Ludbreg is a town in

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, located halfway between

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and

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 popu ...

near the river

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. It has 3,603 inhabitants, and a total of 8,478 in the entire municipality (census 2011).

History

For centuries Ludbreg has been a popular place of

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. In

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the city was mentioned for the first time as ''Castrum Ludbreg'', when owned by Hungarian noble

Nicholas Ludbregi Nicholas Ludbregi ( hu, Ludbregi Miklós; 1290s – 1357) was a Hungarian noble, landowner and soldier in Slavonia in the first half of the 14th century. Family background Nicholas was born into the Zala branch of the ''gens'' Péc in the 1290s a ...

. The name of the town comes probably from a crusader named ''Lobring'', who founded the settlement. The renovated ''Castle of Batthyány'' is home to a well-known restoration workshop. Ludbreg is also a region of vineyard cultivation (especially

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and

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). The town became famous after the

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, that happened in the castle chapel in

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and was investigated and confirmed by

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in 1513. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ludbreg was a district capital in the

Varaždin County Varaždin County ( hr, Varaždinska županija) is a county in Northern Croatia. It is named after its county seat, the city of Varaždin. Geography The county contains the city of Varaždin, the towns of: Ivanec, Ludbreg, Lepoglava, Novi Marof ...

of the

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. On 24 April

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, the town saw a protest that was one of the earliest open acts of resistance against the

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Municipality

The following settlements comprise the Ludberg municipality: * Apatija, population 250 *

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, population 413 * Čukovec, population 322 *

Globočec Ludbreški Globočec Ludbreški is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D2 highway. Notable people *Antun Blažić Antun Blažić (28 May 1916September 1943) was Croatian Jewish Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Židovi u antif ...

, population 491 * Hrastovsko, population 760 * Kućan Ludbreški, population 186 * Ludbreg, population 3,603 * Segovina, population 37 * Selnik, population 844 * Sigetec Ludbreški, population 667 * Slokovec, population 257 * Vinogradi Ludbreški, population 648

Population

Notable people

Rudolf Fizir Rudolf Fizir (13 January 1891 – 11 November 1960) was an airplane constructor. He designed at least 18 original planes, some conversions of landplanes to seaplanes - and a parachute. Fizir was born in Ludbreg, a small town on the river Bednja, i ...

(1891–1960), airplane constructor * Mladen Kerstner (1928–1991), writer * Dubravka Krušelj Jurković (born 1972), opera singer *

Tomislav Mužek Tomislav Mužek is a Croatian tenor and opera singer. He studied in Vienna at the University of Music and Performing Arts and made his professional debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1999. Was an ensemblemember of the Bremen Stadttheater from 20 ...

(born 1976), opera singer * Vladimir Filipović (1906–1984), philosopherZenko, Franjo: Novija hrvatska filozofija, Zagreb, 1995. *

Sara Kolak Sara Kolak (born 22 June 1995) is a Croatian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her personal best of 68.43 m, set in 2017, is the Croatian record. It also ranks her tenth on t ...

(born 1995), javelin thrower * (born 1951)

References

External links

Ludbreg official site
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