Lepoglava
Lepoglava | |
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City | |
 Lepoglava monastery | |
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  Lepoglava Location of Lepoglava in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 46°12′27″N 16°02′37″E / 46.207399°N 16.043748°ECoordinates: 46°12′27″N 16°02′37″E / 46.207399°N 16.043748°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Varaždin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marijan Škvarić (HNS) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,283 (municipality) |
| • Town itself | 4,174 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
Lepoglava is a town in Varaždin County, northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, west of Ivanec, and northeast of Krapina.
Demographics[]
A total of 8,283 residents in the municipality (2011 census) live in the following settlements:[1]
- , population 209
- , population 188
- , population 542
- Gornja Višnjica, population 271
- , population 25
- , population 141
- , population 205
- , population 322
- Lepoglava, population 4,174
- Muričevec, population 195
- , population 188
- , population 173
- , population 237
- , population 162
- , population 412
- , population 839
History[]
Lepoglava is probably best known for hosting the main Croatian prison. In 1854, a monastery of the Pauline Fathers was transformed by the authorities into a prison. In the twentieth century, the prison was used to intern political prisoners by the authorities of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Independent State of Croatia, and SFR Yugoslavia.
During WWII, the Lepoglava concentration camp is built by the Ustashe, around 1,000 prisoners were murdered there.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lepoglava". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
Further reading[]
- Marković, Mirko (1986). "Kulturno - povijesni fenomen stare Lepoglave" (PDF). Radovi Zavoda za znanstveni rad Varaždin (in Croatian). pp. 203–209. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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