Skrad is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.
Skrad was first mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of GriÃÂ from tariffs in Skrad and elsewhere, unless the other Skrad was intended.
In 1860âÂÂ1879, Matija Maà ¾uraniàwrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), today with signature HR-ZaNSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Miklouà ¡iàis kept as HR-ZaNSK R 4572.
After the Lujzijana was built, the Druà ¾tvo lujzinske ceste constructed an inn in Skrad together with stables and an aqueduct. In 1874, the society would sell all its assets along the road, including those in Skrad.
The volunteer fire department DVD Skrad was founded on 1 March 1932, and is today part of the Poà ¾arno podruÃÂje Gorski kotar IV. Its current commander is Davor à  timac.
The local chapter of the HPS is HPD "Skradski Vrh", which had 21 members in 1936 under the Josip LonÃÂariàpresidency. No data was shared for 1937. Membership fell to 13 in 1938 under the Vinko Janeà ¡ presidency. Membership remained at 13 in 1939 under the Josip à ½agar presidency.
Since the inclusion of Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics, the sport grew in popularity. In 1934, a ski jump was opened below Skradski Vrh for jumps up to . The project was headed by J. LonÃÂariÃÂ, the ski jump designed by a Norwegian engineer and built by the local "Skradski Vrh" Cooperation on two parcels of land. It was the first ski jump on the territory of the ZZSP. Though in 1935, Delnice would build its own. The ski jump was opened in 1939.
In October 1941, the Minister of Sport and Mountaineering of the NDH, Mià ¡ko ZebiÃÂ, named Josip à ½agar as the state povjerenik of the HPD "Skradski Vrh", and designated as the chapter's advisory board: Juraj JugoviÃÂ, Stjepan Rauh, Vinko Janeà ¡, Andrija RaÃÂki, Josip Grguriàand Milan à  timac. The HPD "Skradski Vrh" was officially renamed Hrvatsko planinarsko druà ¡tvo u Skradu in March 1942, but Gospiàdid not reply to the order.
The Domobrani had a hospital here during the war. On 29 July 1942, Partisans attacked the hospital, but the attack was repelled by the Domobrani.
At 19:00 on 11 September, a group of around 1000 Partisans attacked a guard stationed at the power plant consisting of 20 Domobrans of the 25th company of the 3rd Regiment of the , capturing the plant and blowing it up with explosives, leaving Brod Moravice, Delnice and Skrad without electricity.
From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated, freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million HRK to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses. The à  umarija Skrad lost 2% of its wood mass. Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.
On 12 December 2017, a severe wind hit Skrad, blocking traffic to and from it along the Kupjak-Stubica road.
From 1960 to 1993, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was , on 28 July 1983. The coldest temperature was , on 8 January 1985.
In 1870, Skrad opÃÂina, in Delnice podà ¾upanija, had 906 houses, with a population of 6107 (largest in the podà ¾upanija). Its 60 villages were divided into 5 porezne obÃÂine (Divjake, Bukov Vrh, Brod Moravice, Zavrà ¡je, Komorske Moravice) for taxation purposes. Parishes included Divjake, Brod Moravice, Zavrà ¡je and the Eastern Orthodox parish of Komorske Moravice.
In 1895, the obÃÂina of Skrad (court at Skrad), 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 337 houses, with a population of 2048. Its 25 villages and 1 hamlet were divided for taxation purposes into 2 porezne obÃÂine, under the Delnice office.
In the 2011 census, there were 1,062 inhabitants, in the following settlements:
In the same census, 97% were Croats.
At the 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election in Modruà ¡-Rijeka County, Skrad voted mainly for the Croatian People's Peasant Party and to a lesser extent the Communist Party.
On 1 July 1893, Skrad obÃÂina was divided into Skrad with tax districts Bukov Vrh and Divjake, and Brod-Moravice with tax districts Brod-Moravice and Zavrà ¡je.
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 Perivoj mladih garden was planted in 1920.
Vraà ¾ji prolaz/Zeleni vir has been protected since 1962.
The path along Vraà ¾ji prolaz/Zeleni vir was built in the 1930s and 1960s.
Skrad is home to the bowling club Skrad, which meets at the Kuglana Zeleni Vir. The best bowlers of Skrad have competed in the 2nd League, and the local individual record at the bowling alley is 637, set in 2008 by Bore JuriÃÂeviÃÂ.
Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Skrad, where the second stage ends.
The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, sometimes goes through Skrad, such as in the third leg for 2023.