Sociology and Space, No. 125-126, 1994.
Original scientific paper
The Famous Example of the Total Design of Rural Settlements in Croatia: Reconstruction of the Burnt Village of Kolarec
Jasenka Kranjčević
Abstract
What to do about settlements (villages
and towns) after sudden destruction (due
to natural disasters or war)?
An analysis of the negative consequences
of previous development and of
destruction wrought by war shows the
strong impact on social, economic and
cultural life in all types of Croatian rural
settlements. This indicates the need to
transform spatial structures, which gives a
chance for their complete renewal.
This article shows how the authorities in
the Republic of Croatia organized the
renewal of destroyed villages in this
century, i.e. the advantages and failures of
such renewal.
As far as we know to date, two burnt
villages were renewed in the interwar
period: Donji Kraljevec (Međimurje —
today in the Donji Kraljevec municipality)
between 1934 and 1938, and Kolarec
(near Križevci, today in the Sveti Petar
Orehovec municipality) between 1938 and
1941. The architectural reconstruction of
these villages did not entail any changes
in the social structure of the population.
The Croatian Peasant Party organized the
complete renewal of Kolarec village
(which lasted from 1938 to 1941), and
collecting help for the work. The renewal
of the village was first entrusted to the
Hygienic Institute in Zagreb, and several
weeks later it was entrusted to the builder
S. Florschütz, who planned the village,
designed the buildings, built them, and
supervised the interior decoration.
During the three years of renewal the
Croatian Peasant Party planned a new,
modern, model and hygienic village. The
buildings were designed to correspond
with the social ideas of that time, and
Kolarec was to be a village with the ideal
type of peasant house.
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Hrčak ID:
119815
URI
Publication date:
9.12.1994.
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