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Dobrinj is a village and municipality in the
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in northwestern
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, on the island of
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. There are 2,150 inhabitants in the municipality, with 91%
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. The village of Dobrinj itself has 89 inhabitants.


Geography

Dobrinj and the
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
of the same name is located on the northeast side of the island of Krk. The place is located at an elevation of about 200 meters above
Soline Bay Soline Bay or Soline Cove (Croatian language, Croatian: ''Uvala Soline'') is a bay located on the northeast side of the Croatian island of Krk. The bay flows into the Vinodol Channel, part of the Adriatic Sea. Three villages are centered on So ...
. The municipality of Dobrinj comprises three cadastral communities: Dobrinj, Soline and Sužan, with 20 settlements, covering an area of 55 km2. In relief, this area can be divided into a low zone (mainly around Soline Bay) and a high zone (Dobrinj,
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, Gabonjin). The Dobrinj municipality also covers much of the eastern coast of the island of Krk, facing
Crikvenica Crikvenica () is a town in west Croatia, located on the Adriatic in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Names The names of the town in various languages include: * * * * Geography Crikvenica is located southeast of Rijeka and is the largest s ...
and Vinodol on the mainland, with which it has always been closely connected. The coast is full of
inlets An inlet is a typically long and narrow indentation of a shoreline such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea. Overview In marin ...
, but apart from the reefs and cliffs, there is only one islet - Veli Skoljić. On the coast, the shallow bay of Soline, almost forming lakes, stands out, with low coastlines and three settlements:
Klimno Klimno is a village on the northeastern part of the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 130 inhabitants. A popular tourist attraction, the village has various beaches and a marina providing access ...
, Soline and
Čižići Čižići is a village located on the northeastern part of the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 133 inhabitants. The village has a harbor providing access to the Soline Bay and the Vinodol C ...
. Other significantly smaller bays are Stipanja (which is the largest municipal settlement of
Šilo Šilo is a village in the north-east of the island of Krk, Croatia. As of 2021, it had a population of 418. It is one of the Tourism, tourist centers of the Dobrinj, Dobrinj municipality. Geography It is located in a well-sheltered lagoon called ...
), Petrina, Veterna, Murvenica, Jazbina, Lončarica, and Slivanjska. Geologically,
limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
and dolomite rocks dominate the area. Due to the faster erosion of dolomite, over millions of years, a layer of loose soil has been created that enabled the development of lush vegetation. Only in the principally limestone extreme northeastern part of the Košćera. In addition to limestones and dolomites,
flysch Flysch () is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones. It is deposited when a deep basin forms rapidly on the continental side of a mountain building ep ...
zones occur, which, unlike
porous Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%. Strictly speaking, some tests measure ...
limestone, are watertight. A river stream called ''Veli Potok'' has developed on one of these flysch zones.


Population

According to the 2021 census, Dobrinj municipality had 2,150 inhabitants, distributed in 20 settlements: *
Čižići Čižići is a village located on the northeastern part of the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 133 inhabitants. The village has a harbor providing access to the Soline Bay and the Vinodol C ...
- 133 * Dobrinj - 89 * Dolovo - 0 * Gabonjin - 191 *
Gostinjac Gostinjac (Chakavian: ''Gostinjoc'') is a village located on the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Dobrinj Dobrinj is a village and municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in northwestern Croatia, on the island o ...
- 94 * Hlapa - 91 * Klanice - 47 *
Klimno Klimno is a village on the northeastern part of the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 130 inhabitants. A popular tourist attraction, the village has various beaches and a marina providing access ...
- 130 *
Kras ''KRAS'' ( Kirsten rat sarcoma virus) is a gene that provides instructions for making a protein called K-Ras, a part of the RAS/MAPK pathway. The protein relays signals from outside the cell to the cell's nucleus. These signals instruct the ce ...
- 227 *
Polje A polje, also called karst polje or karst field, is a large flat plain found in karstic geological regions of the world, with areas usually in the range of 5–400 km2 (2–154 sq mi). The name derives from the Slavic languages, ...
- 285 * Rasopasno - 125 * Rudine - 5 * Soline - 48 * Sužan - 70 * Sveti Ivan Dobrinjski - 41 *
Sveti Vid Dobrinjski Sveti Vid Dobrinjski is a village on the Croatian island of Krk. Located just to the southeast of Dobrinj, it is also part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 64 inhabitants. There is a church in the village devoted to Saint Vitus ...
- 64 *
Šilo Šilo is a village in the north-east of the island of Krk, Croatia. As of 2021, it had a population of 418. It is one of the Tourism, tourist centers of the Dobrinj, Dobrinj municipality. Geography It is located in a well-sheltered lagoon called ...
- 418 * Tribulje - 55 *
Žestilac Žestilac (Chakavian: ''Žestiloc'') is a village located on the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 11 inhabitants. It is connected by road to the nearby villages of Polje A polje, also called ...
- 11 * Županje - 26 Ethnic/national composition, 2001: *
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 ...
- 1,799 (91.32) *
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- 20 (1.02) *
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- 16 (0.81) *
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- 9 (0.46) *
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- 4 *
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- 1 *
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- 1 *
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- 1 *
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- 1 *
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- 1 * others - 62 (3.15) * undefined - 39 (1.98) * unknown - 10 (0.51)


Administration

Chief: Neven Komadina ( ''PGS'') Deputy Chief: Zoran Kirinčić (''PGS'') Council President: Alen Šamanić (''PGS'') Municipal Council: * Marinko Galanto, Tomislav Saftić, Dubravko Fanuko, Darko Strčić, Ivancica Dunato (''PGS'') * Zdenko Kirincic, Robert Justinic, Ratko Turcic ( ''HSLS'') * Miljenko Variola, Nenad Brusic ('' HDZ'') * Marino Samanic ( ''HNS'') * Emil Grskovic (''Independent'')


History and population trends

There are many
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sites in the municipality, mainly on the shores of Soline Bay and in the Gostinjac area, and it is assumed that saltworks existed in the Melina area at that time. In more recent explorations, carried out at St. Peter's Bay on the northwestern side of Soline Bay, remains of Roman pottery and ancient ports have been found. However, there are several sites indicating an Illyrian presence - the Zagrajini fort near Karst, Gradišće near Dobrinj, and Dobrinj, which itself was created at the site of the previous Illyrian settlement. The history of Dobrinj is inextricably linked to the history of the entire island of Krk, of which it is an integral part. Dobrinj, along with Baška,
Vrbnik Vrbnik is a village and a municipality on the east coast of the island of Krk. The village is perched on a limestone outcropping 50 m above the Adriatic Sea. Vrbnik is naturally separated from mainland Croatia by the Vinodol Channel, where the to ...
and Omisalj, is one of the oldest (early medieval city centers), which were founded sometime in the 7th century, i.e. at the time of the Croats' migration to the present homeland. These castles, along with the already existing town of Krk, were most probably erected at the place where the Illyrians lived until then, as evidenced by the numerous Illyrian sites, as well as the very position on the hill overlooking the surroundings. The antiquity of these castles is also indicated by the archaic forms of Old Croatian, ie Old Caucasian speech, in Dobrinj - Čokavica. However, unlike other castles, Dobrinj was not located directly by the sea and never had ramparts, which may be the reason that it was repeatedly killed throughout history (in the 16th and early 17th centuries) pillaged by pirates and Uskok. The name Dobrinj was first mentioned in the Grant Certificate of the famous Dragoslav, written in Croatian and
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on January 1, 1100. In it, Dobrinj and neighboring Vrbnik are referred to as church () and municipal () units with a judge, municipal clerk, and secretary. This grant is an important witness to the cultural, communal, and educational development of the contemporary population of Dobrinj and the island of Krk. Somewhere in the 11th century, Krk princes, later called the
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, appeared. Their origins are still unclear but probably originated from a more powerful native (Croatian) nobility. There was a theory for a while that they were of Roman origin, but that was rejected. From then until 1480, the princes of Krk were the rulers of the whole island, including Dobrinj, which was directly governed by judges, but also by the so-called "princes on behalf of the prince". In the second half of the 15th century,
Ivan VII Frankopan Ivan VII or Ivan Krčki (of Krk) was the only prince of the semi-independent united Krk (the Principality of Krk) from 1451 to 1480. He was a prince of the House of Frankopan. As he needed more manpower, Frankopan settled Morlachs and Vlachs (Rom ...
, Prince of Krk, settled to the western parts of the island
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and
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(originally
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who later split into
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) to have more manpower. These were settled in and around the areas of
Dubašnica Dubašnica () was a village in the northwestern part of the island of Krk, now in Croatia, at the south of Malinska and near Poljica. It was first mentioned in the 15th century and became extinct in the 18th century as a result of a malaria epid ...
and Poljica and also in the lands between the castles of Dobrinj and
Omišalj Omišalj is a coastal municipality in the north-west of the island of Krk in Croatia. The population of Omišalj itself is 1,887 (2021), while the municipality also includes the nearby village of Njivice, bringing the total population to 2,992. Om ...
. They formed a community on the island until 1875 when the last speaker of the Istro-Romanian dialect of Krk passed away. During the Middle Ages, Dobrinj was one of the most important centers of verbiage. The
HAZU The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , HAZU) is the national academy of Croatia. HAZU was founded under the patronage of the Croatian bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer under the name Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (, JAZU) since its ...
archive preserves the Baptist Registers of Baptism that were written in 1559 and which are the oldest registry books in Croatia. These registers were written in Glagolitic script until 1850 when they were written in Latin. The most important industry during the Middle Ages was certainly the saltworks in the Soline Bay below Dobrinj; salt was much sought after and appreciated at the time. After conquering the island, the Venetians close the salt pans, but their remains are clearly visible today. In 1480, the
Venetian Republic The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and Maritime republics, maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 ...
occupied the entire island of Krk and ruled it until the collapse of the Venetian Republic in 1797, after which the ownership of Krk changed hands several times between the Austrian and French, and eventually to the Austrian government. The Austrian government was in charge of Krk until the downfall of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...
, at the end of the
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in 1918. The following few years were very uncertain for all the inhabitants of the island as the
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laid claims on the entire eastern Adriatic coast. The twilight of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was the peak of both the village and municipality Dobrinj. The town of Dobrinj had 608 inhabitants in 1898, 390 in 1931, and only 216 in 1970. The area of the municipality reached the largest population in 1910 of 4,046, and a dozen years later of 4,033. Since then, the population has been steadily declining. After
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the population was 3,319, and 2,273 in 1971. The reason for this decline is the two World Wars, but also the difficult economic situation on the island that drove its people into the new world, most notably America, but also in the fast-growing cities in a coastal area (such as
Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...
,
Crikvenica Crikvenica () is a town in west Croatia, located on the Adriatic in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Names The names of the town in various languages include: * * * * Geography Crikvenica is located southeast of Rijeka and is the largest s ...
) where many found jobs and livelihoods. The time of the Kingdom of Serbia and Montenegro was a time of difficult life and large emigration. The whole island was a marginal and rather forgotten part of the monarchy. After World War II, the island became part of the
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within
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. The difficult economic situation changed only around 1980 with the opening of the
Rijeka Airport Rijeka Airport (, ; ) is the international airport serving Rijeka, Croatia. It is located near the town of Omišalj on the island of Krk, 17 km from the Rijeka railway station. Most of the traffic to and from the airport occurs during the ...
and the
Krk bridge Krk Bridge () is a long reinforced concrete arch bridge connecting the Croatian island of Krk to the mainland. Carrying over a million vehicles per year, it was the last tolled bridge in Croatia that was not part of a motorway until the removal ...
, thereby removing the island from isolation, which was a prerequisite for economic development, especially for tourism. Tourism is still underdeveloped in Dobrinj but has brought liveliness and interrupted almost the entire migration of the population from the island and from Dobrinj. Although the town Dobrinj has never reached a population of 1,000 in its history, it has been called "the city" since ancient times. Residents of the surrounding villages would say they were going to (meaning city in Croatian) when they went to Dobrinj. Its inhabitants were called and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages , ie "villagers". Dobrinj itself is divided into Dolinja, the older quarter, and Gorinja, a newer town.


Economy

Of the larger economic entities, only a construction company in Šilo operates in the municipality. There are about 30 artisans in the Dobrinj municipality. Nevertheless, a large part of the locals work outside their municipality. Although it has significant tourism resources, such as a preserved environment and rich cultural and historical heritage, the Dobrinj municipality does not have developed tourist offerings. The most important tourist destination is the town of Šilo, which is the seat of the local tourist board. The only accommodation capacities are in apartments and rooms for rent, except in Šilo mostly in Čižići, Soline, and Klimno. In recent years, there has been a growing demand for coastal-style inland remodeled homes. Particularly great potential for tourism development exists in Soline Bay. One of the resources of this bay is the healing mud at the Meline site. The Sulinj peninsula, which closes Soline Bay, is mentioned as probably the first golf course on the island of Krk. An important prerequisite for tourism, good transport links, is the existing one: the municipality is a 20-minute drive away from any tourist center on the island and from the
Krk Bridge Krk Bridge () is a long reinforced concrete arch bridge connecting the Croatian island of Krk to the mainland. Carrying over a million vehicles per year, it was the last tolled bridge in Croatia that was not part of a motorway until the removal ...
that connects the island to the mainland. In the neighboring municipality of Omisalj is the
Rijeka Airport Rijeka Airport (, ; ) is the international airport serving Rijeka, Croatia. It is located near the town of Omišalj on the island of Krk, 17 km from the Rijeka railway station. Most of the traffic to and from the airport occurs during the ...
. Formerly of great economic importance were
shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other Watercraft, floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation th ...
,
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, and
agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
. Today,
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and
olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'' ("European olive"), is a species of Subtropics, subtropical evergreen tree in the Family (biology), family Oleaceae. Originating in Anatolia, Asia Minor, it is abundant throughout the Mediterranean ...
growing as sole agricultural industries of importance. The big problem for sheepdogs in the last ten years has been caused by
bears Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout most o ...
and
wild boars The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...
. Bears do not live permanently on the island of Krk, but come for the winter
hibernation Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic reduction entered by some animal species. Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate. It is mos ...
, flooding the
Vinodol Channel Vinodol Channel ( or ) is a channel between the island of Krk and the Croatian coastline A coast (coastline, shoreline, seashore) is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. C ...
. Sometimes they destroy whole flocks of sheep. In addition to causing considerable damage to agriculture, wild boar herds also pose a risk to people moving through the forest and even in the villages at night. Olive growing in the municipality of Dobrinj has not been restored and developed as in some other municipalities on the island of Krk, for example
Punat Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia on the island of Krk. The municipality has a population of 1,900, with 90% Croats (2021 Croatian census, 2021). With Stara Baška being the only other settlement in th ...
, Krk. Despite the municipality subsidizing the purchase of olive seedlings, the number of renewed or new olive trees has not yet reached its former numbers, for this region. The largest issue in the renovation of the olive groves is the great fragmentation of the estates and unresolved property and legal relations. However, there is an olive oil production plant in Polje for the production of olive oil. The once intensively cultivated "Dobrinj field" stretching from Dobrinj, along Potok, all the way to the Soline Bay, is now almost completely neglected.


Monuments and sights


Church of St. Vitus

The Church of
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in
Sveti Vid Dobrinjski Sveti Vid Dobrinjski is a village on the Croatian island of Krk. Located just to the southeast of Dobrinj, it is also part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 64 inhabitants. There is a church in the village devoted to Saint Vitus ...
dates from 1100.


Church of St. Stephen

The Parish Church of St. Stephen in Dobrinj was first mentioned in 1100 AD, in the "Glorious Dragoslav" grant. According to the Glagolitic inscription, it was expanded in 1510. It is dominated by elements of the
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and late Gothic works. Initially a single nave, the parish church in the 18th century became a triple nave by merging a series of side chapels, which over the centuries were built into a one-nave church. Above its entrance, there is a canopy of the unique name , and from there, it overlooks much of
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. There was a bell tower next to the church, but in 1720 it was destroyed by lightning, and a new one was built. The new one was not built in the same place, but in a nearby old cemetery, from where it still dominates the whole area today. This bell tower suffered devastation, by the Germans during the occupation of 1944, but was rebuilt after the war.


Ethnographic Museum near Place


Ethnographic Collection of the Island of Krk

The Ethnographic Collection of the Island of Krk is a diligently collected archive by the Barbalić family.


Infeld Gallery

One of the largest art collectors in the world, Peter Infeld of Vienna, bought and renovated an old, large house in the heart of Dobrinj, on the Placa, where more than 400 m2 of exhibitions of famous artists are held.


Sacred Collection Museum

A museum with a collection of sacred objects is located above the square near the church of St. Anthony.


Biserujka Cave

The Biserujka Cave is located a few kilometers north of Dobrinj, near the village of Rudine. Although it is just over 100 meters long, it is very interesting and rich in stalactites and stalagmites and, as part of the tourist offer of the island of Krk, is today one of the most visited caves in Croatia.


Education

The first school in Dobrinj was opened by Antun Kirinčić in 1841 in a private house. This was the beginning of education in Dobrinj. For many years there was only a four-year school in "Grad", so after the 4th grade of elementary school students were forced to continue their education in neighboring
Vrbnik Vrbnik is a village and a municipality on the east coast of the island of Krk. The village is perched on a limestone outcropping 50 m above the Adriatic Sea. Vrbnik is naturally separated from mainland Croatia by the Vinodol Channel, where the to ...
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Malinska Malinska () is a settlement (naselje) in the northwestern part of the island Krk in Croatia and an important tourist town. It lies on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, in the picturesque bay facing Opatija and Rijeka. Demographics The municipality o ...
. That was until the construction of a new, modern school in 2007, which gave the Dobrinj and the entire municipality education the best material conditions for further development.


Dialect

In all the settlements in the Dobrinj municipality there is a special form of the Chakavian dialect, which is also called "chokavka". In some places where most of the Chakavian and Stokavian speeches have the sound ''a'', a ''o'' sound appears. Thus, for example, Dobinj villages
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Žestilac Žestilac (Chakavian: ''Žestiloc'') is a village located on the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Dobrinj. As of 2021, it had 11 inhabitants. It is connected by road to the nearby villages of Polje A polje, also called ...
, Rasopasno are called ''Gostinjoc'', ''Žestiloc'', ''Rosopasno'' by the native population. The reason is the replacement of the short Old Croatian half-voice by the voice of 3 * čo < čə * zomi < vəzəmi "uzmi" (meaning to take) * petok < petək In words with a once long half-tone, ''a'': ''stablo'', ''dan'' (but: ''donos'' "danas") appears. There is a similar relation in Omisalj, but there is a short half voice that gives ''e''. Similar differences appear in the Chakavian speeches in Prigorje and in the speeches of most of
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Culture

*Throughout its medieval history, Dobrinj was one of the most powerful centers of Glagoliticism in Croatia. *The "Ive Jelenović" Cultural and Artistic Society within which the "Zvon" mixed choir of this folklore group operates *Dobrinj Cultural Society *Carnival associations "Optimists" and "Kataroška"


Sports

* Sport fishing association "Čikavica" from Šilo * Sport fishing association "Vela sten" from Čižić


Notable People

* Ive Jelenović (from St. Vid) - ethnologist, philologist, toponomist, proofreader, screenwriter and co-author of the first documentary film on the island of Krk from 1938. Particularly important in the preserving and promoting of folk culture and tradition, especially folk songs and dance. *
Ivan Črnčić Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bu ...
(from Polje) priest, secretary of the Bishop of Krk, director of the renowned Croatian Institute of St. Jerome in Rome, the first member of JAZU, today HAZU, from the island of Krk. Writer, Slavist, philologist, historian; opened his second full-time school in Dobrinjina in his native Polje. He was the first to prepare a reading and edition of the grant of the famous Dragoslav."Milan Mihaljević, Dosadašnja čitanja darovnice slavnoga Dragoslava"
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Petar Strčić Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mo ...
(from Karst), member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, director of its Archive, scientific and archival advisor, prominent Croatian historian, editor-in-chief of several collections, author of several mostly historical books, president of the Society for Croatian History, Chakavian Parliament, university professor. *
Dinko Sučić Dinko is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatian it is a diminutive of Dominko, a variant of Dominik. It is also found in Bulgaria. Notable people with the name include: *Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941–2019), Bulgarian football player and ...
(from Dobrinj) is a doctor, professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb, a scientist and expert in internal medicine, one of the first experts in leukemia. * Priest
Bonaventura Duda Bonaventura Duda (14 January 1924 – 3 August 2017) was a Croatian Franciscan, theologian, biblical scholar, and a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Early life and education Roko Duda was born in the Free State ...
, Baptized by Roko, (from Kras), Franciscan, Biblical, University Professor, Translator, Polyglot, Writer and Poet. *
Vinko Fulgencije Fugošić Vinko is a masculine name related to Vincent, and may refer to: Given name * Frane Vinko Golem (1938–2007), Croatian diplomat and politician *Vinko Begović (born 1948), Croatian football coach * Vinko Bogataj (born 1950), former ski jumper fro ...
(from Gostinjac) was an academic painter, art historian, restorer and travel writer; apart from the Diocese of Krk, he also distinguished himself in the restoration of Vatican art. * Branko Turčić (from Čižić) is a retired journalist, writer, the only writer on Čokavica


References


External links

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Dobrinj
(in English) {{Coord, 45.130, N, 14.604, E, display=title, source:dewiki Krk Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Resorts in Croatia