Donje Dubrave is a village in Karlovac County

Karlovac County

Karlovac County is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac.The city of Karlovac is another fort from the times of the Military Frontier...

, Croatia

Croatia

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. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin

Ogulin

Ogulin is a town in north-western Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 8,712 , and a total municipal population of 15,054...

 on the old Josephine Road connecting Duga Resa

Duga Resa

Duga Resa is a town in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located east of Rijeka.-Name:The earliest reference to Duga Resa is from the year 1380...

 and Senj

Senj

Senj , German Zengg, Hungarian Zeng and Italian Segna) is the oldest town on the upper Adriatic, and it was founded in the time before the Romans some 3000 years ago on the hill Kuk. It was the center of the Illyrian tribe Iapydes. The current settlement is situated at the foot of the slopes Mala...

. The Rijeka

Rijeka

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-Zagreb

Zagreb

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 railway passes through the village. It has 250 inhabitants, most of them working on the railway in the nearby cities of Ogulin

Ogulin

Ogulin is a town in north-western Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 8,712 , and a total municipal population of 15,054...

 (about 25 km) and Karlovac

Karlovac

Karlovac is a city and municipality in central Croatia. The city proper has a population of 49,082, while the municipality has a population of 59,395 inhabitants .Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County...

 (about 30 km away). There is an elementary school in the village that was attended by five students until a few years ago. The school is currently closed and the students attend school in Ogulin and Generalski Stol

Generalski Stol

Generalski Stol is a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. There are 3,199 inhabitants, 99% of whom are Croats.- Name and history :Generalski Stol played a historically important role in defending Croatia and western Europe by preventing Ottoman incursions further west...

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History

Donje Dubrave was first mentioned in 1658. It was settled by Orthodox immigrants from Bosnia, which was under
Ottoman occupation. The people were very loyal to the Austrian Empire. They were predominantly soldiers defending their new land from Ottoman incursions.

Geography

Donje Dubrave is in the hilly region of western Kordun

Kordun

The Kordun region is a part of central Croatia from the bottom of the Petrova Gora mountain range, which extends along the rivers Korana and Slunjčica, and forms part of the border region to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The southern border of Kordun touches the Lika region...

. A few kilometers to the east is the Mrežnica River, where there is a Croatian nature park with impressive waterfalls.

Demographics

The place has 249 inhabitants (2001), mostly ethnic Serbs.