Vratišinec ( hu, Murasiklós) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Međimurje County Međimurje County (; hr, Međimurska županija ; hu, Muraköz megye) is a triangle-shaped Counties of Croatia, county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje (region), ...

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. The municipality is named after its seat, the

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of Vratišinec, located around 11 kilometres north of

Čakovec Čakovec (; hu, Csáktornya; la, Aquama; german: Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, sm ...

, the county seat of Međimurje County. The municipality also includes the village of Gornji Kraljevec and the

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of Remis, located between Gornji Kraljevec and Sivica. In the 2011 census, the population of the village of Vratišinec was 1,392, while the population of the entire municipality was 1,984. The majority of the population (98%) identified themselves as

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. The railroad connecting Čakovec with

Mursko Središće Mursko Središće ( hu, Muraszerdahely, Kajkavian: ''Mursko Središče'') is the northernmost town in Croatia, located at ( alt. 175 m) and one of the oldest localities in Međimurje County. Mursko Središće has a total population of 6,307, and ...

and

Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municipa ...

goes through the municipality, with a small railway station located in the village of Vratišinec.

History

Vratišinec was first mentioned in 1458 as ''Bratrvsincz'', and was originally an estate belonging to the

Counts of Celje The Counts of Celje ( sl, Celjski grofje) or the Counts of Cilli (german: Grafen von Cilli; hu, cillei grófok) were the most influential late medieval noble dynasty on the territory of present-day Slovenia. Risen as vassals of the Habsburg dukes ...

. In 1478, it was mentioned as ''Bratischinecz''. It was also mentioned as ''Wratissnicz'' in 1636, and as ''Vratissinecz'' in 1752. The

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is believed to have been derived from the male

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Bratiša or Vratiša, which is derived from ''brat'', the Croatian word for "

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". It was most likely the name of a local

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. By the 18th century, there was a wooden chapel in the village. Around 1760, the local people built a new brick chapel to replace it. At the time, the village was part of the Selnica parish. On 1 November 1789, the Vratišinec parish was established and the chapel became its

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. The parish is named after the

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. By the beginning of the 20th century, the village was already predominantly populated by Croats. In the 1910 census, it had a population of 646. It was part of the Čakovec district ( hu, Csáktornyai járás) of

Zala County Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...

in the

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until the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in ...

was signed in 1920. It then became part of the

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 ...

. In 1941, the village became part of

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again, as the entire Međimurje region was annexed by the Hungarians until 1945. After

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, it became part of

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within the

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and belonged to the Čakovec municipality until the early 1990s. Following the independence of Croatia, the village of Vratišinec became the seat of a separate municipality, which was established in 1992. The municipality was reorganised in January 1997, with the villages of

Peklenica Peklenica ( hu, Bányavár) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is located 3.1 km from Mursko Središće, 11 km from Čakovec, and is adjacent to Križovec and Vratišinec. As of the 2011 census, there were 1217 inhabitants. Peklenica ...

and Križovec separating from it to become part of the wider area of the town of Mursko Središće, while Krištanovec and

Žiškovec Žiškovec ( hu, Zsidény) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. The village is administratively part of the wider area of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County, and is located around 7 kilometres north of the centre of the city. B ...

did the same to become part of the wider area of the city of Čakovec. After the reorganisation, the Vratišinec municipality includes the villages of Vratišinec and Gornji Kraljevec, and the hamlet of Remis. In 2008, the municipality unveiled a monument to the post-World War II victims of the

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regime in Yugoslavia, as well as the local people who died defending Croatia during the

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.Damir Borovčak: Unveiling of monument in Vratišinec
/ref> The monument is located just outside the village of Vratišinec, across the road from the local cemetery.

Famous people

Vinko Žganec Vinko Žganec (January 22, 1890 - December 12, 1976) was a Croatian ethnomusicologist. Žganec was born in Vratišinec in Međimurje. He started to be interested in music early in his childhood and jotted down his first folk song in 1908. In 1916 ...

(1890–1976), a Croatian

ethnomusicologist Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

, was born in Vratišinec.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vratisinec Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Međimurje County