The Babonić family ( Hungarian : Babonics or Vodicsai ) was an old and powerful Croatian noble family from the medieval Slavonia whose most notable members were Bans (viceroys) of Slavonia and Croatia .
10-503: The first known member of this family who appeared in written documents at the end of the 12th century is Stephen I, known as Babon († at the beginning of the 13th century). The original possessions of Babonić were located on the right bank of the Kupa river between today's Karlovac and Sisak . Their first important stronghold was the town of Steničnjak . They built a stronghold in Blagaj on
20-665: A right tributary of the Sava , forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia . It is 297 kilometres (185 miles) long, with a length of 118 km (73 mi) serving as the border between Croatia and Slovenia and the rest located in Croatia. The name Colapis , recorded in antiquity , is presumed to have come from the Proto-Indo-European roots *quel- 'turn, meander' and *ap- 'water', meaning 'meandering water'. An alternative interpretation
30-519: Is *(s)kel- / *skul- 'shiny, bright', meaning 'clear river'. The Kupa originates in Croatia in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar , northeast of Rijeka , in the area of Risnjak National Park . It flows a few kilometers eastwards, receives the small Čabranka River from the left, before reaching the Slovenian border. It then continues eastwards between the White Carniola region in
40-504: Is considered special due to its large number of waterfalls , totalling 93. It rises in Kordun , west of Slunj , and flows northwards, in parallel to Dobra and Korana , through Generalski Stol and Duga Resa , when it finally flows into the Korana in the south of Karlovac (at Mostanje / Turanj ). The Gojak Hydroelectric Power Plant is a high pressure diversion plant which harnesses
50-639: Is part of the Slovenian Krajinski park Kolpa nature reserve. The hydrological parameters of the Kupa are regularly monitored at Radenci , Kamanje , Karlovac , Jamnička Kiselica and Farkašić . Mre%C5%BEnica The Mrežnica ( pronounced [mreʒnit͡sa] ) is a river in Karlovac County , Croatia . It is 63 kilometres (39 mi) long and its basin covers an area of 64 square kilometres (25 sq mi). Mrežnica
60-623: The Sana in 1240, and the Blagaj Castle in Blagaj on the Korana around 1266. The rise of the family began at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries when they received enormous estates from the Kings of Hungary . At the time of their greatest power, they held huge area from Carniola to Vrbas and from Sava to Gvozd , which also included fortified towns of Medvedgrad , Susedgrad , Kostanjevica and Mehovo . They were related by blood to
70-499: The east, where it merges with Glina from the right, it then passes through two small towns called Šišinec and Brkiševina, and then proceeds to the town of Sisak where it merges with Odra from the left and, after passing through Sisak town centre, flows into the Sava River. Fairly unpolluted downstream to Karlovac, the upper Kupa is a popular place for bathing in summer. The section from Stari Trg down to Fučkovci since 2006
80-513: The family name, rather referring to themselves as Counts of Blagay . Below is the complete family tree based on Hungarian historian Pál Engel's Medieval Hungarian Genealogy (2001) and Attila Zsoldos' archontology (2011): Kupa The Kupa ( Croatian pronunciation: [kûpa] ) or Kolpa ( Slovene pronunciation: [ˈkóːlpa] or [ˈkóːwpa] ; from Latin : Colapis in Roman times; Hungarian : Kulpa ) river,
90-511: The most powerful families of the region, Counts of Gorizia , Venetian Morosini family , Zrinski , Frankopan and the Bosnian Kotromanić royal family through intermarriages. The family divided their properties in 1313 and 1314 between brothers Ivan (d. after 1334), Stjepan IV (d. 1316) and Radoslav II ( fl. 1284–1314 ). Radoslav received the town and estate of Blagaj on the Sana (Blagay), and his sons stopped using
100-473: The north and Central Croatia in the south. The Kupa receives influx from the river Lahinja from the left in Primostek , passes Vrbovsko , and eventually detaches from the Slovenian border having passed Metlika . It then reaches the city of Karlovac , where it receives influx from two other rivers from the right, Dobra and Korana (which in turn is joined by Mrežnica ). The Kupa continues flowing to
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