Gorski Kotar: Brod na Kupi and Kuželj
Brod na Kupi, Kuželj, Delnice, Vrbovsko. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 1200–1671 | Frankopan lordships, later Zrinski estates | no registers survive Before registers. The Frankopan family ruled much of the region from the 12th century; Ottoman incursions in the 15th century brought new settlement, and Orthodox Vlach refugees settled along the border from the late 16th century. The Zrinski controlled the iron mines around Čabar in the 17th century. |
| 1671–1777 | Habsburg Croatia: estates divided after the Zrinski-Frankopan plot | Državni arhiv u Rijeci · HR-HDA-883 — Zbirka matičnih knjiga (Hrvatski državni arhiv) · ARHiNET — Croatian State Archives · FamilySearch Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan were executed on 30 April 1671 and the emperor confiscated their lands, which were given to other nobles. The Karolina road (1732) between Karlovac and Bakar began the most intense period of settlement. |
| 1777–1809 | County of Severin | Državni arhiv u Rijeci · HR-HDA-883 — Zbirka matičnih knjiga (Hrvatski državni arhiv) · ARHiNET — Croatian State Archives · FamilySearch By decree of 1777 Maria Theresa incorporated the whole region into the county of Severin. |
| 1809–1813 | Illyrian Provinces | Državni arhiv u Rijeci · FamilySearch The French built the Lujziana road between Karlovac and Rijeka (1803-1809), and Delnice became the region's most developed centre. |
| 1813–1918 | Austria-Hungary: Croatia-Slavonia | Državni arhiv u Rijeci · HR-HDA-883 — Zbirka matičnih knjiga (Hrvatski državni arhiv) · ARHiNET — Croatian State Archives · ANNO — Austrian Newspapers Online · FamilySearch The first railway was built in 1873. In 1886 the whole region was placed under Rijeka county. |
| 1918–1991 | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, then Yugoslavia | Državni arhiv u Rijeci · ARHiNET — Croatian State Archives In the Second World War the region was divided between Italy and the Independent State of Croatia. |
| 1991–2026 | Croatia, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | Državni arhiv u Rijeci |
The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.
See the whole span, 1200–2026, on the map →
The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.
2 places on this ground
2 FamilySearch collections reach this ground
Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.
- Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 ↗ 1515–1994 7,007,772 records
- Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926 ↗ 1570–1926 233,088 records