Lukovdol is a small village located in the Gorski Kotar region of Croatia, about one mile south of the Slovenian border. Lukovdol is part of Vrbovsko municipality. Local industries include cattle raising, lumber processing, and textile products.
Lukovdol is the birthplace of Ivan Goran KovaÃÂiÃÂ, one of Croatia's most notable poets of the 20th century, and the site of a memorial museum dedicated to him, opened in 1975.
It was recorded as Lukou dol on the 1673 map of .
Lukovdol was first mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of GriÃÂ from tariffs in Lukovdol and elsewhere.
From the Modruà ¡e urbarium of 1486 it is known that the villagers of Lukovdol each paid 84 solidi to Lord Bernardin Frankopan annually, in addition to 3 soldini at Christmastide (a lower rate due to their poverty). Each farm encompassed an average of 9.6 morgens of land, of which 4 were always pasture. The glebe was only 6 morgens, of which 4 pasture. By that time, only 13 farms remained, as 7 had been left uninhabited (Bartolovo, GrdÃÂe, IvanÃÂe, JureÃÂe, PiÃÂeÃÂe, PrstaÃÂje, and the farms of Dujam KulÃÂiàand Grgur LagotiÃÂ). The survivors included 4 Ostroniàfarms (Bartol, Grge, Vid, Vrban), 2 Bartoliàfarms (Mavar, Mike), and the farms of Stipan Grià ¡njakoviÃÂ, Jake GrkliÃÂ, Mavar JarnedakoviÃÂ, Petar MihaliÃÂ, Mavar PeretiÃÂ, Janà ¾e Poà ¾reliÃÂ, and Broz StrgariÃÂ.
According to a manuscript by priest BeliÃÂ, the parish of Lukovdol was founded in 1604.
In 1769, the Lukovdol parish had a population of 2267.
The volunteer fire department DVD Lukovdol was founded on 28 October 1894, and is today part of the VZ grada Vrbovsko. Its current commander is Dorijan MiheliÃÂ.
Many Slovene residents of KoÃÂevsko, and even Serbs of Marindol, used to go to Lukovdol for confession.
At 13:00 on 14 June 1942, a group of 60 Partisans arrived in Lukovdol, where they set up guards and held a rally until 19:00, when they retreated to the Lujzijana above Lukovdol, stopping all traffic toward Lukovdol.
On 4âÂÂ5 June, Partisans held another rally in Lukovdol.
The Lukovdol-Plemenitaà ¡ road was asphalted in 1981.
In 2010, a 19 year old from Lukovdol stole of copper wire from the transformer station in Hambarià ¡te.
On 30 August 2012, a leak in Vrbovsko forced a water shutoff that affected Lukovdol, among others.
Lukovdol was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm.
On 10 August 2022, a fire burned much of a house in Lukovdol.
In 2023, the road to houses 72 and 78 and the road to Koà ¡ac from house 34a were asphalted.
As of 2021, there were only 11 inhabitants under the age of 20.
In 1870, Lukovdol's porezna opÃÂina included ErtiÃÂ, Gorenci, PodvuÃÂnik, Breg and Grià ¡niki. Lukovdol itself had 54 houses and 349 people. Breg had 3 houses and 24 people.
In 1890, Lukovdol itself had 74 houses and 429 people. Brieg had 4 houses and 20 people. Cetin had 1 house and 8 people. The villagers of all of these were under Lukovdol parish, school and tax districts, but were administered by Severin. The tax district of Lukovdol also administered ErtiÃÂ, Gorenci and Grià ¡niki (Gorenci).
At the time of the Modruà ¡ Urbarium, Lukovdol was home to Mavar BartoliÃÂ, Mike BartoliÃÂ, Stipa Grià ¡njakoviÃÂ, Jake GrkliÃÂ, Mavar JarnedakoviÃÂ, Petar MihaliÃÂ, Vrban Ostroniàand his brother, Grga OstroniÃÂ, Vid OstroniÃÂ, Bartol OstroniÃÂ, Mavar PeretiÃÂ, Janà ¾e Poà ¾reliÃÂ, and Broz StrgariÃÂ. The surnames were BartoliÃÂ, Grià ¡njakoviÃÂ, GrkliÃÂ, JarnedakoviÃÂ, MihaliÃÂ, OstroniÃÂ, PeretiÃÂ, Poà ¾reliÃÂ, and StrgariÃÂ.
In recent times, Lukovdol parish records include surnames BabiÃÂ, BariÃÂ, BarkoviÃÂ, Beljan, Bricelj, CvetiÃÂ, Dean, Dodig, Flajnik, Florijan, Grià ¡nik, GrguriÃÂ, HudoroviÃÂ, Jakovac, Jerant, Kapà ¡, KovaÃÂiÃÂ, KrizmaniÃÂ, Lesac, MadroniÃÂ, Marà ¡al, Martinac, Medved, MikiÃÂ, MufiÃÂ, OsojniÃÂki, PaÃÂan, Palijan, Panijan, RaliÃÂ, RibiÃÂ, Roà ¾man, SeÃÂen, à  epÃÂiÃÂ, à  ihman, à  neler, à  pehar, à  tefanac, à  trk, à  utej, Troha, Vlaà ¡iÃÂ, VuÃÂiÃÂ, Vrbanac, à ½agar, à ½upan, à ½uteg.
Some surnames are still patronymic, such as GrguriÃÂ. Many are formed from nicknames (Lesac, Troha), others from social positions (à ½upan), and others from trades (à  pehar, à ½agar). OsojniÃÂki is toponymic, from Osojnik. Some are of foreign origin. à  neler (<Schneller) was first mentioned in Gorski Kotar in 1738, Marà ¡al (French) in 1861, and à  ihman in the 19th century.
Of those surnames, only Grià ¡njakoviàhas survived (in the form Grià ¡nik). With or without taking the GaltonâÂÂWatson process into account, that points to the severity of the depopulation during the Turkish Wars. Barac-Grum noted the frequency of patronymic surnames in the Pre-Turkish period, contrasting with the modern surnames.
Ecclesiastically, the Lukovdol parish is under the Delnice diaconate, in turn under the Rijeka Archdiocese.
In the 1930s, the parish numbered up to 4000 souls.
Parish priests:
On the day of the 1867 Croatian parliamentary election in Lukovdol opÃÂina, 8 December, SP partisan Marko Domitroviàof Zdihovo arrived claiming to have been sent by Ban Levin Rauch and Grand à ½upan Mirko BogoviÃÂ. First, before the elections, he went around urging voters to vote for the government's candidate, issuing threats to state workers that they would lose their jobs if they did not vote for the NUS. Then, once the elections had begun, he blocked the entrance to the poll in the parish priest's house with the justification that elections were to be held in the open, despite the locally snowy conditions. The president of the deputation, Radoslav Lopaà ¡iÃÂ, together with secretary KovaÃÂiÃÂ, pointed out to Domitroviàthat he did not himself have the right to vote in Lukovdol as a non-resident, at which Domitroviàangrily retorted that "in three days" he would "take him away to Zagreb in chains". Lopaà ¡iàasked him to show a legal document granting him such rights, and when he failed to produce one, he pointed out to Domitroviàthat as a judge he could have him arrested, but did not because it was a Sunday and the bell rang for mass. Many listened to Domitroviàanyway and some left for Plemenitaà ¡, where J. Medved was ultimately chosen. The next day, judge Lopaà ¡iàescorted Domitroviàon his way to Zagreb, but only after getting Domitroviàto sign an admission that he had been sent by Rauch and BogoviÃÂ.
As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it is the seat of a encompassing Gorenci, RtiÃÂ, Dolenci, Draga Lukovdolska, Lesci, NadvuÃÂnik, VuÃÂnik and PodvuÃÂnik. Lukovdol has a statistical village area of 5.91 km<sup>2</sup>
Presidents of local committee:
Municipal notaries:
Notable people that were born or lived in Lukovdol include:
The Goranovo proljeÃÂe poetry competition has been held annually since 1964 on the birthday of Ivan Goran KovaÃÂiÃÂ, the 21st of March (later also World Poetry Day, sometimes the March equinox),
A memorial park with the name Gorandol, in area, was created in 1983 by S. JurkoviÃÂ and B. Radimir above the cemetery. It hosts the annual national poetry competition Goranovo proljeÃÂe.
Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Lukovdol.
The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, sometimes goes through Lukovdol, such as in the first leg for 2024.
Lukovdol has a post office, an Udaljeni pretplatniÃÂki stupanj (UPS).
The water storage unit in NadvuÃÂnik, with a capacity of at an elevation of , is also responsible for Lukovdol, PodvuÃÂnik, VuÃÂnik, Gorenci and part of Draga Lukovdolska.