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From: Frank Kurchina <>
Subject: [CROATIA-L] Bolmarcich
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 04:10:04 -0700


1867-1918 Istria was part of of Austria under the dual Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy.

1918-1947 Istria was part of Italy, not Croatia or Yugoslavia.

Following the First World War, new borders for Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
were set by the Treaties of Saint Germain-en-Laye (September 10, 1919)
and Trianon (June 4, 1920).

As a result, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was utterly transformed into
smaller territories and new countries.

Hungary became an entirely separate nation, but lost large portions of
its territories as well, retaining only core Hungarian-speaking areas.
Retained were West and Central Hungary plus a small western portion of
the Banat, the northern portion of the Batschka, the Central
Hungarian Highlands, and the northern portion of Swabian Turkey.

A new country of Yugoslavia was also formed including the former
Austro-Hungarian lands of the southern portion of the Banat, the
southern portion of the Batschka, Bosnia-Hercegovina, the southern
portion of the duchy of Carinthia (Slovenia), most of the of duchy
of Carniola, Croatia-Slavonia, the kingdom of Dalmatia, the southern
portion of Swabian Turkey, and the southern portion of duchy of Styria,
and Syrmia.

(The Kingdom of Serbs,Croats and Slovenes was established on
Dec. 1, 1918) and renamed Yugoslavia on October 4, 1929.
It existed as such until 1941 and as a Communist state
(Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1945 to 1991.
The six republics that formed the former Yugoslavia were :
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia,
and Serbia.

Following WW 1, Italy took for itself the southwestern portion of
duchy of Carniola, the county of Gorizia-Gradisca, the margraviate of
Istria, the town of Trieste, the southern portion of the county of
Tyrol, city of Zada (formerly part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia), and
the islands of Cres/Cherso, Los^inj/Lusino, and Lastovo/Lagosta.

In 1926, Trieste, Istria, southwestern Carniola, and northern Dalmatia
was divided into the districts of Trieste, Rijeka (C)/Fiume (I), and
Pula/Pola by Italy.

The 1947 (WW 2) peace treaty recognized Yugoslavia's acquisition of
former Italian territory.
This included Dalmatian city of Zadar/Zara and the islands of
Cres/Cherso, Los^inj/Lusino, and Lastovo/Lagosta, as well as former city
of Rijeka/Fiume and, farther north, western Slovenia and part of Istria.

Because of the Italian connection there are more Italian surnames in
Istria than in any other part of Croatia.

But today Trieste is not part of Istria nor of Croatia.

In 1947, the Free Territory of Trieste was created .
Zone A (city of Trieste) was administered by Anglo-American forces
and Zone B by the Yugoslavs.

In 1954, the Free Territory of Trieste was abolished.
Zone B was given to former Yugoslavia and Zone A was given to Italy.

The Croatian telephone directory lists 4 surname Bolmarc^ic' under Cres.

Directory also lists 89 surname Sablic' (Sablich) under Rijeka, Cres,
and Mali Los^nij.

And 7 surname Rodinis are listed , including 4 under Cres, 2 under
Lubenice,
and 1 under Mali Los^inj.

17 surname Fuc^ic' are listed under Rijeka, Cres, and Mali Los^inj.

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