Fužine, Croatia

There are three large man-made lakes (Bajer and Lepenica) and one small lake (Potkoš) in Fužine.

All the lakes are used for generating electricity. There is also a cave in Fužine named Vrelo.

The area is surrounded by the mountains of Tuhobić, Viševica, and Bitoraj.

Between 1955 and 1972, the highest temperature recorded at the Brana weather station was 33.6 °C (92.5 °F), on 6 July 1957.^[3] The coldest temperature was −29.4 °C (−20.9 °F), on 14 January 1968.^[4]

Fužine was built in the 17th century when the House of Zrinski opened an iron mine in this area of Gorski Kotar.

Fužine got its name from blacksmiths, because there were many blacksmiths in Fužine fixing carriages.

Significant events include the 1727 construction of the Karolina road connecting Bakar with Karlovac.

In 1780, Maurice Benyovszky received permission from the emperor to found a society to support the transport of goods along the Karolina road. Such societies already existed in Vrbovsko, Fužine and Karlovac.^[5]: 125

In 1873, the Zagreb-Rijeka railroad came.

The volunteer fire department DVD Fužine was founded in 1876, and is today part of the VZ općine Fužine.^[6] The current commander of the VZ and DVD is Filip Milković.^[7]

In 1870, Fužine općina, in Delnice podžupanija, had 618 houses, with a population of 3837. Its 9 villages were divided into 3 porezne obćine for taxation purposes. Parishes included Fužine and Lič.^[15]: 9

In 1895, the obćina of Fužine (court at Fužine), with an area of 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi), belonged to the kotar of Delnice (Delnice court and electoral district) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 437 houses, with a population of 2662. Its 5 villages and were divided for taxation purposes into 2 porezne obćine, under the Delnice office.^{[16]: iv, v}

The total population of Fužine municipality is 1394, in the following settlements:^[17]

• Belo Selo, population 66
• Benkovac Fužinski, population 40
• Fužine, population 597
• Lič, population 446
• Slavica, population 35
• Vrata, population 210

Beginning in 2013,^[19] the 7 stage 260 kilometres (160 mi) long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar (Croatian: Goranska biciklistička transverzala) passes through Fužine, where the sixth stage ends and the seventh begins.^[20]

The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012,^[21] sometimes goes through Fužine, such as in the first leg for 2022 and the third leg for 2024, both of which started and ended in Fužine.^[22][23]

In 1913, there were three gendarmeries in Delnice kotar: one in Delnice itself, one in Brod Moravice and one in Fužine.^[24]

• Krešo Golik, movie maker
• Franjo Rački, historian
• Viktor Bubanj, general and National Hero of Yugoslavia
• Dario Knežević, football player
• Vojislav Mišković, astronomer
• Ivanka Trohar [hr], Yugoslav Partisan

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• Geriol Nemet, Antonija (2010). Fužine – antički Lič: Prilog proučavanju i vrednovanju kulturne i prirodne baštine. Delnice: Ogranak Matice hrvatske u Delnicama.
• Kauzlarić Andrić, Neda, ed. (1985). Fužine, Lič, Vrata Belo Selo, Slavica, Benkovac: U povodu 200. godišnjice Škole Fužine (1785. – 1985.). ISBN 86-7071-039-0.
• Hirc, Dragutin (1898) [written 1898-02-08]. "Fužina". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Zagreb: 🖶 Lavoslav Hartman (Kugli i Deutsch). pp. 1–10. Republished as Hirc, Dragutin (1993) [written 1898-02-08]. "Fužina". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Rijeka: 🖶 Tiskara Rijeka. pp. 1–10. ISBN 953-158-004-9.