Kerestinec is a village (

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) west of

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, in the

Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County Sveta Nedelja or, until 1991, Sveta Nedjelja () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is one of the provincial satellite towns in Zagreb's metropolitan region. Geography Sveta Nedelja is situated west of Zagreb near the town of Samobor. It h ...

municipality, infamous for events in

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n history. It has 1,433 inhabitants living on an area of .

History

The name of Kerestinec comes from Hungarian word ''kereszt'' which stands for "cross". According to historical sources, there was a wooden chapel of Holy Cross near the Erdödy castle. Since the Erdödys were a Croatian-Hungarian noble family, a lot of Hungarian words were used in that time, and this is why Kerestinec bears such a name. On 6 February 1573, during the

Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt Croatian may refer to: *Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ...

, government forces led by podban (deputy viceroy) of

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Gašpar Alapić Gašpar () is a Slavic surname, cognate to Gaspar (given name). Notable people with this surname include: * Alojz Gašpar (1848–1919), known in Hungarian as Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene writer * Đuro Gašpar (1900–1981), Croatian athl ...

, defeated rebels in a battle near Kerestinec. The

Kerestinec prison Kerestinec camp was a prison that served as a concentration camp in Kerestinec, Croatia. It was located in the castle overlooking the village. Early 20th century Before the outbreak of World War II, the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia buil ...

gained infamy during

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and then again during the

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Today

Today, Kerestinec is one of the settlements of the town of Sveta Nedelja. Local buildings of note are the Erdödy castle and the

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of the Holy Cross. In terms of economy, Kerestinec is also the seat of several companies and numerous private enterprises. Kerestinec is also the cultural center of Sveta Nedelja. The leader of cultural development is the local Cultural society Kerestinec. Other groups are the Sport-fishing club "Som", "TOP" Kerestinec Football club, Volunteer Fire Department Kerestinec and several other unions.

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