Kriva Reka, Brus

Kriva Reka Крива Река
Village
Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Kriva Reka
Coordinates: 43°22′N 20°52′E
Country	Serbia
District	Rasina District
Municipality	Brus
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kriva Reka (Serbian Cyrillic: Крива Река) is a village in the municipality of Brus, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 519 people.[1]

Infrastracture

The village contains a church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul built in 1618.

History

In 1942, during the German occupation of Serbia, the German occupiers, in a punitive expedition, imprisoned dozens of local men, women and children in the church, after which they blew it up with the people still inside.

Since 1979 the church is under the protection of the Republic of Serbia, as a cultural monument of great importance.

References

1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9

43°22′N 20°52′E