Dubravica: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Cret Dubravica has been a protected special botanical reserve since 1966 and covers an area of 8.49 hectares in Dubrava Forest, below Lugarski breg on the left slope of the Dubrava stream. From an observation platform built in 2020, visitors can view the marsh and its plant life.

Those who choose Dubravica as their destination may want to rent a holiday apartment there.

Nature

Cret Dubravica is an acidophilous transitional marsh. Four critically endangered marsh mushroom species have been recorded in this marsh: Galerina paludosa, Galerina tibiicystis, Hygrocybe coccineocrenata and Myriosclerotinia dennisii.

Cret Dubravica is one of Croatia’s last remaining marsh areas and one of the last habitats of the round-leaved sundew in Croatia.

Visitors should view Cret Dubravica only from its edge and should not enter the marsh, except for maintenance purposes or scientific research.

Landscape

The Municipality of Dubravica encompasses a large part of the fertile Sutla Valley in the west. Its eastern areas are considered gentle, scenic Zagorje-Prigorje hills.

Routes

The cycling route on Map 2 connects Kupljenovo, Luka, Dubravica, Marija Gorica and Pušća. Sutla Road is a completed cycling route that connects the entire Sutla Valley through Dubravica.

Culture and History

The parish church of St. Anne in Rozga was built in 1842. The cemetery chapel in Rozga dates from 1609 and was known as the Chapel of Majka Božja Lušačka.

Pavao Štoos was born on 10 December 1806 in Dubravica, in the parish of Rozga near Zaprešić. Pavao Štoos celebrated his first Mass in St. Anne’s Church in Rozga.

The traditional homestead at Pavla Štoosa Street 10 in Dubravica is entered in the Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage under code Z-5221. Traditional, blue-painted rural “hiže” have survived to this day in the surrounding villages.

The Puhački orkestar Rozga has been documented in written records since 1902. Since 2009, the Puhački orkestar Rozga has organized the International Wind Orchestra Festival in Dubravica.

Local

The Uskrsni sajam in Dubravica brings together local producers, homemade products, local gastronomy and music, and is aimed at visitors. The program includes a wine competition and a competition for the best Easter ham.

To the overarching travel overview: Općina Dubravica.