Hlebine is a municipality in

Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci County ( hr, Koprivničko-križevačka županija ; hu, Kapronca-Kőrös megye) is a county in Northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci; Koprivn ...

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. It consists of two villages, Hlebine and Gabajeva Greda.

Population

Its population is earns its living primarily from agricultural production. The population has been decreasing continuously for a number of years. As of 2001, Hlebine had 1470 inhabitants with the overwhelming majority being

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic ...

History

Hlebine is first mentioned 1671 as a village in the Drnje parish. It became an independent parish in the 18th century. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Hlebine was part of the

Bjelovar-Križevci County The Bjelovar-Križevci County ( hr, Bjelovarsko-križevačka županija; hu, Belovár-Kőrös vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands ...

of the

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...

. It was a part of

Koprivnica Koprivnica () is a city in Northern Croatia, located 70 kilometers northeast of Zagreb. It is the capital and the largest city of the Koprivnica-Križevci county. In 2011, the city's administrative area of 90.94 km2 had a total po ...

county until 1993. Hlebine is also an important city for Croatian art, and is a center of Croatian

naive art Naivety (also spelled naïvety), naiveness, or naïveté is the state of being naive. It refers to an apparent or actual lack of experience and sophistication, often describing a neglect of pragmatism in favor of moral idealism. A ''naïve'' may ...

. It is a birth town of

Franjo Mraz Franjo Mraz (April 4, 1910 in Hlebine – October 26, 1981 in Brežice) was a notable Croatian artist. Together with Ivan Generalić and Mirko Virius Mirko Virius (October 28, 1889 – 1943) was a Croatian naïve painter. He was one of th ...

, Krsto Hegedušić, Ivan Generalić,

Josip Generalić Josip Generalić (1935–2004) was a Croatian painter. His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art The Croatian Museum of Naïve Art ( hr, Hrvatski muzej naivne umjetnosti) is a fine art museum in Zagreb, Croatia dedicated to th ...

and

Franjo Gaži Franjo Gaži (Hlebine, 13 February 1900 – Zagreb, 15 November 1964) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian politician. In 1935 Yugoslavian parliamentary election he was the designated alternate of Croatian Peasant Party (''Hrvatska seljačka stranka' ...

. To Hlebine naive painting movement belonged also Mirko Virius, dead in camp at Zemun around 1943.

Population

History

See also