Sunger is a village in

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, in the

Mrkopalj Mrkopalj () is a village and a Municipalities of Croatia, municipality in the mountainous part of Croatia in the region of Gorski Kotar, located south-east of Delnice and some 50 km east of Rijeka and 831 meters above sea level. History On 1 ...

municipality, in

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History

The

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DVD Sunger was founded in 1906, and is today part of the ''VZ općine Fužine''. Its current commander is Mladen Tomić.

WWII

The Italians withdrew from Mrkopalj on 15 March 1942, on the same day as

and

Ravna Gora Ravna Gora (Slavic meaning "flat hill") may refer to several places: Serbia * Ravna Gora (highland), a highland in Serbia known for its relation with the Chetnik movement * Ravna Gora (Ivanjica), a village near Ivanjica * Ravna Gora (Vlasotince), ...

. The Italians did not leave those towns along the railway, which they fortified with barbed wire. On 5 July in Sunger, a Croatian soldier killed an Italian soldier by stabbing him 7 times with a knife.

Recent

Around 20:30 on 11 July 2010, firefighters were called to the house of a family in Sunger. The ''JVP Delnice'', ''DVD Sunger'' and ''DVD Mrkopalj'' responded, putting the fire out at 23:30, but not before the house had burned down. Nedeljko Kosanović of

Gomirje Gomirje is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is part of the Vrbovsko municipality. The population is 343 (as of the 2011 census). H ...

managed to capture on camera a wolf carrying its prey in its mouth near the

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in Sunger. In late June 2011, four

Eurasian brown bear The Eurasian brown bear (''Ursus arctos arctos'') is one of the most common subspecies of the brown bear, and is found in much of Eurasia. It is also called the European brown bear, common brown bear, common bear, European bear, and colloquial ...

s attacked a herd of cattle. In August 2011, a pack of wolves attacked and killed an adult ''

Cervus elaphus The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or Hart (deer), hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Ir ...

'' individual near the first houses in the middle of Sunger, shortly after which a faun found shelter from the wolves in a resident's yard. In the evening of 3 May 2018, a car hit a pole in Sunger, leaving the driver in need of medical attention.

Demographics

Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Sunger.

Gallery

Sunger-Belčev brig.jpg, Old postcard of centre Centar Sungera.jpg, Centre today Crkva Sv. Ćirila i Metoda.jpg, ''Sv. Ćirila i Metoda'' church Škola Sunger.png, School in Sunger Nadvožnjak.jpg,

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Karolinski Bunar.jpg, Well along the Karolina

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