BrezovicaFrom Horvati and Kupinečki Kraljevec to Odranski Obrež and the Vukomeričke gorice hills

Brezovica at a glance

• Residents (2021 Census)⁴⁰12,046
• Households renting⁴¹1.4%
• Area⁴⁴127.3 km²
• Neighbourhoods in our guide1
• Local committees⁴⁵12

Rents are asking prices from active listings on NajamStanova; residents and renting come from the 2021 Census. Households renting are those paying a market rent.

Where Brezovica is

Brezovica takes in the southernmost, mostly rural part of the City of Zagreb.^14,9 To the north it borders Novi Zagreb – zapad (New Zagreb – West), and on every other side Zagreb County; its neighbours include the municipality of Pisarovina and the Velika Gorica area.^12,14,15,16 The northern boundary runs along the south side of the Sava–Odra relief canal and the Zagreb–Ljubljana motorway, that is the Zagreb bypass, and then along the Zagreb–Karlovac railway. At Demerje it leaves the railway and follows cadastral lines, a channel and Gornjodemerska ulica.^1,2,9

The outer boundary, which is also the City boundary, starts at the junction of Slemenska and Karlovačka cesta and runs south down the middle of Karlovačka cesta. It crosses the Zagreb–Rijeka railway, follows the Brebernica stream and Štrpet street, then turns north-east, runs along Latišče street, crosses Turopoljska cesta and follows the Lukavec stream to the relief canal.^1,2 The whole settlements of Brebernica, Demerje, Desprim, Donji and Gornji Dragonožec, Donji and Gornji Trpuci, Drežnik Brezovički, Goli Breg, Grančari, Havidić Selo, Horvati, Hudi Bitek, Kupinečki Kraljevec, Lipnica, Starjak, Strmec and Zadvorsko lie in the district. It also takes in most of the settlements of Brezovica and Odranski Obrež and part of Odra; the rest of those three lies in Novi Zagreb – zapad.^1,2

Neighbourhoods in Brezovica

• BrezovicaThe village centre on Brezovička cesta, with the Drašković family's 18th-century baroque castle, its park and fishpond, a 1756 parish church and a Carmelite convent.Brezovica neighbourhood guide

District council and local committees

Brezovica is one of the 17 city districts set up by the City Statute of 14 December 1999.^8,9 The City Assembly fixed the districts' boundaries and seats in a decision of 26 February 2009, amended in 2017 and 2020.^1,2 The local committees (mjesni odbori) were founded in February 2009.⁷ The district's seat is in Brezovica, at Brezovička cesta 100, and its council has 11 members and was constituted on 26 June 2025.^1,3,6,5

After the Second World War the area of today's district was split between the Zagreb and Velika Gorica districts (kotari); Trpuci, Dragonožec, Lipnica, Havidići, Odranski Obrež and Strmec belonged to Velika Gorica. In 1952 it was divided into the municipalities of Brezovica, Stupnik and Dubranec, and three years later the whole area joined the municipality of Remetinec. From 1974 the Brezovica villages belonged to the municipality of Novi Zagreb, which worked until 31 December 1990.⁷ In 1997 the municipality of Stupnik left the City for Zagreb County, and the settlement of Horvati, which had been part of it, became part of the City of Zagreb again.⁸

12 local committees (mjesni odbori) in Brezovica: Brezovica, Demerje, Dragonožec, Havidići, Horvati, Kupinečki Kraljevec - centar, Kupinečki Kraljevec I., Kupinečki Kraljevec II., Lipnica, Odranski Obrež, Odranski Strmec, Trpuci.⁴⁵

People in Brezovica

At the 2021 Census, 12,046 people lived in Brezovica in 3,424 households. 48 households, or 1.4%, paid a market rent (Zagreb: 7.7%). The average household had 3.5 members.^40,41

The district covers 127.3 km², about 95 people per square kilometre (Zagreb average: 1,196).⁴⁴

Its parts: what is where in Brezovica

The north of the district is flat, part of the western Zagreb plain, and the south lies on the gently hilly Vukomeričke gorice, with woods, meadows and pastures.^14,9 The City lists the district's woods as Stupnički lug, Kraljevačka šuma, Obreški lug and Demerčica; Obreški lug is in the eastern, Turopolje part.^12,14 Urban land uses such as housing, business and sport take up one of the smallest shares in Zagreb here, and forest, farmland and undeveloped land one of the largest.^13,14

The settlements are scattered, made up of family houses with farm buildings. Larger fields stand out between them: Brezovičko polje and the fields of Kupinečki Kraljevec and Odranski Obrež.^14,9 In the City's 2020 analysis the average dwelling in Brezovica, 89.2 m², is the second largest in Zagreb, after Podsljeme, which the City puts down to family-house building.^13,14 Medieval documents mention Demerje, Hudi Bitek, Obrež, Štrpet, Lipnica, Grančari and Kraljevec.⁷ The City counts the larger villages and parish centres that keep local vernacular building among the landscape's assets.¹⁴

Between the 2001 and 2011 censuses the population grew notably in the Brezovica and Kupinečki Kraljevec – centar local committees and fell in Havidići, Lipnica and Kupinečki Kraljevec II.¹² New building is planned for the central part of the district. The City's 2020 analysis names Drežnik as the largest newly planned settlement, covered by the USA škola urban plan, and the Desprim and Zadvorsko plans, adopted in December 2025 and January 2026, provide for low-density housing with a nursery, a public park and sports grounds.^13,38,39

According to the City's 2020 catalogue, the district's villages had six primary schools, three City nursery buildings and five health-centre buildings.^12,13 In July 2026 the City said that in recent years the Kupinečki Kraljevec primary school had been rebuilt and extended and the Odranski Obrež nursery built.³⁵

Horvati

A village about 20 km south-west of Zagreb, on the Zagreb–Karlovac–Rijeka railway and the Rakov Potok – Kupinečki Kraljevec road. Hrvatska enciklopedija lists farming, wine-growing and livestock, metal goods and construction here.¹⁷ According to the City, people in Horvati use the train as well as the bus; the station is 18 km from Glavni kolodvor (the main station).^12,24 It is a different place from Horvati in Trešnjevka – jug.¹⁷

Kupinečki Kraljevec

Kraljevec is mentioned in medieval documents, and the City counts the fields of Kupinečki Kraljevec among the district's larger farming areas.^7,14 Three local committees carry the village's name: Kupinečki Kraljevec – centar, Kupinečki Kraljevec I. and Kupinečki Kraljevec II.¹² The family doctor's surgery is at Kraljevečki brijegi 69, and bus 161 runs from Savski most through Kupinečki Kraljevec to Štrpet.^28,20

Odranski Obrež and Strmec

Obrež is mentioned in the Middle Ages, and the Obreški lug wood lies in the eastern, Turopolje part of the district.^7,14 The district takes in most of the settlement of Odranski Obrež and the whole of Strmec.^1,2 The surgery is at Obreška cesta 117, and bus 159 runs to Strmec Odranski.^28,30,20

Dragonožec

After the war Donji and Gornji Dragonožec belonged to the Velika Gorica district, and from 1952 to the municipality of Dubranec.⁷ The branch school in Donji Dragonožec has two buildings from 1914, listed in the Register of Cultural Property.^36,37 The surgery is at Šipkovina 1, and bus 166 runs from Glavni kolodvor to Donji Dragonožec.^28,30,22

Demerje

Demerje is mentioned in medieval documents, and in 1952 it went to the municipality of Stupnik.⁷ At Demerje the district boundary leaves the railway for cadastral lines, a channel and Gornjodemerska ulica.^1,2 The City's 2020 analysis mentions a planned urban plan for sport and recreation here.¹³

Lipnica, Havidić Selo and Trpuci

Lipnica is mentioned in medieval documents.⁷ Bus 160 runs from Savski most to Lipnica and Havidić Selo, and bus 163 to Donji and Gornji Trpuci.^20,19 The 2026 Roller Coaster cycling marathon, which started and finished on Brezovička cesta, ran along Havidička cesta.¹⁸

Where the name Brezovica comes from

The district shares its name with the settlement of Brezovica, where its seat is.^1,2 The City describes Brezovica as the area's central settlement for transport and its best known, though not its largest.⁷

Roads, rail and lines in Brezovica

Public transport in the district is mostly buses, with trains as well in Horvati.¹² From Savski most run buses 132 Goli Breg – Brezovica, 159 Strmec Odranski, 160 Lipnica – Havidić Selo, 161 Kupinečki Kraljevec – Štrpet, 162 Ašpergeri, 163 Donji Trpuci – Gornji Trpuci and 164 Horvati.^20,19,21 Bus 166 runs from Glavni kolodvor to Donji Dragonožec; ZET lists it and the 164 as inter-county lines.^22,19

Horvati station is on the Zagreb–Karlovac railway, 18 km from Glavni kolodvor; Remetinec and Hrvatski Leskovac come before it on the line.^24,23 On 17 April 2026 HŽ Infrastruktura signed a contract to rebuild the existing track and add a second one on the 44 km section from Hrvatski Leskovac to Karlovac, which includes Horvati. It is due for completion in 2029 and aims at more capacity, speeds up to 160 km/h and better suburban service between Zagreb and Karlovac.^25,26,24

Part of the western boundary runs down the middle of Karlovačka cesta, in the east the boundary crosses Turopoljska cesta, and the Zagreb bypass forms part of the northern edge.^1,2,9 Brezovička cesta continues as Prigradska and Obreška ulica, then as Dragonožečka, Donjodragonožečka and Gornjodragonožečka ulica and Havidička cesta.¹⁸ Horvati lies on the Rakov Potok – Kupinečki Kraljevec road.¹⁷ According to the City's 2020 analysis, the spatial plan reserves a corridor for a new bypass road from Horvati to Donji Dragonožec.¹³

Office, health, police and libraries in Brezovica

Being built in Brezovica

• A new sports hall is going up for the Stjepan Benceković primary school in Horvati; work began on 22 April 2025.³⁴ According to the City in July 2026, construction is in its final phase: a small gymnastics hall and a large two-part hall with 180 seats, while the old hall becomes two classrooms so the school can teach in a single shift. The investment is over €8.4 million including VAT.³⁵
• On 17 April 2026 the City opened procurement for renovating and extending the Donji Dragonožec branch school, part of the Brezovica primary school. It is designed for about 325 pupils in 12 classes in a single shift; the works are estimated at €17.75 million including VAT, with 15 months to build. Work was announced to start in autumn 2026.^36,37
• On the same site the City plans a new health centre to replace the old building, which a post-earthquake assessment found was not worth renovating. According to the announcement of May 2026, the building of almost 400 m² will cost about €1.3 million including VAT and take ten months from the start of work, planned for autumn.^37,36
• The City Assembly adopted the Desprim urban plan, covering about 15.1 ha, on 16 December 2025, and the Zadvorsko plan, covering about 11.4 ha, on 29 January 2026. Both provide for low-density housing with a nursery, a public park and sports and recreation grounds; the Desprim plan is built around a park along the Moćirat stream.^38,39

Did you know?

• 1Sesvete and Brezovica, the two largest districts by area, together cover more than 45% of the City of Zagreb.^10,13
• 2Brezovica has the lowest population density of any district in Zagreb.^10,13
• 3The Havidići local committee had only 63 residents in 2021, the fewest of all 218 local committees in Zagreb.¹⁰

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