Drežnica is a village in Croatia near the town of Ogulin. During the SFR Yugoslavia era, it was known as Partizanska Drežnica due to the village having a Yugoslav Partisan base during the Second World War.

Drežnica
Village
The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Drežnica
Coordinates: 45.13629°N 15.09041°E / 45.13629; 15.09041
Country	Croatia
County	Karlovac
Elevation	465 m (1,526 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	516
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47313 Drežnica
Area code(s)	+385 047

Serbs migrated to Drežnica in the 17th century. In 1827, there was a parish at the Gomirje monastery, served by the pastor Simeon Radulović. In 1842 an orthodox church called the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was built. During World War II, it was burned, but it has since been restored. Mijat Stojanović wrote that the landscape is very rocky, but there is beautiful forest and fertile land too.

During World War II in Drežnica, there was strong People's Liberation Movement with the headquarters of the General Staff of Croatia and Partisan hospital no. 7, created in year 1942. People from Kordun, Banija, Lika, Žumberka and Slovenia were healed there. There is a memorial ossuary there today. During the war, Drežnica had over 1000 casualties.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Drežnica had 516 inhabitants.[1]

Notable people

• NBA player Pete Maravich's paternal grandparents immigrated from Drežnica to the United States.[2]

References

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