Saborsko

It is country-side mountain resort, situated in a curved, long and narrow valley. The altitude of the place is 630–900 m. 1 / 4 of the Saborsko is located in National Park Plitvice Lakes.

In the 2011 census, the total municipality population was 632, in the following settlements:{{Croatian Census 2011|S|04|3786}}

• Begovac, population 16
• Blata, population 54
• Lička Jesenica, population 100
• Saborsko, population 462

In the 2001 census, the municipality of Saborsko had 860 inhabitants, of whom 78.5% (675) were Croats and 19.19% (165) were ethnic Serbs.[http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/Census2001/Popis/H01_02_02/H01_02_02_zup04.html DZS] Popis stanovništva 2001/Population by Ethnicity, Census of 2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics

Saborsko inhabited place:CD ROM: "Settlements and Population of Croatia 1857-2001. The" Issue of the Central Bureau of Statistics Croatian, Zagreb, 2005.

• 2001 - 666
• 1991 - 852 (Croats - 800 Serbs - 18, other - 34)
• 1981 - 1127 (Croats - 1081, Serbs - 38, Yugoslavs - 4, others - 4)
• 1971 - 1,519 (Croats - 1476, Serbs - 34, Yugoslavs - 1, other - 8)
• 1961 - 1832
• 1951 - 2062
• 1948 - 2165

Saborsko is first mentioned in the Modruš Feudal Law in 1486.

After the Invasion of Yugoslavia, relations between the Italians and the Ustaša were tense, but Saborsko was marked by more such tension than most areas, to the extent that on the 28th and 29th of April 1941 the Italians detained 6 Ustaše.{{cite journal |date=2011-12-01 |first=Filip |last=Škiljan |title=Teror ustaškog režima nad srpskim stanovništvom na području kotareva Vrbovsko, Delnice i Ogulin u proljeće i ljeto 1941. godine |pages=343-372 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/76399 |journal=Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu: Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu |eissn=1849-0344 |volume=43 |issue=1 |language=hr |trans-title=Terror of the Ustasha Regime against the Serbian Population in the Territory of the Vrbovsko, Delnice and Ogulin Districts in the Spring and Summer 1941}}{{rp|349}}

On 1–7 and 8 September, Partisans destroyed about {{convert|8|km|mi}} of railway between the Blato-Lička Jesenica and Javornik{{efn|Opposite Saborsko.}} stations. They burned 4 railway guardposts between Blato and Lička Jesenica and destroyed the water pump in Lička Jesenica. Italian railway guard troops engaged the Partisans in a 2 day battle. The Partisans killed 1 and wounded 8. After the Partisans left, it was estimated the repairs would take several days.{{sfn|Trgo|1964|p=444}}

In World War II, the Chetniks killed 48 civilians in Saborsko, including seven boys and girls. {{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

In the Croatian War of Independence, Croatian troops defended Saborsko for several months until falling in November 1991, after the JNA and nearly 1000 members of paramilitary groups broke the defences, armed with nine military aircraft, 43 tanks, howitzers and a dozen MRL's. The assault destroyed several homes and the Parish Church. The Yugoslav forces executed the Saborsko massacre, in which 29 civilians were killed. A total of 48 citizens of Saborsko were killed in 1991.

The rate at which refugees returned after the war was slow, due to the lack of housing, jobs, and the danger of mines. At first, only the elderly people returned. The Croatian Government began the rebuilding of family homes and common buildings, including the Parish Church. Even so, few families have returned, especially those with children.

The richness and beauty of Saborsko is most evident in the virgin forest mountain nature. The area abounds with mountain streams, lakes, dense forests and unspoiled countless species of wildlife. To be preserved further, many areas of the municipality Saborsko are protected.

• Mala Kapela mountain
• Lake Blata
• River Jesenica

Protected areas

• Part of the National Park Plitvice Lakes
• Čorkova uvala

• The old parish church from 1726, worldwide cultural heritage monument.
• The parish church of St. John Nepomuk built in 2001
• Monument to the fallen Croatian soldiers

In 1913, there were 8 gendarmeries in Delnice kotar: Ogulin, Drežnica, Generalski Stol, Jasenak, Saborsko, Josipdol, Modruš and Plaški.{{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}}

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• {{cite book |date=1964 |editor-first=Fabijan |editor-last=Trgo |title=Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o Narodno-oslobodilačkom ratu Jugoslovenskih naroda |volume=V,32 |url=https://znaci.org/zb/4_5_32.htm}}

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• [http://www.saborsko.net/ Saborsko.net]

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