Lepoglava is a town in
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 ...
, northern
Croatia
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, located southwest of
Varaždin
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, west of
Ivanec
Ivanec is a town in northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin and east of Lepoglava, north of the mountain Ivanščica.
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ivanec was a district capital in the Varaždin County of the Kingdom ...
, and northeast of
Krapina
Krapina (; hu, Korpona) is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje County with a population of 4,482 (2011) and a total municipality population of 12,480 (2011). Krapina is located in the hilly Zagorje region ...
.
Demographics
A total of 8,283 residents in the municipality (2011 census) live in the following settlements:
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Bednjica, population 209
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Crkovec, population 188
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Donja Višnjica, population 542
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Gornja Višnjica
Gornja Višnjica (Cyrillic: Горња Вишњица) is a village in the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, City of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 217.
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, population 271
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Jazbina Višnjička, population 25
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Kamenica, population 141
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Kamenički Vrhovec, population 205
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Kameničko Podgorje, population 322
* Lepoglava, population 4,174
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Muričevec
Muričevec is a village in Croatia
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, population 195
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Očura, population 188
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Viletinec, population 173
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Vulišinec, population 237
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Zalužje, population 162
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Zlogonje, population 412
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Žarovnica, population 839
History
Lepoglava is probably best known for hosting the main Croatian prison, the
Lepoglava prison
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:
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. In 1854, a monastery of the
Pauline Fathers
The Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit ( lat, Ordo Fratrum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitæ; abbreviated OSPPE), commonly called the Pauline Fathers, is a monastic order of the Roman Catholic Church founded in Hungary during the 13th century.
Thi ...
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 Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
, the
Independent State of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...
, and
SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...
.
During WWII, the
Lepoglava concentration camp
The Lepoglava concentration camp was a concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. It was located 25 km southwest of Varaždin and operated by Ustaše, a Croatian fascist, ultranationalist terrorist organizat ...
is built by the
Ustashe, around 2,000 prisoners were murdered there.
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Cities and towns in Croatia
Populated places in Varaždin County
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