Dobrinj is a village and municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in northwestern Croatia, on the island of Krk.

The Dobrinj municipality also covers much of the eastern coast of the island of Krk, facing Crikvenica and Vinodol on the mainland, with which it has always been closely connected.

Other significantly smaller bays are Stipanja (which is the largest municipal settlement of Šilo), Petrina, Veterna, Murvenica, Jazbina, Lončarica, and Slivanjska.

Due to the faster erosion of dolomite, over millions of years, a layer of loose soil has been created that enabled the development of lush vegetation.

Dobrinj, along with Baška, Vrbnik and Omisalj, is one of the oldest kaštelas (early medieval city centers), which were founded sometime in the 7th century, i.e. at the time of the Croats' migration to the present homeland.

[9][10][11] However, unlike other castles, Dobrinj was not located directly by the sea and never had ramparts, which may be the reason that it was repeatedly killed throughout history (in the 16th and early 17th centuries) pillaged by pirates and Uskok.

[15] This grant is an important witness to the cultural, communal, and educational development of the contemporary population of Dobrinj and the island of Krk.

[16] In the second half of the 15th century, Ivan VII Frankopan, Prince of Krk, settled to the western parts of the island Vlachs and Morlachs (originally Romanians who later split into Istro-Romanians) to have more manpower.

[18] The HAZU archive preserves the Baptist Registers of Baptism that were written in 1559 and which are the oldest registry books in Croatia.

The most important industry during the Middle Ages was certainly the saltworks in the Soline Bay below Dobrinj; salt was much sought after and appreciated at the time.

The following few years were very uncertain for all the inhabitants of the island as the Kingdom of Italy laid claims on the entire eastern Adriatic coast.

Although it has significant tourism resources, such as a preserved environment and rich cultural and historical heritage, the Dobrinj municipality does not have developed tourist offerings.

Bears do not live permanently on the island of Krk, but come for the winter hibernation, flooding the Vinodol Channel.

In addition to causing considerable damage to agriculture, wild boar herds also pose a risk to people moving through the forest and even in the villages at night.

The largest issue in the renovation of the olive groves is the great fragmentation of the estates and unresolved property and legal relations.

One of the largest art collectors in the world, Peter Infeld of Vienna, bought and renovated an old, large house in the heart of Dobrinj, on the Placa, where more than 400 m2 of exhibitions of famous artists are held.

Although it is just over 100 meters long, it is very interesting and rich in stalactites and stalagmites and, as part of the tourist offer of the island of Krk, is today one of the most visited caves in Croatia.

That was until the construction of a new, modern school in 2007, which gave the Dobrinj and the entire municipality education the best material conditions for further development.

Thus, for example, Dobinj villages Gostinjac, Žestilac, Rasopasno are called Gostinjoc, Žestiloc, Rosopasno by the native population.

The reason is the replacement of the short Old Croatian half-voice by the voice of [23]: In words with a once long half-tone, a: stablo, dan (but: donos "danas") appears.