Drežnik Grad

Drežnik Grad is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D1 highway.

History

The castle of Drežnik was built in the 13th century.
The castle came under the authority of the Military Frontier, but it was abandoned by them in the 18th century.

WWII

1941

In 1941, Marko Brajdić was designated as its Ustaša zbirnik.
On April 12 1941, its mayor Zvonko Pavlić was replaced by the Ustaše with Jure Krizmanić.
At the end of June, the parish priest of Drežnik, Dragutin Štimac, conducted conversions to Catholicism for the Serbian population of the Bihać kotar, only for the local Ustaše to detain them in Bihać, being released only upon the intervention of the parish priest of Bihać. By that time, not a single Serbian Orthodox priest remained on the territory of Drežnik Grad, having obtained permission to leave for the GMS. So, the president of the kotar Eduard Lenčerić confiscated all parish registries.
The Italian Army left Rakovica and Drežnik Grad for Ogulin, where the NDH had set up the administrative capital of the new županija of Modruš, on 12 July 1941.
On 15 August 1941, a letter was written on behalf of 91 families to the poglavnik requesting to be allowed to convert to Catholicism and be treated like Croats:

1942

On 28–30 June 1942 around Sadilovac and Dubrave, a battle took place between a group of about 1000 Partisans and 110 Croatian Domobrani, in which about 150 Partisans died and 80 were wounded, while only 1 Domobran was killed.

Demographics

In 1895, the obćina of Drežnik, with an area of, belonged to the kotar of Slunj in the županija of Modruš-Rieka. There were 790 houses, with a population of 4998. Its 7 villages and 14 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 3 porezne obćine, under the Slunj office.