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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Slunj
| official_name = ''Grad Slunj''<br /> Town of Slunj
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Central Croatia]] ([[Kordun]])
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| leader_party = [[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Mirjana Puškarić
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| area_total_km2 = 393.4
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[[File:Slunj, Trg Dr. Franje Tuđmana.jpg|thumb|280px|Franjo Tuđman Square in the town center]]
'''Slunj''' is a town in the mountainous part of Central [[Croatia]], located along the important North-South route to the [[Adriatic Sea]] between [[Karlovac]] and [[Plitvice Lakes National Park]], on the meeting of the rivers [[Korana]] and [[Slunjčica]]. Slunj has a population of 1,674, with a total of 5,076 people in the municipality (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{Croatian Census 2011|S|04|4006}}</ref> and is the cultural and social center of the region of [[Kordun]] in the vicinity to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. Administratively, the town is part of [[Karlovac County]]. Slunj is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as part of the [[Areas of Special State Concern (Croatia)|First Category Area of Special State Concern]] by the [[Government of Croatia]].<ref name="ASSC-Hrčak-Lovrinčević">{{cite web|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak|last1=Lovrinčević |first1=Željko |last2=Davor |first2=Mikulić |last3=Budak |first3=Jelena |publisher=Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6 |title=AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS |date=June 2004 |access-date=25 August 2018 }}</ref>
==Climate==
Since records began in 1955, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was {{convert|40.0|C|F}}, on 4 August 2017.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |author=DHMZ |title=Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref> The coldest temperature was {{convert|-24.0|C|F}}, on 16 February 1956.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref>
== History ==
An old fortification of the Frankopans, built during the wars against the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]], ''Slovin'' was first mentioned in the 12th century. The old fort was property of the [[Frankopan]] (Hungarian ''Frangepán'') family since the 15th century, joined by an old [[Franciscan]] monastery from the same period. Later, this town has been called Slunj. In the 16th century the town was ravaged by the [[Ottoman wars]] and turned into a military outpost of the [[Croatian Military Frontier]], but by the end of the 17th century the settlement was rebuilt into the Slunj as it exists today. The castle has been developed to a fortress and served as headquarters for the commanding general of this area (see [[Stari grad Slunj]]). After the [[Treaty of Sistova]] in 1791 people increasingly began to re-settle in this area.
The town of Slunj was first mentioned in a written document by the chronicler [[Johann Weikhard von Valvasor]] who reported about the fortified town of Slunj, a bridge and a mill in 1689. The first illustration of the mills of [[Rastoke]] dates back from 1789. It was a copper engraving that has been added to a description by [[Belsazar Hacquet]]. At the end of the 19th century, [[Stjepan Širola]] wrote the following about this place: ''"The surroundings of Slunj are downright romantic […]. They are crowned by the magnificent waterfalls of the Slunjčica river by which even not outspoken nature lovers will be captivated. Indeed, Slunj with its romantic surroundings and the silver waterfalls of the Slunjčica represent a true nature gem astonishing even to foreigners."''
During the short French governance period from 1809 until 1813, Slunj encountered an economic boom as streets, storage facilities and mills were built and as vineyards and mulberry trees were planted. At this point of time, the [[Croatian language]] has become official language of the country. The residence of the former governor general of the French Illyrian Provinces, marshal [[Auguste de Marmont]], still exists.
Until 1918, Slunj (named ''SZLUIN''<ref>Name of the Austrian post-office opened in 1864.</ref>) was part of the [[Austrian monarchy]] ([[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]], [[Modruš-Rijeka County]], after the [[compromise of 1867]]), in the [[Croatian Military Frontier]].<ref>Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.</ref> It was administered by the ''SZLUINER Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°IV'' before 1881. Slunj became a district capital in the [[Modruš-Rijeka County]] in the Kingdom.
===WWII===
On 12 April 1941, a group of 700 soldiers of the [[Royal Yugoslav Army]] launched an attack on Slunj from [[Mjesto Primišlje|Primišlje]] in an attempt to penetrate further towards [[Bosnia]], but after 6 hours the attack on Slunj failed. [[Wehrmacht]] forces entered Slunj at the behest of the [[Ustaša]] administration of Slunj in the evening, while the [[Luftwaffe]] bombed Yugoslav positions. A large number of soldiers were captured, and of those about 30 officers and 100 soldiers pledged allegiance to the [[NDH]]. Throughout that same day, a large number of [[Croats|Croat]] former Yugoslav soldiers from [[Bihać]] and [[Korenica]] had been making the same pledge. German soldiers returned to [[Karlovac]] that evening with 2 captive Yugoslav generals.<ref name="Prš2022">{{cite web |date=2022-05-15 |first=Želimir |last=Prša |title=Općine Rakovica i Drežnik Grad u Drugom svjetskom ratu (1941.- 1945.) |pages=51-90 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/319056 |journal=Podplješivički graničari |issn=2459-9395 |issue=6}}</ref>{{rp|63}}
On the [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]] [[Easter Sunday]] of 13 April 1941 at around 9:00, German tanks, trucks and motorcycles, together with Italian [[bicycle infantry]], passed through Slunj, well-received by most of its Croat residents but resented by most of its [[Serbs|Serb]] residents. This became a frequent sight for a week. The German soldiers rarely stopped, with the exception of one unit from France on whom night fell, so they spent the night. The Italian soldiers often stopped frequently in Slunj in mid-April, but gained a poor reputation because of chicken thieving and not paying innkeepers. The [[Invasion of Yugoslavia]] only lasted 2-3 days in and around Slunj.<ref name="Prš2022" />{{rp|63,64}}
On 22 August 1941, all of Slunj's ''[[kotar (subdivision)|kotar]]'' and ''općina'' level members of the [[Croatian Peasant Party|HSS]] formally joined the [[Ustaša]] movement. This followed an 8 June 1941 meeting between [[NDH]] Minister of People's Economy {{ill|Lovro Sušić|hr|Lovro Sušić}} and the representatives of ''kotar'' level organs of the HSS.<ref name="Prš2022" />{{rp|65}}
Initially in April 1941, the [[Royal Italian Army]] would take captured Serbs to [[POW camp]]s in Italy. But on 7 May 1941, the same day as the [[Blagaj massacre]], an Italian cavalry regiment arrived in Slunj and freed all Serbian captives there. On the 10th, Italian [[Carabinieri]] arrived in Slunj and disarmed the Croats in Slunj, [[Rakovica, Croatia|Rakovica]] and [[Drežnik Grad]]. Twenty Italian financial servants arrived to act as financial overseers in Slunj kotar. Most of this was in the context of obtaining better territorial concessions in the upcoming delineation of their border with the NDH. This came with the [[Treaties of Rome (1941)|Treaties of Rome]] on the 18th, in which the Italians obtained a stronger position within the [[Independent State of Croatia#Zones of influence|Italian occupation zone]] but no annexable territory as far inland as Slunj. The Italian Army left Slunj on June 7th.<ref name="Prš2022" />{{rp|67}}
On 1 July 1941, [[Ante Pavelić]] founded the {{ill|Velika župa Modruš|hr|Velika župa Modruš}} with its seat in Ogulin, by merging [[Ogulin]] with Slunj, [[Vrbovsko]] and [[Delnice]].<ref name="Šklj2011">{{cite journal |date=2011-12-01 |first=Filip |last=Škiljan |title=Teror ustaškog režima nad srpskim stanovništvom na području kotareva Vrbovsko, Delnice i Ogulin u proljeće i ljeto 1941. godine |pages=343-372 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/76399 |journal=Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu: Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu |eissn=1849-0344 |volume=43 |issue=1 |language=hr |trans-title=Terror of the Ustasha Regime against the Serbian Population in the Territory of the Vrbovsko, Delnice and Ogulin Districts in the Spring and Summer 1941}}</ref>{{rp|350}}
With the withdrawal of the Italians, the chances of a successful Serb rebellion increased. Shortly after the [[Drvar uprising]], Božidar Cerovski, director of the Directorate of the Ustaša Police, arrived in Slunj, on the evening of 29 July 1941, along with an undetermined number of Ustaše from [[Zagreb]] for the removal of "undesirable elements". In the morning of the 30th, they broke up into several groups and walked through Serb inhabitted settlements with lists of such individuals, detaining them and transporting them to [[Oštarski Stanovi]], where they were executed on the order of Cerovski.<ref name="Prš2022" />{{rp|69,70}}
In the summer and autumn of 1941, many of the Serbs from the environs of [[Cazin]] and [[Velika Kladuša]] fled to Slunj to [[Catholicisation|convert to Catholicism]], in order to avoid [[Conversion to Islam|conversion to Islam]].<ref name="Prš2022" />{{rp|67,68}}
Beginning on 19 June 1942, the [[Battle of Tržić]] took place between [[Križ Kamenica|Kamenica]] and [[Tržić Tounjski]]. An army of Partisans attacked [[Tržić Tounjski]], with the goal of destroying the bridge and disarming the Croatian forces in Tržić. The bridge was guarded by the 3rd Regiment of the {{ill|Second Domobran Infantry Division|lt=Second Domobran Division|hr|Druga pješačka divizija}}. Battles continued with 6 waves of Domobran attacks until the 23rd, when the Partisan army took Tržić and captured the survivors. Across the river, the Domobrani of [[Donje Primišlje|Primišlje]] retreated to Slunj.{{sfn|Trgo|1964|p=313,328}}
===SFRY===
The [[Cazin uprising]] of 1950, an armed anti-state rebellion of peasants, which mostly affected the Bosnian towns [[Cazin]] and [[Velika Kladuša]], also affected Slunj to a lesser extent. All of the cities were a part of Communist Yugoslavia at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cazin.net/cazin/20104-cazinska-buna-1950-danas-se-navrsavaju-62-godine-od-ustanka-u-krajini.html|title=CAZINSKA BUNA 1950: Danas se navršavaju 62 godine od ustanka u Krajini|publisher=Cazin|date=6 May 2012|access-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609074308/http://www.cazin.net/cazin/20104-cazinska-buna-1950-danas-se-navrsavaju-62-godine-od-ustanka-u-krajini.html|archive-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> Peasants revolted against the forced [[Collectivization in the Soviet Union|collectivization]] and [[Collective farming|collective farms]] by the Yugoslav government on the farmers of its country. Following a drought in 1949, the peasants of Yugoslavia were unable to meet unrealistic quotas set by their government and were punished. The revolt that followed the drought resulted in the killings and persecution of those who organized the uprising, but also many innocent civilians.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haber.ba/vijesti/bih/9007-klanjana-kolektivna-dzenaza-zrtvama-cazinske-bune-iz-1950-godine-foto.html|title=Klanjana kolektivna dženaza žrtvama Cazinske bune iz 1950. godine|publisher=Haber|date=11 May 2012|access-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153014/http://www.haber.ba/vijesti/bih/9007-klanjana-kolektivna-dzenaza-zrtvama-cazinske-bune-iz-1950-godine-foto.html|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/80388|title=Vera Kržišnik Bukić i Cazinska buna|publisher=Radio Sarajevo|date=4 May 2012|access-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222013106/http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/80388|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> It was the only peasant rebellion in the history of [[Cold War]] Europe.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=USI4AAAAQBAJ&q=cazin+rebellion&pg=PT207|title=Rock and Hard Places: Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted Sideshows|year=2010|access-date=11 February 2014|isbn=9781593763794|last1=Mueller|first1=Andrew}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[File:Rastoke, Slunj, Croatia, waterfall.JPG|thumb|Rastoke waterfall]]
In 1963, the Austrian writer [[Heimito von Doderer]] published the novel ''[[The Waterfalls of Slunj]]'' ({{langx|de|Die Wasserfälle von Slunj}}) which features a climactic sequence set in this locality.<ref>[http://www.doderer-gesellschaft.org/doderer/werke/wasserfaelle.html Doderer Gesellschaft. Heimito von Doderer. Die Wasserfälle von Slunj.]</ref> During the 20th century scientific research studies were carried out in the Slunj area and particularly its Rastoke district. During the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century Rastoke has been the center of social life in this region. With the development of the electric mill and massive emigration after the Second World War the economic significance of the mills in Rastoke has declined drastically.
== Places of interest ==
Slunj is famous for its little [[waterfall]]s and the well-preserved corn [[Watermill|mills]] (dating back to the 18th century) in the picturesque lower part of the town, called [[Rastoke]] (referring to the branching of the rivers). At Slunj, the [[Slunjčica]] river (also called “Slušnica“ by local people) flows over several waterfalls and cascades into the [[Korana]] river. Here is also the ___location of the 22 water mills of Rastoke.
==Demographics==
In 1895, the ''obćina'' of Slunj, with an area of {{convert|129|km2|mi2}}, belonged to the ''kotar'' of Slunj (Slunj court and [[electoral district]]) in the ''županija'' of Modruš-Rieka ([[Ogulin]] court and financial board). There were 1322 houses, with a population of 8847. Its 30 villages and 11 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 8 ''porezne obćine'', under the Slunj office. In the {{convert|846|km2|mi2}} Slunj kotar, there were a total of 6493 houses, with a population of 44,338. Its 92 villages and 150 hamlets were divided into 38 ''porezne obćine''. The kotar had no statistical markets. Slunj kotar was divided into 6 općine. Besides itself: [[Drežnik Grad|Drežnik]], [[Gornje Primišlje|Primišlje]], [[Rakovica, Croatia|Rakovica]], [[Vališ Selo]], [[Veljun]].<ref>{{cite book |date=1895 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada |chapter=Glavni pregled područja županija, upravnih kotara i obćina, sudbenih stolova, sudbenih kotara, financijalnih ravnateljstva, poreznih ureda i izbornih kotara |pages=I–XXVII |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005767374&seq=16 |title=Političko i sudbeno razdieljenje kralj. Hrvatske i Slavonije i Repertorij prebivališta po stanju od 31. svibnja 1895. |___location=Zagreb}}</ref>{{rp|iv,v}}
In 1910, the court of Slunj encompassed an area of {{convert|846|km2|mi2}}, with a population of 46,360. Slunj had its own [[Land registration|cadastral jurisdiction]], but its [[Business court|business court]] was in [[Ogulin]].<ref name="KZSU1913b">{{cite book |date=May 1913 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara |chapter=Sudbeno razdjeljenje Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije |pages=XXXI–XXXIII |title=Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. |url=https://library.foi.hr/dbook/index.php?B=1&item=X00437 |___location=Zagreb}}</ref>{{rp|xxxii}}
As of 2011, most of Slunj's population is Croatian (87.9%) followed by [[Serbs in Croatia|Serbs]] (10.5%) and a small number of other ethnic groups.<ref>{{Croatian Census 2011|E|04}}</ref>
{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Slunj |p1857=19430 |p1869=19412 |p1880=18110 |p1890=20498 |p1900=20724 |p1910=21035 |p1921=18749 |p1931=21256 |p1948=17004 |p1953=16518 |p1961=15798 |p1971=13629 |p1981=11799 |p1991=10096 |p2001=6096 |p2011=5076 |p2021=4224}}
===Settlements===
The [[Settlement (Croatia)|settlements]] in the Town of Slunj is:<ref name="2021 Census">{{Croatian Census 2021|S|01}}</ref><ref name="census2021"/>
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*[[Arapovac, Croatia|Arapovac]], population 1 {{decrease}}
*[[Bandino Selo]], population 1 {{decrease}}
*[[Blagaj, Croatia|Blagaj]], population 24 {{decrease}}
*[[Bukovac Perjasički]], population 1 {{decrease}}
*[[Crno Vrelo]], population 6 {{decrease}}
*[[Cvijanović Brdo]], population 0 {{decrease}}
*[[Cvitović, Croatia|Cvitović]], population 234 {{decrease}}
*[[Čamerovac]], population 34 {{decrease}}
*[[Donja Glina]], population 15 {{decrease}}
*[[Donja Visočka]], population 4 {{decrease}}
*[[Donje Primišlje]], population 22 {{decrease}}
*[[Donje Taborište, Karlovac County|Donje Taborište]], population 181 {{decrease}}
*[[Donji Cerovac]], population 116 {{decrease}}
*[[Donji Furjan]], population 39 {{decrease}}
*[[Donji Kremen]], population 42 {{decrease}}
*[[Donji Lađevac]], population 34 {{decrease}}
*[[Donji Nikšić, Croatia|Donji Nikšić]], population 171 {{decrease}}
*[[Donji Poloj]], population 8 {{decrease}}
*[[Donji Popovac]], population 12 {{decrease}}
*[[Dubrave, Slunj|Dubrave]], population 6 {{decrease}}
*[[Glinsko Vrelo]], population 39 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornja Glina]], population 106 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornja Visočka]], population 5 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornje Primišlje]], population 7 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornje Taborište]], population 205 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornji Cerovac]], population 83 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornji Furjan]], population 57 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornji Kremen]], population 40 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornji Lađevac]], population 45 {{decrease}}
*[[Gornji Nikšić]], population 49 {{increase}}
*[[Gornji Popovac]], population 146 {{decrease}}
*[[Grobnik, Karlovac County|Grobnik]], population 10 {{decrease}}
*[[Jame]], population 21 {{decrease}}
*[[Klanac Perjasički]], population 5 {{decrease}}
*[[Kosa, Croatia|Kosa]], population 10 {{decrease}}
*[[Kosijer Selo]], population 4 {{decrease}}
*[[Kutanja (Slunj)|Kutanja]], population 0 {{decrease}}
*[[Kuzma Perjasička]], population 4 {{decrease}}
*[[Lađevačko Selište]], population 6 {{decrease}}
*[[Lapovac]], population 6 {{decrease}}
*[[Lumbardenik]], population 132 {{decrease}}
*[[Mali Vuković]], population 74 {{decrease}}
*[[Marindolsko Brdo]], population 49 {{decrease}}
*[[Miljevac, Croatia|Miljevac]], population 10 {{nochange}}
*[[Mjesto Primišlje]], population 39 {{decrease}}
*[[Novo Selo, Karlovac County|Novo Selo]], population 52 {{decrease}}
*[[Pavlovac, Karlovac County|Pavlovac]], population 19 {{decrease}}
*[[Podmelnica]], population 155 {{decrease}}
*[[Polje, Croatia|Polje]], population 28 {{decrease}}
*[[Rabinja]], population 0 {{nochange}}
*[[Rastoke]], population 46 {{decrease}}
*[[Salopek Luke]], population 9 {{decrease}}
*[[Sastavak]], population 10 {{decrease}}
*'''Slunj''', population 1576 {{decrease}}
*[[Slunjčica, Karlovac County|Slunjčica]], population 3 {{decrease}}
*[[Snos]], population 4 {{decrease}}
*[[Sparednjak]], population 2 {{decrease}}
*[[Stojmerić]], population 1 {{decrease}}
*[[Šlivnjak]], population 12 {{decrease}}
*[[Točak, Croatia|Točak]], population 57 {{decrease}}
*[[Tržić Primišljanski]], population 9 {{decrease}}
*[[Veljun]], population 90 {{decrease}}
*[[Veljunska Glina]], population 5 {{decrease}}
*[[Veljunski Ponorac]], population 11 {{decrease}}
*[[Videkić Selo]], population 14 {{decrease}}
*[[Zapoljak]], population 1 {{decrease}}
*[[Zečev Varoš]], population 17 {{decrease}}
{{div col end}}
== Sport ==
=== Football ===
Although Slunj is very small, it has many sport clubs. Most famous are the football club [[Nogometni klub Slunj|NK Slunj]] and [[MNK Drenak]]. There are two football fields in Slunj. One is situated in the center of Slunj and popularly called ''Gradsko igralište'' (Town field) and the other is Zubac, which is the official turf of NK Slunj.
=== Koranski susreti ===
On the last day of ''"Dani grada Slunja"'' (festivity called ''Days of the city of Slunj''), which usually takes place at the beginning of August, games are organized on main swimming area on the river Korana. Participating teams compete in many games like swimming and snorkeling and many other.
==Infrastructure==
In 1913, there were 7 [[gendarmerie|gendarmeries]] in Slunj kotar: [[Cetingrad|Cetin-grad]], [[Gornja Močila, Croatia|Gornja Močila]], [[Nova Kršlja]], [[Mjesto Primišlje|Primišlje]], [[Rakovica, Croatia|Rakovica]], Slunj and [[Veljun]].<ref name="KZSU1913c">{{cite book |date=May 1913 |author=Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured |publisher=Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara |chapter=Razmještaj Kr. oružništva u Kraljevinama Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji |pages=XXXIV–XXXV |title=Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. |url=https://library.foi.hr/dbook/index.php?B=1&item=X00437 |___location=Zagreb}}</ref>
== Notable people ==
*[[Milan Neralić]] (famous fencer and winner of the Bronze Medal at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris in 1900
== Acknowledgements ==
* Slunj was included in the list of the 54 best tourist villages in the world by [[UNWTO]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/world-recognition-for-the-croatian-town-of-slunj/|website=croatiaweek.com|publisher=Croatia Week|title=World recognition for the Croatian town of Slunj|date=23 October 2023|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
== Twin towns ==
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Castel San Giovanni]], Italy
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Grude]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Mississauga]], Canada
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Slunj, park.JPG|Park in the town center
Image:Christmas Decoration Slunj Park 2009.JPG|Christmas decorations in Slunj
File:Rastoke in 2014 (3).JPG|Houses in Rastoke
Image:Korana Bridge in Slunj.JPG|Korana Bridge
Image:Slunj, arsenal from Napoleonic times.JPG|[[Warehouse]] from [[Napoleon]]ic times
File:Rastoke 1126.JPG|View of Rastoke
Image:Slunj, in front of Buk warehouse.JPG|In front of the "Buk" department store.
Image:Slunj.jpg|Brothers Radić Street
Image:Slunj, Trg Dr. F. Tuđmana - spomenik poginulima u Domovinskom ratu.jpg|Memorial to fallen defenders and civil victims of the [[Croatian War of Independence]]
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |date=1964 |editor-first=Fabijan |editor-last=Trgo |title=Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o Narodno-oslobodilačkom ratu Jugoslovenskih naroda |volume=V,32 |url=https://znaci.org/zb/4_5_32.htm}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Slunj}}
* {{official|http://www.slunj.hr}}
* [http://www.tz-slunj.hr Slunj Tourist Board]
* [https://archive.today/20130107184055/http://kulturniturizam.croatia.hr/Destinations/DestinationDocument.aspx?idLanguage=1&idDestination=481&idCategory=1066&idDocument=2897 Cultural Tourism in Croatia. Church of the Holy Trinity in Slunj.] (Croatian)
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