Generalski Stol ( Croatian Generalski Stol ) is a community in the central part of Croatia , in the Karlovac County with the center in the village of the same name. The population of the community is 2642 people, the population of the village is 589 people ( 2011 [1] . In addition to the center, the community includes another 24 villages.
| Community | |
| General's Table | |
|---|---|
| Generalski stol | |
| A country |  Croatia |
| Logs | Karlovatskaya |
| History and geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in the summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 2642 people ( 2011 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | 47262 |
| Car code | |
| generalski-stol.hr (Croatian) | |
The overwhelming majority of the community’s population are Croats - 99.1% [2] .
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Geography
The village of Generalski-Stol lies in the interfluve between Dobra and Mrežnica , 22 km south-west of the center of Karlovac and 15 km south-west of Duga-Resa . The highway D23 ( Senj - Karlovac ) and the railway line leading from Zagreb to Rijeka and Split pass through the village. There is a railway station in the village, where trains from Zagreb - Karlovac - Ogulin stop.
History
Generalski-Stol is located on an ancient route that led from the Adriatic coast in the Senya region through the strategic pass Vratnik separating the mountains of Gorski Kotar from Velebit , inland of mainland Croatia. The first road here was built in Roman times [3] . Now on this route passes the highway D23.
In the XII-XIII centuries, these lands became the property of Frankopans , in the XVI century they became part of the Military Border . With its modern name, Generalski-Stol is due to the fact that for some time the headquarters of the general of the Croatian military border Vuk Krsto Frankopan ( en: Vuk Krsto Frankopan ) [3]