Members of the Vranyczany-Dobrinović family are actors in the most exciting events in Croatian history from the 15th century to the present day. You will best understand how important and influential they were by looking at the largest palace on Zrinski Square, Karlovac's Korzo, as well as the Vranyczany family tomb at the Catholic cemetery in Dubovac. Every merchant and craftsman from Karlovac tried to make the front of his own house a legitimation of his social position and property status, and the last resting place in the mausoleum as a permanent monument of a life.
Today's era is also marked by their influence, so the first Croatian Minister of Tourism was Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović. Fragments of Croatian and Karlovac history are composed of mosaics of their names. Ambroz St. Vranyczany is one of the founders of Matica ilirska (today Matica hrvatska), Ambroz Jr. he was the head of finance in the government of Ban Jelačić and opened the first dance school in Zagreb, Nikola was a famous philanthropist and founder of the first brewery in Karlovac, Emanuel was remembered as a businessman and ambassador, and Ljudevit the first Croatian amateur photographer and founder of the Society of Artists in Zagreb.
Women in the family did not lag behind male members of the family. After her husband's death, Francisca took over the job of river boat shipowner in Sisak, Ambrose's wife Wanda Marija Magdalena Ida (Dedee) was the first Croatian to graduate as a Montessori pedagogue, and Ada was an inspiration to many Croatian painters for her beauty and sophistication. It is women ahead of their time who have often been the drivers of social change.
Članovi obitelji Vranyczany-Dobrinović akteri su najuzbudljivijih događaja hrvatske povijesti od 15. stoljeća do današnjih dana. Koliki su značaj i utjecaj imali, najbolje ćete shvatiti pogledom na najveću palaču na Zrinskom trgu, karlovačkom Korzu, kao i na obiteljsku grobnicu Vranyczanyjevih na katoličkom groblju na Dubovcu. Svaki je karlovački trgovac i obrtnik nastojao da mu pročelje vlastite kuće bude legitimacija društvenog položaja i imovnog stanja, a zadnje počivalište u mauzoleju kao trajnom spomeniku jednog života.