Moravice, Croatia

It was recorded as Morauitze on the 1673 map of . ==History==

Moravice was first mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of Grič from tariffs in Moravice and elsewhere. The Serbs were settled in Moravice 1585 on the proposal general of Karlovac Josip Turn. The original name of the settlement was known as Donje Moravice, in contrast to Gornje Moravice (now Brod Moravice). In 1914, at the beginning of WWI, many Serb railway workers of Komorske Moravice were arrested for questioning, after which they were released back to their houses. and is today part of the VZ grada Vrbovsko. Its current commander is Aleksandar Potkonjak. There was a water supply problem in Moravice in February 2012. On 28 April 2012 after 17:00, a fire burned in the forest along the railway between Moravice and Brod Moravice. Moravice was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. An older house in Moravice burned down the morning of 6 April 2020. ==Demographics==

As of 2021, there were only 73 inhabitants under the age of 20. In 1875, Komorske Moravice was under Skrad obćina and formed its own porezna obćina for taxation purposes, encompassing Bunjevci (village), Dokmanovići, Dragovići, Jakšići, Mišljenovići, Nikšići, Vukelići, Carevići, Komlenići, Matići, Međedi, Petrovići, Radoševići, Radigojna, Tići, Tomić Draga, Topolovica, Vučinić Selo, Vučkovići Gornji, Vučkovići Donji, Vukšići and Žakulje. Their parish was the Eastern Orthodox parish of Komorske Moravice. Of these villages, Bunjevci, Dokmanovići, Dragovići, Jakšići, Mišljenovići, Nikšići and Vukelići were considered to constitute Komorske Moravice proper, with 106 houses and 638 people. In 1890, the općina of Komorske Moravice (court at Vučinići), with an area of , belonged to the kotar and electoral district of Vrbovsko (Vrbovsko court) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 350 houses In 1890, the Kolodvor portion of Moravice had 21 houses and 349 people. They attended the school in Kolodvor Komorske Moravice, which also had a post office and a telegraph in addition to the train station it was named after. Administered and taxed by Komorske Moravice. In 1910, the entire općina had no resident soldiers. Militarily, Komorske Moravice fell under the and 26th Landsturm Infantry Brigade, both at Karlovac. Further reading • • Page 32. ==Governance==

National At the 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election in Modruš-Rijeka County, Srpske Moravice voted mainly for the Democratic Party and to a lesser extent the People's Radical Party. Municipal In 2020, the option of dividing Vrbovsko into 4 municipalities () was being considered, one being Moravice. Local Presidents of local committee: • Nikola Paulić (2008) • Rade Mrvoš? (2009) • Dušan Milanović (2013) • Milan Vukelić (2017), SDSS • Milan Mamula (2021), SDP ==Attractions==

There is a restaurant in Moravice, Pink Panter. ==Infrastructure==

The water storage unit Borik in Donji Vučkovići, with water ultimately from Skrad, with a capacity of , is responsible for Moravice, Gornji Vučkovići, Gornji Vukšići, Donji Vukšići and Carevići. The water storage unit in Radoševići, with a capacity of , Moravice has a post office, the partial elementary school "Nikola Tesla", a railway trade school, an Udaljeni pretplatnički stupanj (UPS). ==Notable natives and residents==

• Danilo Jakšić - 18th century Serb Orthodox bishop • Slavko Kvaternik - one of the founders of the Ustaša movement, and a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War • Dido Kvaternik - a senior military official of the Ustaša movement, and a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War • Pero Kvrgić - actor • Đorđe Petrović - painter • Vasilije Matić - forestry expert • Đorđe Kangrga - musician • Snježana Pejčić - Olympic athlete ==Sports==

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Moravice. ==Attractions==

The school garden was started in the second half of the 20th century and remains unprotected. ==Gallery==

Свјетлопис србске прав. цр. Св. Ђорђа у Србским Моравицама2.jpg|Sv. Georgija church art. Свјетлопис спомен плоче владици Данилу Јакшиу на зиду срб. прав. цр. Св. Ђорђа у Србским Моравицама.jpg|Plaque dedicated to Bishop of Gornji Karlovac . ==Notes==