Čabar

Čabar is known as Čeber in the local dialect. The name is believed to derive from the Illyrian word ziaber 'clearing'.{{cite book |author1=Brigita Gregorčič |editor1-last=Kladnik |editor1-first=Drago |title=Zamejska Hrvaška |date=2008 |publisher=Ljubljansko geografsko društvo, Založba ZRC |location=Ljubljana |isbn=978-961-254-066-1 |page=106 |chapter=Porečje Čabranke}}

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

On 21 February 1852 by a decree of the Ban of Croatia and Slavonia, Josip Jelačić, a Chamber of Commerce and Industry ({{langx|hr|Trgovačko-obrtna komora}}) was to be founded in Rijeka with jurisdiction over Čabar. It was founded, and began to function on the 11th of March that year.{{cite book |date=1953 |first1=Pero |last1=Mitrović |first2=Radojica |last2=F. Barbalić |publisher=Matica hrvatska |chapter=Riječka luka |pages=35–66 |title=Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura |location=Zagreb |language=hr |url=https://svevid.locloudhosting.net/files/original/54b03f98b3dce1bf75003e9b000d185d.pdf |archive-date=2023-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301114956/https://svevid.locloudhosting.net/files/original/54b03f98b3dce1bf75003e9b000d185d.pdf}}{{rp|40}}

In late 1899, the local chapter of the HPS, HPD "Rudnik", was founded on the initiative of the Ghyczy de Csubar family.{{cite magazine |date=1889 |author=Uredništvo |title=Nova podružnica u Čabru |page=144 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |issue=9 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/189909.pdf |language=hr}} It had to be refounded under president A. Cividini in late 1935.{{cite magazine |date=1937 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Podružnica "Rudnik" u Čabru |page=160 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=33 |issue=6 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193706.pdf |language=hr}} In 1935, the Mirko Župan presidency began on 12 October 1935, succeeding Dr. Muhvić. In 1935, it had 47 members.{{cite magazine |date=December 1935 |author=Uredništvo |title=HPD podružnica "Rudnik" u Čabru nastavlja s radom |page=380 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=31 |issue=12 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193512.pdf |language=hr}} Under Župan, "Rudnik" opened its own library.{{cite magazine |date=1936 |orig-date=1936-05-15 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title="Rudnik" — Čabar |page=244 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=32 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193607.pdf |language=hr}} Membership rose to 55 in 1937.{{cite magazine |date=1937 |orig-date=1937-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=221–252 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=33 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193707.pdf |language=hr}}{{rp|240}} Membership rose to 56 in 1938.{{cite magazine |date=1938 |orig-date=1938-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=222–254 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=34 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193807.pdf |language=hr}}{{rp|240}}

The volunteer fire department DVD Čabar was founded on 1909 by Fran Vidović, Slavko Brovet, Fran Plivelić, Fran Knafe, Josip Repinc and Vilim Turk. The first firefighter house ({{langx|hr|vatrogasni dom}}) was opened in 1936, and a new one was opened in 1969.{{cite magazine |date=December 2019 |author=n.s. |title=110 godina DVD-a Čabar |pages=22–23 |magazine=Nazovi 193 |volume=12 |issue=24 |url=https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927182134/https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |language=hr |trans-title=110 Years of DVD Čabar}} It is the seat of the VZ Čabar, founded in 1969, which oversees the volunteer fire departments of nearby towns.{{cite magazine |date=December 2019 |author=n.s. |title=Pola stoljeća Vatrogasne zajednice Grada Čabar |pages=24–25 |magazine=Nazovi 193 |volume=12 |issue=24 |url=https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927182134/https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |language=hr |trans-title=110 Years of DVD Čabar}}

Past commanders of the VZ Čabar and JVP Grada Čabar:{{efn|PVJ Grada Čabar until 1993}}

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1. Livio Andlar (1994–2005){{cite web |date=2009-10-04 |first=Marinko |last=Krmpotić |publisher=Novi list |title=Delnice: puna kuća vatrogasaca |url=http://vatrogasni-portal.com/news.php?readmore=3743 |website=Vatrogasni portal Hrvatske |archive-date=2009-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008004624/http://vatrogasni-portal.com/news.php?readmore=3743 |language=hr}}
2. Slavko Žagar{{cite web |date=2015–2025 |author=n.s. |title= Požarno područje Gorski kotar III - ČABAR |url=https://www.vz-pgz.hr/hr/pozarno_podrucje_gorski_kotar_iii__cabar/5/97 |website=Vatrogasna zajednica Primorsko-goranske županije |archive-date=2025-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329043733/https://www.vz-pgz.hr/hr/pozarno_podrucje_gorski_kotar_iii__cabar/5/97}}

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Past commanders of the DVD Čabar:

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1. Ivica Troha

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Čabar was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. From 31 January to 2 February, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated,{{cite journal |date=2014 |first1=Tanja |last1=Trošić |first2=Marija |last2=Mokorić |title="Ledena kiša" i poledica u Gorskom kotaru od 31. siječnja do 5. veljače 2014. |pages=49–53 |journal=Meteorološki i hidrološki bilten |issn=1334-3017 |issue=4}} freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million HRK to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses.{{cite web |date=2014-04-11 |author=Ned |title=Ledena kiša u Gorskom kotaru uzrokovala najveću mirnodopsku štetu u Hrvatskoj |url=https://www.crometeo.hr/ledena-kisa-u-gorskom-kotaru-uzrokovala-najvecu-mirnodopsku-stetu-u-hrvatskoj |website=Crometeo - motrenje i prognoziranje vremena |archive-date=2014-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413021648/https://www.crometeo.hr/ledena-kisa-u-gorskom-kotaru-uzrokovala-najvecu-mirnodopsku-stetu-u-hrvatskoj}} Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.{{cite journal |date=2014-02-28 |author=Uredništvo |title=Ledena kiša u Gorskom Kotaru |page=5 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/119364 |journal=Šumarski list |eissn=1846-9140 |volume=138 |issue=1–2}} All three main power lines in Fužine were severed, leaving Čabar without electricity.{{cite news |date=2014-02-02 |first=Nensi |last=Tatar |title=ZBOG LEDENE KIŠE IZUZETNO TEŠKI VREMENSKI UVJETI U GORSKOM KOTARU: Grad Vrbovsko imenovao i poseban Stožer zimske službe koja je tijekom ovih dana na raspolaganju svim stanovnicima |url=https://gorskenovosti.net/2014/02/02/zbog-ledene-kise-izuzetno-teski-vremenski-uvjeti-u-gorskom-kotaru-grad-vrbovsko-imenovao-i-poseban-stozer-zimske-sluzbe-koja-je-tijekom-ovih-dana-na-raspolaganju-svim-stanovnicima |newspaper=Gorke novosti |archive-date=2014-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202164840/https://gorskenovosti.net/2014/02/02/zbog-ledene-kise-izuzetno-teski-vremenski-uvjeti-u-gorskom-kotaru-grad-vrbovsko-imenovao-i-poseban-stozer-zimske-sluzbe-koja-je-tijekom-ovih-dana-na-raspolaganju-svim-stanovnicima}}

In 1870, Čabar općina, in Delnice podžupanija, had 324 houses, with a population of 2415. Its 19 villages were divided into 2 porezne obćine for taxation purposes. Parishes included Čabar and Trstje.{{cite book |date=1877 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Tiskara "Narodnih novinah" |chapter=Pregled gradovah i podžupanijah i uredjenja upravnih obćinah uz naznačenje poreznih obćinah, njihove površine i k istim spadajućih mjestah uz broj kućah i stanovnikah |pages=1–120 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/pregledpolitiko00uredgoog/page/n29/mode/1up |title=Pregled političkoga i sudbenoga razdieljenja kraljevinah Hrvatske i Slavonije i uredjenja upravnih obćinah. Na temelju naredbe kr. hrv.-slav.-dalm. zem. vlade od 5. veljače 1875. broj 221 pr. i provedenoga zatim zaokruženja upravnih obćinah |location=Zagreb}}{{rp|9}}

In 1890, the općina of Čabar (court at Čabar), with an area of {{convert|111|km2|mi2}}, belonged to the kotar of Čabar (Čabar court) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). But it was under the electoral district of Delnice. There were 361 houses, with a population of 2161. Its 19 villages and 2 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 2 porezne obćine, under the Delnice office. In the {{convert|284|km2|mi2}} Delnice kotar, there were a total of 1183 houses, with a population of 6848. Its 59 villages and 14 hamlets were divided into 6 porezne obćine. The kotar had no markets. Čabar kotar was divided into 4 općine. Besides itself: Gerovo, Plešce, Prezid.{{cite book |date=1895 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada |chapter=Glavni pregled područja županija, upravnih kotara i obćina, sudbenih stolova, sudbenih kotara, financijalnih ravnateljstva, poreznih ureda i izbornih kotara |pages=I–XXVII |chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005767374&seq=16 |title=Političko i sudbeno razdieljenje kralj. Hrvatske i Slavonije i Repertorij prebivališta po stanju od 31. svibnja 1895. |location=Zagreb}}{{rp|iv,v}}

In 1910, the court of Čabar encompassed an area of {{convert|284|km2|mi2}}, with a population of 7,632 (smallest under Ogulin high court). Čabar had its own cadastral jurisdiction, but its business court was in Ogulin.{{cite book |date=May 1913 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara |chapter=Sudbeno razdjeljenje Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije |pages=XXXI–XXXIII |title=Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. |url=https://library.foi.hr/dbook/index.php?B=1&item=X00437 |location=Zagreb}}{{rp|xxxii}}

There are 3,770 inhabitants (census 2011), in the following settlements:{{Croatian Census 2011|S|08|0558}}

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• Bazli, population 5
• Brinjeva Draga, population 5
• Crni Lazi, population 117
• Čabar, population 412
• Donji Žagari, population 8
• Fažonci, population 0
• Ferbežari, population 32
• Gerovo, population 689
• Gerovski Kraj, population 95
• Gorači, population 99
• Gornji Žagari, population 83
• Hrib, population 109
• Kamenski Hrib, population 6
• Kozji Vrh, population 60
• Kraljev Vrh, population 14
• Kranjci, population 4
• Lautari, population 16
• Lazi, population 55
• Makov Hrib, population 103
• Mali Lug, population 79
• Mandli, population 39
• Okrivje, population 2
• Parg, population 87
• Plešce, population 140
• Podstene, population 17
• Požarnica, population 1
• Prezid, population 740
• Prhci, population 12
• Prhutova Draga, population 3
• Pršleti, population 0
• Ravnice, population 39
• Selo, population 41
• Smrečje, population 71
• Smrekari, population 9
• Sokoli, population 10
• Srednja Draga, population 43
• Tropeti, population 12
• Tršće, population 342
• Vode, population 35
• Vrhovci, population 110
• Zamost, population 26

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In the same census, 94.6% of the population were Croats, 2.3% Slovenes and 1.1% Serbs.{{Croatian Census 2011|E|08}}

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Čabar |p1857=7235 |p1869=7313 |p1880=5971 |p1890=6697 |p1900=6770 |p1910=7467 |p1921=6620 |p1931=7595 |p1948=6041 |p1953=6360 |p1961=6702 |p1971=6083 |p1981=5465 |p1991=5169 |p2001=4387 |p2011=3770 |p2021=3226}}

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia}}

Čabar is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|CRO}} Pula, Croatia (since 1974)

The society Plodovi gorja Gorskog kotara{{efn|{{official website|https://www.plodovigorja-gk.hr}}}} organises "Pear days" ({{langx|hr|Dani krušaka}}) in Čabar.{{cite web |date=2022-04-25 |first=Valentina |last=Vukadinović |title=Priča o Plodovima gorja Gorskog kotara |url=https://gorskikotao.com/2022/04/25/prica-o-plodovima-gorja-gorskog-kotara |website=GorskiKotao: Vanjina kuhinja (jedi dobro)}}

Beginning in 2013,{{cite news |date=2013-11-21 |first=Marinko |last=Krmpotić |title=Gorski kotar Bike: Goranska biciklistička transverzala duga 260 km |url=https://www.novilist.hr/regija/gorski-kotar-bike-goranska-biciklisticka-transverzala-duga-260-km |newspaper=Novi list |issn=0350-4301 |archive-date=2025-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328182212/https://www.novilist.hr/regija/gorski-kotar-bike-goranska-biciklisticka-transverzala-duga-260-km}} the 7 stage {{convert|260|km|mi}} long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar ({{langx|hr|Goranska biciklistička transverzala}}) passes through Vahtari and Čabar.{{cite web |date=2020 |author=n.s. |title=Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar stages |url=https://gorskikotarbike.com/en/stages |website=Gorski kotar Bike}}

In 1913, there were two gendarmeries in Čabar kotar: one in Čabar itself and one in Gerovo.{{cite book |date=May 1913 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara |chapter=Razmještaj Kr. oružništva u Kraljevinama Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji |pages=XXXIV–XXXV |title=Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. |url=https://library.foi.hr/dbook/index.php?B=1&item=X00437 |location=Zagreb}}

In 1875, the kotar court of Čabar, subordinate to the royal court at Zagreb, encompassed an 1870 population of 7476, being responsible for the općine: Čabar, Prezid and Gerovo.{{cite book |date=1877 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Tiskara "Narodnih novinah" |chapter=Glavni pregled sudbenoga razdieljenja kraljevinah Hrvatske i Slavonije |pages=IX–XIV |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/pregledpolitiko00uredgoog/page/n15/mode/1up |title=Pregled političkoga i sudbenoga razdieljenja kraljevinah Hrvatske i Slavonije i uredjenja upravnih obćinah. Na temelju naredbe kr. hrv.-slav.-dalm. zem. vlade od 5. veljače 1875. broj 221 pr. i provedenoga zatim zaokruženja upravnih obćinah |location=Zagreb}}

The original Čabar linden ({{langx|hr|Čabarska lipa}}) dated to the 17th century, but had to be replanted in 1943 and then again on 30 April 2016.{{cite web |date=2017 |author=MHČ |title=Događanja po godinama |url=https://maticahrvatska-cabar.hr/dogadanja-po-godinama |website=Matica hrvatska Čabar |language=hr |trans-title=Events by Year |quote=Dan Ogranka Matice hrvatske Čabar – 30. travanj. U suradnji sa Šumarskim društvom ponovo zasađena čabarska lipa.}}{{cite journal |date=2017-12-31 |first1=Koraljka |last1=Vahtar-Jurković |first2=Mladen |last2=Obad Šćitaroci |title=Pejsažno i perivojno naslijeđe Gorskoga kotara |pages=328–341 |doi=10.31522/p.25.2(54).11 |journal=Prostor: Znanstveni časopis za arhitekturu i urbanizam |volume=25 |issue=2 |language=hr |trans-title=Landscape and Park Heritage of Gorski Kotar|doi-access=free }}

The {{convert|196|m2|ft2}} PP sa spomenikom borcima NOB-a u Čabru was built in 1959.

The {{convert|200|m2|ft2}} PP u središtu Čabra sa spomenikom hrvatskim braniteljima was built in 1999, designed by N. Kvas.

The {{convert|100|m|ft}} long Kalvarija in Čabar dates to the 18th century, and was protected in 1981.

The {{convert|724|m2|ft2}} school garden was started in the second half of the 20th century and remains unprotected.

In the 1930s, the daily bus route from Delnice left at 6:00 and arrived at 8.00, passing through Brod na Kupi and Zamost.

• Franciska Poje (1837 – 1892), Sisters of Mercy nun
• {{ill|Edo Šlajmer|sl|Edo Šlajmer}} (1864 – 1935), surgeon
• Dušan Klepac (1917 – 2006), forest scientist

Cabar-2.jpg|Čabar from above

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• {{cite book |date=2015 |first=Katarina |last=Ghyczy |publisher=Ogranak Matice hrvatske u Čabru |title=Ghyczy de eadem Gicz Assa et Ablancz-Kurth: rodoslovlje pl. Ghyczy de Csubar (Čabar) |isbn=978-953-7541-44-6 |location=Čabar |language=hr}}
• {{cite book |date=2010 |first=Slavko |last=Malnar |title=Prezimena u čabarskom kraju kroz stoljeća 1498. – 1997 |publisher=Ogranak Matice Hrvatske |edition=2nd |isbn=978-953-7541-19-4}}

• {{cite thesis |date=2024-09-16 |orig-date=defended 2024-09-19 |first=Tea |last=Klasanović |publisher=Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci |title=Kvaliteta pitkih voda i voda u prirodi na području Gorskoga kotara |url=https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:379722 |location=Rijeka}}

• {{cite book |date=2019-04-24 |editor-first=Barbara |editor-last=Pavlakovič |title=Razvojni program za trajnostni razvoj krajev območja mesta Čabar v Gorskem kotarju: II. faza |publisher=Univerzitetna založba Univerze |isbn=978-961-286-261-9 |url=https://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-7472R0PP}} Online publication 2019-06-26.

• [http://www.cabar.hr City of Čabar Municipality web Portal]

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