Croatian is the official first language. Serbian language with its Cyrillic alphabet is the officially recognised second language. In Cyrillic, Vrginmost is known as Вргинмост and (between 1996 and 2012) Gvozd as Гвозд.[citation needed]
The village of Vrginmost has existed since 1688, when it was part of the Military Region. According to the census of 1850, Gvozd had 30 houses and 341 inhabitants, and according to the census of 1921, 622 households. [7]
The Ostrožin Rulebook (Croatian: Ostrožinski pravilnik) was adopted on 14 December 1941 in the village of Ostrožin.[9] Predating the Foča Regulations by more than a month, the Ostrožin Rulebook was the first legal act which regulated the new national authority in the liberated territories during the National Liberation War of Yugoslavia.
In 1942, Andrija Artuković ordered the killing of the entire population of Vrginmost and its surrounding villages in 1942, according to the charges laid against him in his deportation hearings in the United States.[10]
The town was officially known as Gvozd between 1996[11] and 23 October 2012.[why?] In 2012, its original name of Vrginmost was restored amid political controversy.[clarification needed][12][13][14]
NOTE: Historically, the municipality was known as Vrginmost until 1996, when both the municipality and the settlement were renamed to Gvozd. The old municipality of Vrginmost was divided into three new municipalities: Topusko, Lasinja and Gvozd.
Population of Vrginmost settlement by ethnicity[4][15]
NOTE: The settlement is historically known as Vrginmost. During the 1996-2012 period, the settlement was known as Gvozd
Historical population of Vrginmost settlement 1857-2011[4][16]
population
341
380
368
447
460
707
451
765
733
465
840
1068
1403
1570
1303
1095
1857
1869
1880
1890
1900
1910
1921
1931
1948
1953
1961
1971
1981
1991
2001
2011
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics
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Historyedit
The municipality had big population changes in various censuses, possibly because of war and because of frequent border changes of municipalities in Croatia:
In the 2001 census there were 3,779 people in the municipality, 58% of whom were ethnic Serbs and 40% Croats.[17] 3,575 declared their mother tongue as Croatian, 155 as Serbian, and 49 as other languages.[17]
Politicsedit
Minority councils and representativesedit
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[18] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives electionsSerbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Gvozd.[19]
Monument to the Antifascist Uprising and Victims of Fascism - a bronze partisan sculpture by sculptor Zvonko Car erected in 1956. According to the witness' statements,[20] the monument was destroyed and its remains removed from the site in Vrginmost around 26 November 1995. Fragments of the monument's decorative mosaic featuring partisans had been recovered from garbage disposal site.
Abez Forest - site of the historical meeting, held on 19 July 1941, at which the leadership of the Croatian branch of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia decided that the people of the Kordun and Banija region raise against the nazi-fascist occupation[21]
Site of formation of the partisan 8th Kordun Division (Croatian: 8. Kordunaška udarna divizija NOVJ) on 22 November 1942 in Crevarska Strana[22]8. кордунашка дивизија НОВЈ
Đedova kosidba - cultural and historical, tourist manifestation held in Vrginmost, nurturing the folk customs and traditions of Kordun and traditional ways of life. The one-day event, which was first held in 2010, takes place between May and late June and brings together amateur groups nurturing traditional folk dancing and singing from different regions of Croatia and north-west of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[23][24][25]
Ankica Barbir-Mladinović (born 1949) - journalist, TV Zagreb/HTV news editor and the youngest editor of "Zagrebačka panorama"[27]
ITD Band [hr] - the first members of the Croatian/Yugoslav pop rock band were Vrginmost natives and residents: Branislav Bekić (vocals), Milan Bekić (bass guitar) and Nebojša Tepšić (drums). Rastislav Topoljski (keyboards), who joined the band later on, was another Vrginmost resident, while Jadranko Mileusnić (guitar) was a native of Vojnić.[28][29][30][31]
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^ abcde"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Gvozd". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^"Brisanje imena gradova: Gvozd ili Vrginmost". slobodnaevropa.org (in Croatian). 15 August 2011.
^Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
^"Povijest Općine". Općina Gvozd, Sisačko-Moslavačka županjija (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-02-15.
^"Kotar Vrginmost u NO borbi 1941-1945. / District of Vrginmost during National Liberation War 1941-1945" (PDF). znaci.net. 1980. pp. 55–60, 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2013.
^"Branko Žutić, "Razvitak narodne vlasti u kotaru Vrginmost 1941-1943", Historijski zbornik, pg 81, Naklada Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1955" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
^ROHRLICH, TED (19 January 1988). "Artukovic, Extradited as Nazi War Criminal, Dies" – via LA Times.
^"Croatian mayor sees U.S. holiday first-hand Visitor from war-torn nation enjoys feast and festivities", Daily Herald, 29 November 2002.
^"Promijenili ime Gvozda u - Vrginmost" (in Croatian). Nova TV (Croatia). Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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^"Gvozd će se opet zvati Vrginmost". Dnevnik.hr. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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^Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr
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^"Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^"Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. III. SISAČKO-MOSLAVAČKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 18. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^"Reljef s partizanima spašen iz smeća". portalnovosti.com (in Serbian). 31 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^Dušan Baić "Kotar Vrginmost u NO borbi 1941-1945."/"District of Vrginmost during National Liberation War 1941-1945", pages 44-45, 1980
^"75 godina Osme kordunaške/ "75 years of the 8th Kordun (partisan) Division"". portalnovosti.com (in Croatian). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^"Đedova kosidba 2014". Online Televizija Glina (in Croatian). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^"Đedova kosidba 2017". Radio Banovina (in Croatian). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^"Održana deveta Đedova kosidba u Vrginmostu 2018". Banija Online (in Serbian). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.