 Delnice
A town in Gorski Kotar; elevation 696 m; population
4,696. Economy is based on wood-processing. Moderate moun--tain
climate and a variety of natural resources and sites (Hajdova Hiza,
Drgomalj and Petehovac) and modern sports facilities provided excellent
opportunities for the development of Delnice into a tourist centre
of Gorski Kotar. Delnice is located on the main road (M12, E65)
and the railroad Zagreb - Rijeka.
Centre of the Modruska parish, abandoned in the
16th century due to Turkish invasions; again revived in the 17th
century. With the construction of the Louisian road at the beginning
of the 19th century Delnice entered a period of flourish and became
a centre of sub-county (1857). The parish church of St. John the
Baptist is a three-nave structure; the main altar and two side altars
are shaped in late Baroque styles. The church keeps a valuable neo-Gothic
monstrance. - With its architectural forms and furnishing, the house
of the family Klobucar-Racki (Supilova Street 94) represents the
way of life of the older inhabitants of Delnice and all ethnographic
features of the region.
Almost a century-old tradition of excursions, health
tourism, sports and other forms of tourism, along with natural beauties
and climatic features make Delnice the tourist centre of the region
of Gorski Kotar. First inns and boarding houses were built along
the old Louisian road as early as the end of the 19th century. Since
Delnice may be reached in an hour from Rijeka and the nearby resorts
on the Kvarner riviera, it is an ideal place for one-day excursions,
short visits to the peaks of Gorski Kotar (Drgomalj, Petehovac)
but also for longer stays.
Today Delnice provides a number of visitor opportunities:
hotels, sports facilities, hunting grounds. At the foot of Japlenski
Vrh (Japlenski Peak) are sports facilities (football, basketball,
bowling alley, boccia court) and two very good ski-jumps. The sports
hall Dom sportova, with a hall and a swimming pool (12x25 m), provides
excellent opportunities for sports training and recreation. Well
known specialities of the local cuisine - venison - are offered
in Lovacki Dom (Huntsmen's Lodge) and many other taverns (in the
surroundings). Very interesting for visitors is the right to shoot
game during open season. Permits should be applied for at the Forest
Management in Delnice (Uprava Suma Delnice); there is a permanent
price list for the game shot. After hunting, the trophies are assessed
and huntsmen receive a trophy certificate and a veterinarian certificate.
On the territory under the Forest Management huntsmen's lodging
houses can be rented. In the vicinity of Delnice is also Risnjak
National Park, which is rightly called a nature museum (see Risnjak).
Tourism:
National
Park Risnjak - HR - 51311 Crni lug
Pension/Restaurant
"Predah" - Supilova 31 - HR - 51300 DELNICE
Pension/Restaurant
"Lipovac" - Eugena Kvaternika 27 - HR 51304 GEROVO
Pension/Restaurant
"Bijela ruza" - Ivana Gorana Kovacica 16 - HR 51314 RAVNA
GORA
Hotel
"Zeleni vir" - J. Blazenica-Blaza 1- HR - 51311 SKRAD
Hotel
"Crni lug" - National Park Risnjak - HR - 51311 Crni lug
HOC
"Bjelolasica" - Savska 41 - HR - 10000 ZAGREB
Restaurants:
Restaurant
"Mali Raj" - Zdihovo 10 - HR - 51329 SEVERIN NA KUPI
Bistro
"Zelena Terasa" - Rim 6 - HR - 51329 - SEVERIN NA KUPI
Bar
"Vizjak" - Šije 14 - HR - 51313 KUPJAK
Tourism communities:
Tourism community Grad Delnice - Lujzinska Ulica 44 - HR - 51300
DELNICE
Tourism
community Opcina Lokve - R. Strohala - HR - 51316 LOKVE
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