Donje Dubrave

Place in Karlovac, Croatia

Donje Dubrave

Donje Dubrave

Coordinates: 45°19′01″N 15°22′01″E﻿ / ﻿45.317°N 15.367°E﻿ / 45.317; 15.367
Country|  Croatia
County| Karlovac
City| Ogulin
Area

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• Total

| 21.9 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[2]

• Total

| 152
• Density| 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

Donje Dubrave is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin on the old Josephine Road connecting Duga Resa and Senj. The Rijeka-Zagreb railway passes through the village. It has 250 inhabitants, most of them working on the railway in the nearby cities of Ogulin (about 25 km) and Karlovac (about 30 km away). There is an elementary school in the village that was attended by five students until a few years ago. The school is currently closed and the students attend school in Ogulin and Generalski Stol.

## History

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Donje Dubrave was first mentioned in 1658. It was settled by Orthodox immigrants from Bosnia, which was under Ottoman occupation. The people were very loyal to the Austrian Empire. They were predominantly soldiers defending their new land from Ottoman incursions.

On 10 April 1941, the telegraph station at Donje Dubrave received news that the Wehrmacht had entered Zagreb along with the request that railway workers continue to operate their stations, in exchange for twice the pay, signed by a certain Marković. The same day, the Croatian flag was observed flying on the municipal (Croatian: općina) building in Donje Dubrave.[3]: 346, 347

The first foreign troops to arrive in Donje Dubrave were from the Royal Italian Army, on 12 April. Germans went through later.[3]: 347

On 21 April, Jandre Jaković was arrested, ostensibly for belonging to a Chetnik organisation. When Franjo Ahil came to transport him to prison, he left him by a well unbound, so Jaković was able to escape. This was the first arrest in Donje Dubrave.[3]: 352

In May, the Ustaša government began targeting known and suspected JRZ members with arrests. The only prominent JRZ member in Dubrave at the time was Simo Vučinić.[3]: 352

For fear of imprisonment or deportation, most Serb males aged 16 and up slept at night in the forest in those months. According to Milan Jaković, it was sufficient to go 100 metres (330 ft) from house or road fore safety from the Ustaše.[3]: 367

On 30 July, many Serb villagers of Dubrave were arrested at the market in Ogulin, having come there to sell, including Mihajlo Jaković of Donje Dubrave, acting against the advice of his father Simo. Beginning with the next market on 6 August, the Serbs stopped coming out of fear that it would happen a third time.[3]: 361

## Geography

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Donje Dubrave is in the hilly region of western Kordun. A few kilometers to the east is the Mrežnica River, where there is a Croatian nature park with impressive waterfalls.

## Demographics

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As of 2011, the village had 199 residents.[4] This represents 58.19% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.

Population change 1857-2011 [5][6]

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Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

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## Notable natives and residents

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* Rade Janjanin (1919-1943) - antifascist and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
* Đuro Zatezalo (-2017) - historian[7] and former Director of Karlovac Archives (1965-1992)

## See also

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* Desinec, Croatia
* Hreljin

## References

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1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. ^ a b c d e f Škiljan, Filip (2011-12-01). "Teror ustaškog režima nad srpskim stanovništvom na području kotareva Vrbovsko, Delnice i Ogulin u proljeće i ljeto 1941. godine" [Terror of the Ustasha Regime against the Serbian Population in the Territory of the Vrbovsko, Delnice and Ogulin Districts in the Spring and Summer 1941]. Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu: Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest Filozofskoga fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (in Croatian). 43 (1): 343–372\. eISSN 1849-0344.343-372&rft.date=2011-12-01&rft.eissn=1849-0344&rft.aulast=Škiljan&rft.aufirst=Filip&rft_id=https://hrcak.srce.hr/76399&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Donje+Dubrave" class="Z3988">
4. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Donje Dubrave". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Donje Dubrave". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
6. ^ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr
7. ^ "Posljednje zbogom velikanu historijske znanosti". portalnovosti.com (in Croatian). 12 August 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

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