# Brod Moravice

Brod Moravice is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.

## History

Brod Moravice was first mentioned in 1260. The rural municipality was founded in the 14th century. Throughout history, it has also been known as Moravice, Gornje Moravice, Turanj and Brodske Moravice. The name was first recorded in one of Bela IV's documents in 1260. The first settlements appeared in Gorski kotar as early as the 10th or 11th centuries, due to the fact that routes to the coast passed through this area.
During the 15th and 16th centuries, the municipality was the subject of numerous Turkish raids.
On 4 June 1657, as part of a delimitation between the possessions of the Zrinski family in Brod and those of the Frankapan family in Severin, a document was drawn up before a committee in Moravičke Drage consisting of baron Planker oberhautmann of Karlovac on behalf of Juraj IV Frankapan and Juraj Sili kapetan dvoranski and vicekapetan of Žumberak and Boltizar Babonosić prefect of Ozalj on behalf of Petar Zrinski. Those who gave testimony about the boundary were Martin Goljak (80), Matija Šnepergar (80), Mihajlo Šepec (80), Petar Butina (85), Petar Abramović (85), Lovro Crnković (85), Juraj Šnepergar (88), Juraj Podnar (90), Matija Goljak (90), Jakov Goršet (90), Jakov Butina (90) and Martin Blažević who claimed to be a centenarian and helped build the Turanj tower in Gornje Moravice when ordered by brothers Juraj and Nikola Zrinski.$^{:6}$

## Geography

The municipality, part of the historic and geographic large region of the Littoral, is located in the mountain range close to Croatian borders with Slovenia. It dists 65 km from Karlovac, 71 from Rijeka, 114 from Zagreb, 104 from Ljubljana and 144 from Trieste.

## Population

It is the smallest municipality by population, and the oldest one in its county.
The municipality is divided into 38 localities, included the town of Brod Moravice itself. In the 2011 census, there were a total of 985 inhabitants in the following settlements:
* Brod Moravice (408)
* Colnari (0)
* Čučak (7)
* Delači (35)
* Doluš (0)
* Donja Dobra (190)
* Donja Lamana Draga (4)
* Donji Šajn (0)
* Donji Šehovac (1)
* Goliki (0)
* Gornja Lamana Draga (0)
* Gornji Kuti (58)
* Gornji Šajn (9)
* Gornji Šehovac (2)
* Goršeti (3)
* Kavrani (0)
* Klepeće Selo (4)
* Kocijani (14)
* Lokvica (42)
* Maklen (11)
* Male Drage (14)
* Moravička Sela (50)
* Naglići (0)
* Nove Hiže (1)
* Novi Lazi (9)
* Pauci (0)
* Planica (1)
* Podgorani (0)
* Podstene (26)
* Razdrto (9)
* Smišljak (0)
* Stari Lazi (35)
* Šepci Podstenski (3)
* Šimatovo (5)
* Vele Drage (40)
* Zahrt (3)
* Zavrh (1)
* Završje (0)
By ethnicity, there were 96% Croats and 4% Italians in the same census.

## Attractions

The municipality counts lot of ancient church buildings. It is also a receptive place for tourism due to its natural environment.
The 600 metres (2,000 ft) long linden avenue was planted at the beginning of the 20th century.

## Infrastructure

Brod Moravice has an infirmary

## Transport

Brod Moravice is crossed by the state road D3 and the nearest motorway is the A6 (nearest exit is the n.3 "Ravna Gora"). As for railways, it counts a station on the line Rijeka-Ogulin-Karlovac-Zagreb.

## Gallery

* Sv. Nikole church.
* Houses on Delači street.
* Kolodvorska street.
* Brod Moravice railway station