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Otočac (; (ドイツ語:Ottochaz), Latin Ottocium) is a town in Lika, Croatia, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. It lies in the northwestern part of Lika, in the Gacka river valley. The population of the town is 4,354 as of 2001, with a total of 10,411 people within the municipality at large, the majority of whom are Croats (91%). == History == Otočac was named after the early Croatian parish. The text of the famous Baška Tablet (around 1100) says that the church of St. Nicholas in Otočac was part of the order community with the Church of St. Lucy, Jurandvor on the island of Krk. From 1300 on, it belonged to the estate of the Frankopan family. Sigismund Frankopan (1461–1535) founded a diocese there (see below). The settlement with a defence tower, at a bend in the river Gacka, was protected by a towered fort. After the fort's demolition in 1829, only parts remained preserved. To provide a safer defence, a Renaissance-era castle ("Fortica") was built in 1619, with a triangular layout of cylindrical towers (these ruins stand above the town). The Baroque parish church of the Holy Trinity, erected in 1684 (restored in 1774), is a large one-nave building with rounded sanctuary; three side chapels are on each side of the nave. The bell tower rises from the main front. The late baroque and classicist furnishings of the church include seven altars, a pulpit, baptismal font and sepulchral slabs from the 18th century. From 1746, Otočac was the headquarters of a regiment (''Ottotschaner Grenz-Infanterie Regiment N°II'') of the Croatian Military Frontier, (Croatian ''Vojna Krajina''). A number of harmonious, simple, mostly two-story houses originate from this period. Until 1918, Otočac (named ''OTTOCSAZ'' before 1850) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867).〔Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.〕 In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Otočac was part of the Lika-Krbava County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Otočac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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