# Plemenitaš

Plemenitaš, sometimes called Plemenitaši, is a village in Croatia, under the Vrbovsko township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is the seat of a parish encompassing Blaževci, Štefanci, Zapeć and Zaumol.

## History

On 28 June 1774, lord Mihal Mikulić of Severin on behalf of count Krsto II Oršić drew up in Severin a list of duties of freedmen and serfs in Razdrto, Štefanci, Blaževci, Zapeć, Plemenitaš and Košac. It was signed by judge Mihalj Medved and Mate Marković of Plemenitaš. The villagers of Plemenitaš were serfs. The original survives in the HDA in Zagreb, survives in the HDA, and was published by Rudolf Strohal [hr].$^{:26–30}$
The parish of Plemenitaš was founded in 1805, before which it was under Lukovdol, although its parish registers were in Stari Trg ob Kolpi until the construction of the present church in Plemenitaš in 1790. The church itself, Sv. Antuna opata, dedicated to saint Anthony the Great, was according to the canonical visitation of 1753 founded 60 years earlier, so in the 1690s.$^{:97}$
The holiday of the patron saint in January was widely celebrated in the region, so that people came to the church from Radenci, Sodevci and Stari Trg. Before the Breakup of Yugoslavia, the custom of dražba before the church was practiced on both sides of the river.$^{:106}$
In July 1936, Ivan Goran Kovačić and other HSS members and sympathisers founded Gospodarska sloga [hr] chapters in Severin and Lukovdol. On 16 August, they held a meeting in Plemenitaš.
The telephone lines were installed in 1981/1982 from Dol in Slovenia, so Blaževci ended up with a Ljubljana number along with Blaževci and Zapeć, contrasting with the rest of Vrbovsko municipality. Before the installation of telephone lines, one had to place a call at the telephone in the post office of Stari Trg.$^{:111}$
The Lukovdol-Plemenitaš road was asphalted in 1981.$^{:111}$
The Blaževci-Plemenitaš road was asphalted in 1986.$^{:111}$
For over a month beginning in mid-September 2011, Blaževci and several other remaining analog islands lost their television signal, though only from the Croatian side (Slovene channels were still available).

### Košac

On 28 June 1774, lord Mihal Mikulić of Severin on behalf of count Krsto II Oršić drew up in Severin a list of duties of freedmen and serfs in Razdrto, Štefanci, Blaževci, Zapeć, Plemenitaš and Košac. It was signed by Ivan Mihelić of Košac. The original survives in the HDA in Zagreb, and was published by Rudolf Strohal [hr]. The villagers of Razdrto, Štefanci and Košac were freedmen, although they lacked written confirmation.$^{:26–30}$

## Demographics

* v

## Religion

Ecclesiastically, the Lukovdol parish is under the Delnice diaconate, in turn under the Rijeka Archdiocese.
In the 1930s, the parish numbered barely 1000 souls.$^{:20}$
Parish priests:
* Luka Lučić (- 2005)
* sede vacante (2005 -), administered by parish priest of Lukovdol, Branjo Dragojević

## Politics

As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it is the seat of a local committee [hr] encompassing Blaževci, Zapeć, Zaumol, Štefanci and Radočaj.
Presidents of local committee:
* Zdravko Osojnički (2008 - 2009, 2013 - 2017)
* Ivan Severinski (2009 - 2013), Independent
* Nikola Osojnički (2017 -)
* Krunoslav Pavlinac (2021 -), HDZ

## Infrastructure

The water storage unit in Zaumol is also responsible for Plemenitaš, Zapeć, Blaževci and Štefanci.
Plemenitaš has an Udaljeni pretplatnički multipleksor (UPM).$^{:24}$