Majske Poljane

Majske Poljane (also Majske Poljina)^[1] is a village in Croatia. It is part of Glina.^[2] The village's geographic coordinates are 45° 21' 0 North and 16° 8' 60 East, the altitude is 162 meters above sea level,^[3] and, as of 2001, the population was 124 people.^[4] The village is within the Serbian Orthodox Church's Diocese of Upper Karlovac.^[5]

Majske Poljane is the birthplace of Yugoslav mathematicians Đuro Kurepa (1907–1993), and Svetozar Kurepa (1929–2010). It was part of Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time of Djuro Kurepa's birth^[1] and part of Yugoslavia at the time of Svetozar Kurepa's birth^[6].

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mijajlović, Žarko (1995). Đuro Kurepa. 57. pp. 13–18. http://www.emis.de/journals/PIMB/071/n071p013.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
2. ^ Wilkinson, Ray. "The Long Road Home". Refugees Magazine. Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20061121214749/http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3ccec76c14.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
3. ^ "Majske Poljane". Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HR/0/Majske_Poljane.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
4. ^ "HOUSEHOLDS BY FAMILY STRUCTURE AND FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, BY NUMBER OF MEMBERS, BY SETTLEMENTS, CENSUS 2001". dzs.hr. Central Bureau of Statistics. http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/Census2001/Popis/E02_01_02/e02_01_02_zup03-1210.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
5. ^ "The diocese of Upper Karlovac". spc.rs. Serbian Orthodox Church. http://www.spc.rs/Genocid/Gornjokarlovacka/gornjoe.html. Retrieved 2007-02-01. 
6. ^ http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/znanost-it/umro-istaknuti-matematicar-svetozar-kurepa.html

External links

• (Serbian) Parohija Majske Poljane

Coordinates: 45°21′N 16°09′E / 45.35°N 16.15°E / 45.35; 16.15