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15-602: Plaški is situated in the lower part of the Ogulin-Plaški valley . Together with Gorski kotar and Lika , the Ogulin-Plaški valley forms Mountainous Croatia . The town of Plaški is situated 28 km south from Ogulin and shares borders with municipalities of Ogulin, Josipdol and Saborsko . The municipality consists of several settlements : In year 33 B.C. the Romans , led by the future Emperor Octavian Augustus , won

30-479: A closed polje ) or ponors . Usually, the ponors cannot transmit entire flood flows, so many poljes become wet-season lakes. The structure of some poljes is related to the geological structure, but others are purely the result of lateral dissolution and planation . The development of poljes is fostered by any blockage in the karst drainage. A polje covers the flatbottomed lands of closed basins which may extend over large areas, up to 1,000 km . The flat floor of

45-401: A karst plain or karst field. A polje, in geological terminology, is a large, flat-floored depression within karst limestone, whose long axis develops in parallel with major structural trends and can become several miles (tens of kilometers) long. Superficial deposits tend to accumulate along the floor. Drainage may be either by surface watercourses (as an open polje ) or by swallow holes (as

60-563: A part of. Plaški county ( Comitatus Plazy ) was a separate administrative region until 1193, when it became part of Modruš county and came to be owned by the Frankopan family . In the name of Frankopans Plaški was governed by the Zebić family of nobles, who were their loyal vassals (even today a part of Plaški is called Zebići ). In 1492 just before the Battle of Krbava Plaški was raided by

75-658: A polje may consist of bare limestone, of a nonsoluble formation (as with rolling topography), or of soil. A polje typically shows complex hydrogeological characteristics such as exsurgences , estavelles , swallow holes, and lost rivers . In colloquial use, the term "polje" designates flat-bottomed lands which are overgrown or are under cultivation. The Dinaric Karst has many poljes. They are mostly distributed in subtropical and tropical latitudes but some also appear in temperate or, rarely, boreal regions. Usually covered with thick sediments , called "terra rossa", they are used extensively for agricultural purposes. Some poljes of

90-521: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Polje A polje , also called karst polje or karst field , is a large flat plain found in karstic geological regions of the world, with areas usually in the range of 5–400 km (2–154 sq mi). The name derives from the Slavic languages , where polje literally means 'field', whereas in English polje specifically refers to

105-501: Is around 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi). The two namesakes of the valley also include karst fields or polje , those of Ogulin ( Ogulinsko polje , 63 km (24 sq mi)) and of Plaški ( Plaščansko polje , 22 km (8.5 sq mi)). The A1 motorway intersects the valley near Oštarije . The D42 road and the M604 railway pass through it longitudinally. This Karlovac County geography article

120-530: Is synonymous with interior valley . The word polje ( Cyrillic : поље ) itself is of Slavic origin (best known as the root for the country Poland , Polska , from the Polish word pole 'field'). English borrowed polje from Slovene or Serbo-Croatian ( Cyrillic : поље , pronounced [pôʎe] ). The equivalent in neighbouring Macedonian and Bulgarian is pole (поле), and in Russian it

135-556: The Croatian War of Independence , Plaški was a municipality with a majority of Serb population. In the census of 2001, the town of Plaški had 1,468 with total municipality population of 2,292, of which 48.4% were Croats , and 46.1% Serbs . Much of the Croat population is made up of those forced to leave Bosnia replacing Serbs who, in 1995, fled during the war Operation Storm . The Serbs constituted 46% and Croats constituted 51% of

150-1061: The Dinaric Alps are inundated during the rainy winters and spring seasons as masses of water called izvor or vrelo appears at the margins. The water disappears through shafts called ponor . Prominent karst poljes are Livanjsko polje (about 60 km long and 7 km wide), Glamočko Polje , Grahovsko Polje , Drvarsko Polje , Duvanjsko Polje , Kupreška Visoravan (Kupres Highlands) , Popovo Polje , Dabarsko Polje, Nevesinjsko Polje and Gatačko Polje in Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Logatec , Planina , and Cerknica Polje in Slovenia ; Grahovsko Polje and Nikšićko Polje in Montenegro ; Ličko Polje and Krbava in Lika , Croatia ; Begovo Pole in North Macedonia and Odorovsko polje

165-815: The Turks led by Jakub-Paša and Plaški was abandoned. In a document of Bernardin Frankopan from 1500 Plaški is described as defense fort against the Turks. Another document from 1550 confirms Plaški's status as defense fort and also mentions it as one of four centres in the Military Frontier of the Habsburg Empire . By decision of the Military Council in Graz , Serbs were allowed to resettle

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180-580: The area. The Serbs came in three waves: 1609, 1639 and 1666. Together with Tounj , Plaški was centre of a military company that was part of Ogulin 's regiment. The Eparchy of Upper Karlovac of the Serbian Orthodox Church was founded in 1711 and had its first seat in Gomirje monastery and from 1721 to 1941 the seat was in Plaški. The Orthodox Cathedral was built from 1756 to 1763. Before

195-650: The battle against an Illyrian tribe , the Japods , in the area east of Plaški. Roman coins have been found in Plaški which proves that this region was inhabited in Roman times. The name Plaški was first mentioned in 1163 in documents of the Split diocese of the Roman Catholic Church . The second mention dates from 1185 and relates to the establishment of new Krbava diocese, which the parish of Plaški became

210-507: The only karst polje in Serbia . In Portugal, the town of Minde is located in a landscape of intensive karst. In the summer the polje is fertile fields, in winter, in case of heavy rain, a temporary lake. The former Lake Copais in Boeotia , Greece, fed subterranean channels (some artificial) until a 1957 land reclamation project drained it completely. In its original languages, the word

225-479: The population in the 2011 census. Ogulin-Pla%C5%A1ki valley Ogulin-Plaški valley ( Croatian : Ogulinsko-plaščanska udolina ) is a valley in the mountainous part of central Croatia , named after the towns of Ogulin and Plaški . It is located at an elevation of 300 to 380 meters above sea level, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps , namely the mountains of Velika Kapela , Mala Kapela , Krpelj , Radošić , Brezovica , Hum , and Pištenik . Its total area

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