Psunj

{{Short description|Mountain in eastern Croatia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Psunj | elevation_m = 984 | elevation_ref = <ref name="dzs-yb2k9-geo"/> | listing = List of mountains in Croatia | location = Slavonia, Croatia | map = Croatia | range_coordinates = | map_caption = Location of Psunj in Croatia | coordinates = {{coord|45|23|03|N|17|20|06|E|type:mountain_region:HR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 9 }}

'''Psunj''' is a mountain in the southwestern Slavonia region in eastern Croatia. It is the highest mountain of Slavonia, with the highest peak of Brezovo polje at 984 m.a.s.l.<ref name="dzs-yb2k9-geo">{{cite web | url = http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/ljetopis/2009/PDF/01-bind.pdf | title = Geographical and meteorological data | publisher = Croatian Bureau of Statistics | work = Statistical Yearbook | year = 2009 | access-date = 2011-06-01}}</ref> In the north it extends to Ravna gora and Papuk, while otherwise it is surrounded by lowlands. It is located north of Nova Gradiška and southeast of Pakrac.

On Psunj, there is a {{convert|128.5|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}} lattice tower used for FM and TV transmission, which was designed by Prof. Marjan Ivancic and built by Mostogradnja in 1962/1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0006006|title = Psunj TV Tower (Psunj, 1963)}}</ref> Originally this tower was completely free-standing. Today it is additionally guyed at its upper section.

Psunj was called "Pisunus" in antiquity. There are several suggested etymologies for that. One is that it comes from the Indo-European root *{{not a typo|pekj}} (cattle). The other is that it comes from the Indo-European roots *peiH (big, in the sense "mountain") and *sen (old). One very similar to that is that it comes from *peiH and *sewn (black). The other is that it's related to the Latin word "pinus", meaning "pine tree" or "resin", itself without a widely accepted etymology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://linguistforum.com/outside-of-the-box/croatian-toponyms/|title = Croatian toponyms - Linguist Forum}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=August 2017}}

==Mountain huts== In 1937 season, the mountain hut ''Dom Josipa Svobode'' was under construction.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1937 |orig-date=1937-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=221–252 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=33 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193707.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|243}} In the 1937–1938 season it saw 236 visitors, including 1 Austrian citizen.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1938 |orig-date=1938-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=222–254 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=34 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193807.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|243}}

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==Bibliography== ===Alpinism=== * {{cite book |date=February 1959 |first=Željko |last=Poljak |chapter=Psunj |page=6 |title=Kazalo za "Hrvatski planinar" i "Naše planine" 1898—1958 |series=Naše planine |issn=0354-0650 |volume=XI |issue=1–2 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/195901.pdf}} ===Biology=== * {{cite journal |date=2016-12-31 |first1=Martina |last1=Šašić |first2=Ana |last2=Nahirnić |first3=Gerhard M. |last3=Tarmann |title=Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in the Lepidoptera collections of the Croatian Natural History Museum |pages=233–248 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/171967 |doi=10.20302/NC.2016.25.19 |journal=Natura Croatica: Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici |eissn=1848-7386 |volume=25 |issue=2}} ===Meteorology=== * {{cite journal |date=2005-12-15 |first=Damir |last=Počakal |title=Influence of Orography on Hail Characteristics in the Continental Part of Croatia |pages=641–642 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/64903 |journal=Hrvatski meteorološki časopis |issn=1330-0083 |issue=40}}

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