Brod na Kupi () is a village located 12 km north of Delnice, in the western part of Gorski Kotar in Croatia. A bridge connects it with Petrina in Slovenia. Its population is 207 (2011 census).
Brod na Kupi was first mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of GriÃÂ from tariffs in Brod and elsewhere.
On 4 June 1657, as part of a delimitation between the possessions of the Zrinski family in Brod and those of the Frankapan family in Severin, a document was drawn up before a committee in MoraviÃÂke Drage consisting of baron Planker oberhautmann of Karlovac on behalf of Juraj IV Frankapan and Juraj Sili kapetan dvoranski and vicekapetan of à ½umberak and Boltizar Babonosiàprefect of Ozalj on behalf of Petar Zrinski. Those who gave testimony about the boundary were Martin Goljak (80), Matija à  nepergar (80), Mihajlo à  epec (80), Petar Butina (85), Petar Abramovià(85), Lovro Crnkovià(85), Juraj à  nepergar (88), Juraj Podnar (90), Matija Goljak (90), Jakov Gorà ¡et (90), Jakov Butina (90) and Martin Blaà ¾eviàwho claimed to be a centenarian and helped build the Turanj tower in Gornje Moravice when ordered by brothers Juraj and Nikola Zrinski.
It was recorded as Brod on the 1673 map of .
The volunteer fire department DVD Brod na Kupi was founded on 2 April 1882, and is today part of the Poà ¾arno podruÃÂje Gorski Kotar I. Its current commander is Milan à  okÃÂeviÃÂ.
In 1899, the notary of Brod, M. PaveliÃÂ, set out to excavate an easier path down to the source of the Kupa.
In early August 1933, the local chapter of the HPS, PD "Hajdova hià ¡a", was founded, with Matija à  timac as its temporary president. Already in November, its membership reached 28, and Antun Grguriàwas elected president. Its founding members included the opÃÂinski naÃÂelnik, Mato Ofak, as well as Ivan GrÃÂeviÃÂ, Josip à  neler, à  tirl Karlo, Martin Oà ¾aniàand others. They initially met in the OpÃÂinski Dom, and their first major project that year was to mark and clear the path to the source of the Kupa, since it was visited by many foreign tourists every year. The clearing was done by the state forestry service. Soon, however, "Hajdova hià ¡a" had difficulty operating at all, and it was liquidated on 12 November 1936.
A 22 December 1939 decision as part of agrarian reforms by Ban à  ubaà ¡iàto confiscate the local forest property of the Thurn and Taxis family, Kálmán Ghyczy and Nikola Petroviàresulted in a legal dispute known as the Thurn and Taxis Affair, in part because of the relative status of the family and in part because of the proximity to the Italian border.
The Italians withdrew from Brod na Kupi on 20 January 1942. The Italians did not leave those towns along the railway, which they fortified with barbed wire
At 21:30 on 30 April 1942, a group of Partisans from the 2nd battalion of the and part of the 3rd battalion of the attacked the outpost of the Croatian Armed Forces in Brod with multiple machine guns, simultaneously attacking the Financial Guard. There were around 120 Partisans with 5 machine guns against 10 Croatian soldiers. After a short battle, the soldiers were disarmed, and a Croatian soldier Luka Klanac was captured by the Partisans and taken to their camp. 4 financial guardsmen fled, later appearing in Delnice, while 6 were captured. On 1 May, about 300 rebels from the Croatian side moving along the road through Kuà ¾elj joined about 600 Partisans from the Slovene side and completed the capture of Brod, confiscating the soldiers' uniforms and imprisoning them in their barracks, eventually taking with them soldiers Mate Mese, Josip StipetiÃÂ, Domobran Mato Momitroviàand Jure TonkoviÃÂ. They let Josip IvanÃÂiàand Marko MagliÃÂiàgo on 9 May. The fate of the Croatian garrison in Turke, which had been withdrawn to that village from Hrvatsko, remained unknown, save for Franjo Draà ¡koviÃÂ. The Delnice-Brod connection was cut the same day by these Partisans, at 15:30. The Italian garrison of around 150 in Brod had retreated on 29 April to KoÃÂevje and were poorly defended, but on 10 May, the Italian army entered Brod from all sides and the Partisans fled. The commander Josip Seleà ¡, who had remained imprisoned, was thus freed along with Ivan Barkoviàand Josip SoldatiÃÂ.
On 9 June, Partisans attacked Italian soldiers on the territory of Brod. The battle lasted 5 hours.
At the behest of Duà ¡an Raà ¡koviÃÂ, Ivan Butorac deacon of the Brod deaconate and parish priest of Mrkopalj and others gathered in Delnice signed a document recognising the JNOF on 21 February 1945, selecting a delegation to represent the priesthood before their authority. Butorac was chosen as the religious delegate of Gorski Kotar to the JNOF.
On 19 September 2010, heavy rain led to severe flooding in Brod.
On 16 September 2022, torrential rains caused locally extreme flooding in Brod.
In 1870, Brod opÃÂina, in Delnice podà ¾upanija, had 625 houses, with a population of 4334. Its 53 villages were divided into 5 porezne obÃÂine for taxation purposes. Parishes included Brod, Kuà ¾elj, Turke and Podstene, and the curate of Razloge.
In 1895, the obÃÂina of Brod na Kupi (court at Brod na Kupi), with an area of , belonged to the kotar of Delnice (Delnice court and electoral district) in the à ¾upanija of Modruà ¡-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 718 houses, with a population of 3788 (the highest in Delnice kotar). Its 53 villages and 7 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 5 porezne obÃÂine, under the Delnice office.
At the 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election in Modruà ¡-Rijeka County, Brod na Kupi voted mainly for the Croatian People's Peasant Party.
Representatives of the Brod kotar at the Sabor:
In 1875, the kotar court of Delnice encompassed a population of 28,347, being responsible for the opÃÂine: Delnice, Lokve, Fuà ¾ine, Mrkopalj, Ravna Gora, Brod, Skrad, Vrbovsko.
The society Plodovi gorja Gorskog kotara organises "Apple days" () in Brod.
Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Brod, where the third stage ends and the fourth begins.
The school garden was started in the second half of the 20th century and remains unprotected.
Notable people that were born or lived in Brod na Kupi include: