Dubravica is a municipality in
Zagreb County
Zagreb County () is a county in Northern Croatia. It surrounds, but does not contain, the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" (). According to the 2021 censu ...
, Croatia. According to the
2001 census, there are 1,586 inhabitants, absolute majority of which are
Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...
.
Geography
Dubravica municipality is located in the northwestern part of Zagreb County.
From the north it borders with the
Krapina-Zagorje County
Krapina-Zagorje County (, ) is a county in northern Croatia, bordering Slovenia. It encompasses most of the historic region called Hrvatsko Zagorje.
The area contains the excavation site of a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal man in caves near the ...
and the municipality of
Kraljevec na Sutli
Kraljevec na Sutli is a village and municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County, northern Croatia.
In the 2011 census, there were a total of 1,727 inhabitants in the area, in the following naselja, settlements:
* Draše, population 123
* Gornji Če ...
, the municipality of
Luka and the city of
Zaprešić
Zaprešić () is a town in Zagreb County, in Croatia. It has a population of 19,644 inhabitants in the city proper, town proper, with 25,223 in the administrative area. The town's metropolitan area, which encompasses the seven neighbouring munic ...
, the southeast part of the
Pušća municipality, on the south by the municipality of
Marija Gorica
Marija Gorica () is a municipality in western Zagreb County of Croatia on the border with Slovenia.
History
The name of the settlement is derived from the patron saint of the parish church, which is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Vir ...
, while the west washes the
Sutla
The Sutla () or Sotla () is a river flowing through Slovenia and Croatia, mostly forming their border. It is a tributary to the Sava, itself a tributary to the Danube. It is long and has a watershed area of .
Overview
The Sutla flows through the ...
river where is the border with
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
.
In the west, the municipality covers a large part of the fertile valley, and its eastern parts are picturesque gentle hills of
Zagorje
Hrvatsko Zagorje (; Croatian Zagorje; ''zagorje'' is Croatian language, Croatian for 'backland' or 'behind the hills') is a cultural region in northern Croatia, traditionally separated from the country's capital Zagreb by the Medvednica mount ...
and
Prigorje.
Origin of name
The name Dubravica itself originates from an oak forest ''Dubrava'', which was once covered the entire area, and even today it is not uncommon to find a typical forest plants such as
wood anemone The phrase wood anemone is used in common names for several closely related species of flowering plants in genus ''Anemonoides'', including:
* ''Anemonoides nemorosa'', the ''wood anemone'' in Europe and Asia
* ''Anemonoides quinquefolia'', the ''w ...
, or
saffron
Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of '' Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent ...
, and the occasional oak tree in the meadows in the valley of the river Sutla.
Settlements
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Bobovec Rozganski
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Donji Čemehovec
* Dubravica
*
Kraj Gornji
A '' Kraj'' ( ''kraje'') is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. For lack of other English expressions, the Slavic term is often translated as " province", "region", or " territory", although i ...
*
Lugarski Breg
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Lukavec Sutlanski Lukavec may refer to places:
Croatia
* Lukavec, Zagreb County, a village near Velika Gorica
* Lukavec, Varaždin County, a village near Ivanec
Czech Republic
*Lukavec (Litoměřice District), a municipality and village in the Ústí nad Labem Regi ...
*
Pologi Pologi may refer to:
* Pologi, Ukraine, a city near Zaporizhzhia
* Pologi, Croatia, a village near Zaprešić
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Prosinec
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Rozga
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Vučilčevo
Austro-hungarian 1910 census
According to the 1910 census, municipality of Dubravica had 2,448 inhabitants,
[Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., , ;] which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:
Notable people from Dubravica
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Pavao Štoos
Pavao Štoos (10 December 1806 – 30 March 1862) was a Croats, Croatian poet, priest and a Croatian National Revival, revivalist.
After graduating theology in Zagreb, he served as a bishop's secretary for a brief period, and from 1842 he was a ...
, a
Croatian poet, priest and a
revivalist, born in Dubravica
References
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Populated places in Zagreb County
Zaprešić
Municipalities of Croatia