Donje Dubrave | |
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  Donje Dubrave | |
| Coordinates:45°19′01″N15°22′01″E / 45.317°N 15.367°E /45.317; 15.367 | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Karlovac |
| City | Ogulin |
| Area | |
• 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 inKarlovac County,Croatia. It is located in the municipality ofOgulin on the oldJosephine Road connectingDuga Resa andSenj. TheRijeka-Zagreb railway passes through the village. It has 250 inhabitants, most of them working on the railway in the nearby cities ofOgulin (about 25 km) andKarlovac (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 andGeneralski Stol.
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, thetelegraph station at Donje Dubrave received news that theWehrmacht had enteredZagreb 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 theRoyal Italian Army, on 12 April. Germans went through later.[3]: 347
On 21 April, Jandre Jaković was arrested, ostensibly for belonging to aChetnik 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, theUstaša government began targeting known and suspectedJRZ 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
Donje Dubrave is in the hilly region of westernKordun. A few kilometers to the east is the Mrežnica River, where there is a Croatian nature park with impressive waterfalls.
As of 2011, the village had 199 residents.[4] This represents 58.19% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.
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