Dobrunje (pronounced [dɔˈbɾuːnjɛ]; German: Dobruine[1] or Dobrouine[2]) is a formerly independent settlement in the southeast part of the capital Ljubljana in central Slovenia.

[3] In addition to the main settlement, Dobrunje consists of the hamlets of Devce (in the west along the road to Bizovik), Marinki (in the north along the main road to Litija), Na Trdnjavi (to the south, at the base of St. Ulrich’s Hill), Ob Cesti (to the east), and Pod Ježo (to the north, toward the Ljubljanica River).

[4][7] On 8 August 1937 a large labor fair was held in Dobrunje on St. Ulrich’s Hill, organized by the Yugoslav Professional Association (Slovene: Jugoslovanska strokovna zveza, JSZ).

Their bodies were discovered on 20 March 1943 and they were buried at the Bizovik and Dobrunje cemeteries in ceremonies attended by several thousand people.

[13] Soon after the war, reports about murders at St. Ulrich's started to appear in leftist emigrant newspapers such as Enakopravnost,[14] with some claiming that over 700,[15] 1,000,[16] or even 1,500[17] people had been killed there.

[19] After the fall of communism and Slovene independence, local people started openly calling into question the official version of events at St. Ulrich's.

[18][21][22][23] It was also suggested that the political commissar Ivan Maček (1908–1993) manipulated the facts in order to create a major Partisan memorial conveniently located near Ljubljana.

[20] The keys to the church were ceremonially handed over to Father Mirko Pihler on 9 June 1994, returning the building to the Parish of Sostro.

[31] The cemetery at Dobrunje was often used to bury drowning victims from the Ljubljanica River, whose bodies were frequently pulled out by local fishermen[32] or washed ashore at Vevče.