Dobrova (pronounced [ˈdoːbɾɔʋa]; German: Dobrawa[2][3]) is a clustered settlement northwest of Ljubljana in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

grad 'castle') south of Dobrova, across the Horjulščica River, hints at late Roman or even earlier settlement of the area.

[5] On 20 November 1942, the Partisans abducted and killed seven people from the nearby village of Zaklanec in the Broad Creek Gorge.

According to Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, this is one of the oldest church sites in Slovenia,[16] and according to some sources the pilgrimage to a shrine there may date back to as early as 970.

The vicariate already included the churches in Gabrje, Hruševo, and Brezje pri Dobrovi as chapels of ease, and Podsmreka was added to the new parish in 1784.

[19] The current church was built between 1711 and 1716, largely due to the efforts of Baron Franc Bogomir Polhograjski, at that time the cathedral canon and dean in Ljubljana.