Dobrinj

Dobrinj [ dɔbɾɪɲ ] (Eng. Dobrauen, it. Dobrigno ) is a municipality in the northeast of the island of Krk, Croatia, from the villages Čižići, Dobrinj, Dolovo, Gabonjin, Gostinjac, Donja and Gornja Hlapa, Klanice, Klimno, Kras, Meline, Polje, Rasopasno, Rudine, Soline, Sužan, Sveti Ivan Dobrinjski, Sveti Vid Dobrinjski, Silo, Tribulje, Žestilac, and is Županje.

History

The name was first mentioned Dobrinj (derived from the Croatian word dobro, dt good) in 1100, in the so-called " certificate of the 'big' Dragoslav " ( Listina slavnog Dragoslava ), and referred to at the time of the Aragonese Castle, which today core of the town of the same forms.

Attractions

Of the two churches in the place of St. Stephen from the year 1100 and the St. Anthony of the 14th century, the latter is used for art exhibitions. Other cultural offerings are the issue of a collection of sacred objects, an ethnographic museum with local artefacts and art gallery Infeld.

In the rest of the community we find no less than 30 other religious buildings to their most important that also in 1100, founded by Dragoslav early Romanesque Chapel of St. Vitus in Sv. Vid Dobrinjski and was built in 1480 Chapel of St. Clement in Klimno that contains a valuable altar Palla belong. Other tourist attractions in the town are accessible Biserujka Cave Rudine, as well as the so-called " Blato " at Meline, a silt that particularly like to say landlord, he had a salutary effect when applied externally.

Clubs

• The Cultural Association "Ive JELENOVIC " with the mixed choir singing " Zvon " and other folk groups ( Dobrinj )
• The cultural societies " Sveti Petar " ( Gabonjin ) and " Sveti Juraj " ( Kras )
• The angling clubs " Čikavica " ( Silo ) and " Velasten " ( Čižići )
• The carnival clubs " Optimisti " and " Kataroška "