Drežnica is a village in Croatia near the town of

Ogulin Ogulin () is a town in north-western Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 7,389 (2021) (it was 8,216 in 2011), and a total municipal population of 12,251 (2021). Ogulin is known for its historic stone castle, known as Kula, and the ...

. During the

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era, it was known as Partizanska Drežnica due to the village having a

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base during the

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. Serbs migrated to Drežnica in the 17th century. In 1827, there was a parish at the Gomirje monastery, served by the pastor Simeon Radulović. In 1842 an orthodox church called the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was built. During World War II, it was burned, but it has since been restored. Mijat Stojanović wrote that the landscape is very rocky, but there is beautiful forest and fertile land too. During World War II in Drežnica, there was strong People's Liberation Movement with the headquarters of the General Staff of Croatia and Partisan hospital no. 7, created in year 1942. People from Kordun, Banija, Lika, Žumberka and Slovenia were healed there. There is a memorial ossuary there today. During the war, Drežnica had over 1000 casualties.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Drežnica had 516 inhabitants.

Notable people

* NBA player

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's paternal grandparents immigrated from Drežnica to the United States.

References

Populated places in Karlovac County {{Karlovac-geo-stub