History of Dobrovnik

A parish school was established before 1669, when a visitation report stated that there was a teacher but no pupils in the village. In 1747 the entire village was badly damaged in a fire. Another parish school was reestablished in 1838; instruction took place in the rectory and in private houses until a school building was built in 1856. After the abolition of serfdom in 1848, the large states were broken up and the population grew significantly. A fire station was established in Dobrovnik in 1910.

Unmarked graves

Dobrovnik is the site of five known unmarked graves from the end of the Second World War, each containing the remains of a German soldier killed in April 1945 during the German withdrawal and Red Army advance. The Štihthaber Grave lies in the woods 1.8 km northeast of the church. The Pap-Hegy Crossroads Grave, also known as the Popov Breg Grave, is located in an abandoned gravel pit about 750 m north of the church. The Pap-Hegy Göntér Cellar Grave lies on the edge of a vineyard about 1.1. km north-northeast of the church. The Szent Janos Grave is located about 1 km north-northwest of the church, below a large oak tree near a field above Bukovnica Creek. The Bank Grave lies in the middle of the settlement, under asphalt paving between a meadow and the former bank