摘要：What to do about settlements (villages and towns) after sudden destruction (due to natural disasters or war)? An analysis of the negative consequences of previous development and of destruction wrought by war shows the strong impact on social, economic and cultural life in all types of Croatian rural settlements. This indicates the need to transform spatial structures, which gives a chance for their complete renewal. This article shows how the authorities in the Republic of Croatia organized the renewal of destroyed villages in this century, i.e. the advantages and failures of such renewal. As far as we know to date, two burnt villages were renewed in the interwar period: Donji Kraljevec (Međimurje — today in the Donji Kraljevec municipality) between 1934 and 1938, and Kolarec (near Križevci, today in the Sveti Petar Orehovec municipality) between 1938 and 1941. The architectural reconstruction of these villages did not entail any changes in the social structure of the population. The Croatian Peasant Party organized the complete renewal of Kolarec village (which lasted from 1938 to 1941), and collecting help for the work. The renewal of the village was first entrusted to the Hygienic Institute in Zagreb, and several weeks later it was entrusted to the builder S. Florschütz, who planned the village, designed the buildings, built them, and supervised the interior decoration. During the three years of renewal the Croatian Peasant Party planned a new, modern, model and hygienic village. The buildings were designed to correspond with the social ideas of that time, and Kolarec was to be a village with the ideal type of peasant house.
