Severin na Kupi

History

The castle of Severin was not mentioned in the 1486 Modruše urbarium entry for Brnardin Frankapan's It was created after a 1765 decree called for the restoration of the ancient Vinodol County, largely on the initiative of Krsto Oršić, who granted rooms in his castle for use as offices. {{blockquote |text=Severin, a small town belonging to the Vraniczany family, with a castle on a cliff by the Kupa; an independent county once bore its name, which is today united with Zagreb county.{{efn|Severin, jedno malo, na obitelj plem. Vraniczany spadajuće, s gradom na jednoj klisuri polag Kupe město; ovog je prie jedna poseba varmedja ime svoje nosila, koja danas sa zagrebačkom sjedinjena upravlja se. In 1803, Ivan Oršić renovated the old fortress of Severin as a residential castle, leaving the following inscription on a plaque above the main gate: After the construction of the long in 1803-1811, The construction of the road, eventually named after Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, began under Josip Filip Vukasović in Rijeka in 1803, and reached Severin in 1808, shortly before Vukasović's death of a wound sustained at the Battle of Wagram. In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), today with signature HR-ZaNSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR-ZaNSK R 4572. The Vranjican period was and often still is considered to be the golden age of Severin's history. Thanks to the family's industrial wealth, the town saw unprecedented economic growth, retention of administrative importance disproportionate to its population, and high leadership approval. Immediately…

Geography

There outer wall of the castle is not defensive in origin, apart from the main gate and outer courtyard gate, which guard the entrance to the castle. The western outer wall is decorative apart from the westernmost enclosure, which served to keep game in. There is no wall on the north, which is bounded by a steep slope, with a narrow footpath consisting of hairpin turns leading down to the Kupa river below from the castle grounds, and a similar path long from the east gate of the castle grounds down to the waterhouse. Floorplans of the castle have been made by the Austrian cadastral surveyors (1862), and by Frigyes Kőnig and József Szatanek (2009).

Most-observed species

• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  226
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  221
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  173
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  146
• Song Thrush

  Turdus philomelos C.L.Brehm, 1831 · Aves
  142
• Coal Tit

  Periparus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  107
• Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  106
• Eurasian Wren

  Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  105

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