Total 2
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Baljci is an uninhabited village in the Dalmatian hinterland, southeast of Knin in the Šibenik-Knin County. Baljci lies underneath the Svilaja mountain and near the source of the river Čikola.

History

The population of the municipality was 470 in 1991, with 453 (96.38%) declaring themselves Serbs. The village was part of the Drniš municipality before the Yugoslav Wars. As a Serbian village, it became part of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. Since Operation Storm the village of Baljci is uninhabited, with its former residents and their descendants scattered all over the world, with significant concentrations in Serbia, the United Kingdom, and Germany, as well as some in the USA and Australia.

Culture

The village krsna slava (Serbian Orthodox patron saint veneration) was that of St. John the Baptist (Jovanjdan), on July 7. The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was built in 1730.

A Greek Catholic (Uniate) church of the Eparchy of Križevci was built some time after 1832, but it was burnt down by Chetnik forces in 1942.[2]

Anthropology

Families

Families that lived in the village prior to 1991.


References

  1. ↑ http://www.dzs.hr/hrv/censuses/census2001/Popis/H01_01_03/h01_01_03_zup15-3778.html
  2. ↑ NAKON 70 GODINA Grkokatolici se vraćaju u Kričke, Slobodna Dalmacija