Ribnik is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia.
Name It was recorded as Ribnik on the 1673 map of .
History Ribnik was mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of Grič from tariffs in Ribnik and elsewhere.
During the fortification of Karlovac in 1588, Ribnik was part of its supply chain, being counted together with Dubovac, Novigrad and Bosiljevo. Ozalj owed the same as all of these four. Each owed 6 carts of timber, and although there were complaints about the conduct of the soldiers stationed in Karlovac, the order was complied with.
Demographics In the 2011 census, there were a total of 475 inhabitants in the municipality, 98.74% of whom are Croats, in the following settlements:
Donja Stranica, population 2 Drenovica Lipnička, population 7 Gorica Lipnička, population 13 Gornja Stranica, population 1 Gornji Goli Vrh Lipnički, population 2 Griče, population 63 Jarnevići, population 33 Jasenovica, population 25 Lipnik, population 65 Martinski Vrh, population 21 Novaki Lipnički, population 16 Obrh, population 7 Ravnica, population 15 Ribnik, population 113 Skradsko Selo, population 25 Sopčić Vrh, population 18 Veselići, population 49
Governance Judiciary Karlovac was once the seat of the kotar court for an 1870 population of 53,148. In 1875, the kotar court of Karlovac was responsible for the općine: Karlovac city, Banija, Rečica, Draganić, Ozalj, Novigrad, Ribnik, Bosiljevo and Severin.
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