Ozalj (Croatian pronunciation:[ôzaʎ], Hungarian: Ozaly, German: Wosail[2] or Woseil[3]) is a town in central Croatia, located north of Karlovac and southwest of Jastrebarsko, on the Kupa River. It is close to Žumberak in the north and the border with Slovenia in the northwest, with Metlika being the closest Slovenian town.
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The town was built on a cliff over the Kupa river and the first mention of it dates from 1244, as a free royal town. The Frankopan family owned it since 1398, then it passed to the Zrinski family in 1550, and it stayed theirs until 1671. The city commemorates 30 April as its day, in memory of the event in 1671 when Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan were executed.
The patron saint of the town is St. Vitus, whose feast is celebrated on 15 June.
Munjara
Munjara is the old hydroelectric plant. This plant has three 3.5 megawatt generators and was built between 1907 and 1908.
Population
The town of Ozalj itself has a population of 1,181, with a total of 6,817 people in the municipality.[1] 97% of the population are Croats (census 2011).[4]
Town of Ozalj: Population trends 1857–2021
population
11780
13354
13610
14309
14126
14047
13574
14839
14769
14432
13125
11634
9744
9988
7932
6817
5836
1857
1869
1880
1890
1900
1910
1921
1931
1948
1953
1961
1971
1981
1991
2001
2011
2021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications
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The administrative area of the Town consists of 96 smaller settlements, the full list of which is:[1]
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