Delnice is the largest town in Gorski kotar located at an altitude of 698 m. Delnice is situated along the historic Louisiana road that connected Karlovac and Rijeka.
The first written mention of Delnice from the 15th century is related to the counts of Frankopan under whose rule the Highlands were. Their heirs, the Zrinski family, re-settled Delnice in the early 17th century after Delnice was abandoned due to Ottoman invasions.