
doi: 10.5559/di.20.2.06
The article discusses the appearance and historical development of the geographical term "Balkan Peninsula". Special attention is drawn to the impact of the historical term of Balkan Peninsula on the contemporary definition of the geographical and geopolitical position of the Republic of Croatia today. Very different points of view on what the Balkan peninsula is geographically, are currently causing considerable disagreement in the contemporary regionalization of south-eastern Europe as well as problems regarding the regional affiliation of Croatia in international affairs. The term "Western Balkans" frequently used today as the definition of the geographical position of the Republic of Croatia, is in total discrepancy with the criteria of geographic regionalization and with the geographical definition of what a peninsula is.
Im Artikel werden die Entstehung und geschichtliche Entwicklung des geografischen Begriffs der Balkanhalbinsel sowie seine Auswirkungen auf die moderne Bestimmung der geografischen und geopolitischen Lage der Republik Kroatien erörtert. Unterschiedliche, oft auch falsche Ausgangspositionen bei der Definierung der Grenzen der Balkanhalbinsel sind die Ursache dafür, dass bei der Regionalisierung sowie bei der Lagebeschreibung Kroatiens im internationalen Rahmen vielfach Ratlosigkeit herrscht. Der Begriff des Westbalkans, der heute oft zur Bestimmung der geografischen und geopolitischen Lage Kroatiens gebraucht wird, steht in völligem Gegensatz zu den Prinzipien der geografischen Regionalisierung Europas sowie der geografischen Definierung der Balkanhalbinsel.
Članak raspravlja o pojavi i povijesnom razvoju geografskoga pojma Balkanskoga poluotoka i njegovu utjecaju na suvremeno definiranje geografskoga i geopolitičkoga položaja Republike Hrvatske. Različita, često pogrešna, stajališta u definiranju granica Balkanskoga poluotoka uzrok su mnogim nedoumicama i u regionalizaciji i u određivanju položaja Hrvatske u međunarodnim odnosima. Pojam zapadnoga Balkana, koji se danas često rabi za definiranje geografskoga i geopolitičkoga položaja Hrvatske, u potpunoj je suprotnosti s načelima geografske regionalizacije Europe kao i s geografskom definicijom poluotoka.
zapadni Balkan; regionalizacija Europe; geopolitika; geografski položaj Hrvatske; identitet, zapadni Balkan, geografische Lage Kroatiens, west Balkan, regionalization of Europe, geographical position of Croatia, geopolitics, Identität, Westbalkan, geopolitika, Western Balkans, regionalizacija Europe, Regionalisierung Europas, Geopolitik, national identity, identitet, geografski položaj Hrvatske
zapadni Balkan; regionalizacija Europe; geopolitika; geografski položaj Hrvatske; identitet, zapadni Balkan, geografische Lage Kroatiens, west Balkan, regionalization of Europe, geographical position of Croatia, geopolitics, Identität, Westbalkan, geopolitika, Western Balkans, regionalizacija Europe, Regionalisierung Europas, Geopolitik, national identity, identitet, geografski položaj Hrvatske
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