Dražice is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Primorje-Gorski Kotar Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (, ) is a county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littora ...

, western

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 ...

. Dražice is located south of Podkilavac and west of Podhum. It is part of the municipality of

Jelenje Jelenje is a village and municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. As of 2021, the municipality had a population of 5,096 with 94.6% Croats. The village itself had an urban population of 395. History After the Lujzijan ...

. As of 2021, it had a population of 2,064.

History

A 22 December 1939 decision as part of

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by Ban Šubašić to confiscate the forest property in Dražice and surroundings of the

Thurn and Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (, ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the '' Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and beca ...

family,

Kálmán Ghyczy Kálmán Ghyczy de Ghicz, Assakürt et Ablánczkürt (12 February 1808 – 28 February 1888) was a Hungary, Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1874 and 1875. He became representative of Komárom County in 1843. During ...

and Nikola Petrović resulted in a legal dispute known as the

Thurn and Taxis Affair Thurn may refer to: * Thurn, Austria, a town near Lienz, Tyrol * Thurn Pass, an Alpine mountain pass in Austria * Thurn und Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (, ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It ...

, in part because of the relative status of the family and in part because of the proximity to the Italian border.

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* * Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{PrimorjeGorskiKotar-geo-stub