Dabar is a village in
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
, 21 km northeast of
Otočac
Otočac () is a town in Croatia, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. It lies in the northwestern part of Lika region, in the Gacka river valley. The population of the administrative area of the Town of Otočac was 9,778 in ...
and a part of the Town of Otočac municipality.
History
The ruins of a fortress called by the folk Sokolić rise on Vučjak hill; it has a square ground-plan and one cylindrical angle tower. First mentioned in 1499 as a fortress of the
Frankopan
The House of Frankopan (, , , ) was a Croatian noble family, whose members were among the great landowner magnates and high officers of the Kingdom of Croatia in union with Hungary.
The Frankopans, along with the Zrinskis, are among the mos ...
s, remained a borderline stronghold until the Turks were expelled from
Lika
Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by t ...
. In 1773 already a "completely demolished town".
Gallery
Image:Kirche von Dabar.jpg, Main catholic church
Image:Ehemaliges Herrenhaus.jpg, Nekić House, the former homestead
Image:Dabarski most.JPG, Bridge of Dabar. Geographically, the lowest point
References
Further reading
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Populated places in Lika-Senj County
Serb communities in Croatia
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