Mraclin is a

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approximately 20 kilometers south of

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, near the city of Velika Gorica. Cardak mraclin

The name of Mraclin was documented as early as 1249 and 1255, as ''Mrachlin''. The

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is likely derived from the names of either Martinus or Marcellus, who could have been landowners in the area, or saints with a local church dedicated to them. Mraclin's church of St. Vitus was established between 1642 and 1688., cited in

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