Leskovec is a village in northern Croatia, part of the Štrigova municipality within Međimurje County. Village is located near the border with Slovenia.

History

Leskovec is first time mentioned in charter issued in year 1448 as ''Villa Leskocz''. In this charter

Frederick II of Celje Frederick II ( sl, Friderik II. Celjski; german: Friedrich II Graf von Cilli) (17 January 1379 – 13 or 20 June 1454) was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. Early life Frederick was the son of Hermann II, Count of Celje ...

granted the village Leskovec to the chapel of Saint Jerome in nearby Štrigova. In year 1664 chapel of Saint Jerome with Leskovec was granted to the Pauline Order from

Šenkovec Šenkovec ( hu, Szentilona) is a municipalities of Croatia, municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia, located just outside the county seat, Čakovec. The municipality includes two villages – Šenkovec and Knezovec. In the 2011 census, the tw ...

by count Petar Zrinski. In early 19th century Leskovec was granted to noble family

Knežević Knežević ( sr, Кнежевић) is a Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Bosnian surname, derived from the title of '' knez''. It may refer to: * House of Knežević, Croatian noble family Knežević is the eighth most frequent surname in C ...

Geography

Leskovec is located in valley between hills of Gornje Međimurje, southwest from municipality centre Štrigova. Leskovec had a population of 109 in 2011 census. Leskovec is experiencing

population decline A population decline (also sometimes called underpopulation, depopulation, or population collapse) in humans is a reduction in a human population size. Over the long term, stretching from prehistory to the present, Earth's total human population ...

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