Hum, Croatia

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Hum
Settlement
View of Hum
View of Hum
Hum is located in Croatia
Hum
Hum
Location of Hum within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°20′53″N 14°3′0″E / 45.34806°N 14.05000°E / 45.34806; 14.05000
Country Croatia
CountyIstria
MunicipalityBuzet
Elevation
349 m (1,145 ft)
Population
 • Total30
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.hum.hr

Hum (Italian: Colmo; German: Cholm) is a settlement, administratively located in the Town of Buzet, in the central part of Istria, northwest Croatia, 7 km from Roč. The elevation is 349 m. It has a population of 30 as per the 2011 census.[1] According to the 1921 census, 100% of the population spoke Italian.[2] Hum is claimed to be "the world's smallest town", but it is not actually a town, and many communities around the world have smaller populations, so it is unclear what the origin of this baseless claim is.

History[]

On its western side, the town is enclosed by walls and on the remaining sides houses are built into the defensive walls. It was first mentioned in documents dating from 1102, at which time it was called Cholm which is derived from the Italian name Colmo. A bell and watch tower was built in 1552 as part of the town's defenses beside the town loggia.[3]

The town's parish church of the Assumption of Mary, with its classical facade was built in 1802 on the site of an earlier church which was built by the local master Juraj Gržinić.[4]

The "Hum Glagolitic wall writings" are preserved in the church, written in the formative period of Glagolitic (the second half of the 12th century) and they are one of the oldest examples of Croatian Glagolitic literary culture in the Middle Ages. The town's museum displays a few Glagolitic writings.[3]

  • Parish church of the Assumption of Mary

  • Houses in Hum

  • A street in Hum

  • Hum railway station

  • Hum bell tower

References[]

  1. ^ "SAS Output". Dzs.hr. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. ^ "VG.PDF".
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Naklada Naprijed, The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide, pg. 27, Zagreb (1999); ISBN 953-178-097-8
  4. ^ "Colmo". Istrapedia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  • Media related to Hum at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 45°20′55″N 14°03′00″E / 45.34861°N 14.05000°E / 45.34861; 14.05000

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