Ogulin's history dates back to the fifteenth century, when it struggled against the
Ottoman Turks. The exact timing of the building of the Ogulin tower has not been established. However, a document issued by Bernardin Frankopan in his town of
Modruš at around 1500 AD marked off the boundaries of new castle between Modruš and Vitunj, and this is, at the same time, the first historical mention of Ogulin. Ogulin is known for the legend of Đula (also Zuleika or Zula) who threw herself into the abyss of the River Dobra because of an unhappy love affair. •
Gašpar I Frankopan (1580) 1609–1611) • Martin Gall von Gallenstein (1611) • Thadialonich In August 1876, The nearest savings banks were in
Karlovac (opened August 1872), and the
Zagreb Commercial Bank, founded March 1873).
Credit unions existed in Karlovac and
Jastrebarsko (opened 1875).
Civil Hungary In the late 19th century, a
Matica hrvatska branch opened in Ogulin, with 55 members in 1891. Until 1918, Ogulin was part of the
Austrian monarchy (
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia,
Modruš-Rijeka County, after the
compromise of 1867), in the
Croatian Military Frontier. It was administered by the
Oguliner Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°III before 1881.
WWII During
WWII, 2743 people were killed in the kotar of Ogulin, of which 1592 by Croats, 671 by Italians, 438 by Germans and 41 by Serbs. It was in Ogulin that
Ante Pavelić gave his first speech on 13 April 1941 as he travelled to
Zagreb. He was greeted by priest Ivan Mikan, who served in Ogulin from 1937 until his death in 1943, and wore a cylindrical hat for the occasion, believing the arrival of Pavelić would be solemn only to feel silly when it wasn't. Two or three hymns were sung and then Pavelić gave his speech, full of threats against the Serbs and praise for the Italians who brought him there (no Germans were in attendance). The
HPD "Klek" was renamed
Hrvatsko planinarsko društvo u Ogulinu in March 1942.
1942 At 17:00 on 10 June, 3 Ogulin residents, Joso Jurašić, Ivan Oskoruš and Ivica Miškulin, were cutting wood on the
Čokolka hill near Ogulin when they encountered 4 Partisans in civilian uniform but
Partisan caps, who commanded them to raise their hands in the air, asking them if they were
Ustaše. When they replied that they weren't, they told Jurašić to come with them because he had been an Ustaša earlier, letting the other two go. On the 13th, Partisans confiscated 18 head of large and 22 of small livestock from a meadow in the immediate vicinity of Ogulin. During the
Battle of Tržić on 19–23 June 1942, the
Domobran commander Ivan Stipac was wounded in the leg and captured by Partisans of the , who took him to
Tobolić. At 10:00 on 24 June, a group of 150 Italian soldiers armed with rifles and machine guns entered the forest on
Kobiljak hill to cut firewood, but were attacked by Partisans. A battle ensued, in which 4 Italians and 5 of their donkeys were killed, 6 were wounded, 20 captured and 20 captured but released completely naked. One Partisan was killed and one captured and taken to Ogulin for questioning. When the German and Italian
Zones of Influence were revised on 24 June 1942, Ogulin fell in , administered civilly by Croatia but militarily by Italy. On 2–3 July, the Italian garrison in Ogulin repelled a Partisan attack on Ogulin itself, following which the Partisans retreated to
Klek. On 14 September, Italian troops began taking away to Italy certain individuals in Ogulin with family members in the rebellion. At 3:00 on the 17th, a group of about 250 Partisans attacked the village of
Boršt, repelled by the
Domobrani stationed in the village without losses. ==Geography==