Donja Dobra

This article is about the settlement. For the river, see Donja Dobra (river).

Donja Dobra
Village
Donja Dobra
Coordinates: 45°27′14″N14°58′37″E / 45.453809°N 14.977026°E / 45.453809; 14.977026
Country	Croatia
Region	Gorski Kotar
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Municipality	Brod Moravice
Area [1]
• Total	1.8 sq mi (4.6 km2)
Elevation	1,529 ft (466 m)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	193
• Density	110/sq mi (42/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	51312
Area code	051

Donja Dobra is a village in the Gorski Kotar region of Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of Brod Moravice municipality and the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. According to the 2001 census the village has 190 inhabitants. ^[3] It is connected by the D3 state road.

History

In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (Croatian : Spisi o gradnji cesta u Gorskom Kotaru i Lici), today with signature HR-Za NSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse together with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR-Za NSK R 4572. ^{[4] : 223}

On 28 April 2012 after 17:00, a fire burned 15 hectares (37 acres) in the forest along the railway between Moravice and Brod Moravice. ^[5]

On 12 December 2017, a severe wind hit Donja Dobra, blocking traffic to and from it. ^{[6] [7]}

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Donja Dobra include:

• Lydia Sklevicky (7 May 1952 – 21 January 1990)

Sources

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. "2001 census by settlement". Central Bureau of Statistics (Croatia) (in Croatian). March 31, 2001.
4. Jurić, Šime (1980-11-20). "Rukopisna građa u Nacionalnoj i sveučilišnoj biblioteci u Zagrebu koja se tiče Istre, kvarnerskih otoka, Hrvatskog primorja, podgorja i Gorskog kotara". Vjesnik historijskih arhiva u Rijeci i Pazinu (in Croatian) (23): 215–223. ISSN   0351-0891.
5. GN (2012-05-02). "VIKEND U ZNAKU POŽARA: Vatra prijetila pruzi i šumi". Gorske novosti.
6. RiMeteo (2017-12-12). "ELEMENTARNA NEPOGODA: Zabrana prometa na pojedinim dionicama kroz Gorski kotar, mnoga mjesta bez struje". RIMETEO Portal. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22.
7. Tatar, Nensi (2017-12-12). "Nevrijeme poharalo Gorski Kotar: Vrbovščanska osnovna škola ostala bez krova". Gorske novosti.