Gornji Kraljevec () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Međimurje County Međimurje County (; ; ) 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), Međimurje. It is the smallest Croatian count ...

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. The village is part of the Vratišinec municipality. It is located in the northern part of Međimurje County, around 10 kilometres from the centre of

Čakovec Čakovec (; ; ; ) is a city in Northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and close to the borders with Slovenia and Hungary. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmo ...

, the county seat. It is mainly surrounded by agricultural fields, with other nearby villages including Krištanovec and

Sivica Sivica () is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. The village is part of the Podturen municipality and had a population of 681 in the 2011 census. It is located around 9 kilometres from the centre of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje Co ...

. The population of Gornji Kraljevec in the 2011 census was 592. It also includes the population of the

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of Remis, located approximately a kilometre outside Gornji Kraljevec, on the road connecting the village with Sivica.

History

In 1478, the village was listed as ''Kralowecz'' in the list of settlements belonging to the Čakovec area. The local church was built in 1896. In the 1910 census, the village had a population of 562. It was at the time already predominantly populated by

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

, with

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

being a significant minority. The village was part of the Čakovec district () in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

until the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (; ; ; ), often referred to in Hungary as the Peace Dictate of Trianon or Dictate of Trianon, was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference. It was signed on the one side by Hungary ...

was signed in 1920. It then became part of the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 to 1929, it was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" () h ...

. In the 1921 and 1931 censuses, the official name of the village was ''Kraljevec''. Between 1941 and 1945, it was part of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

again, as the entire Međimurje region was annexed by the Hungarians at the time. After

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, it became part of

within the

Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

. Between the 1857 and 1921 censuses, Gornji Kraljevec also included the

of Celine. After being a separate village for around 50 years, Celine again became a hamlet belonging to Gornji Kraljevec in the 1981 and 1991 censuses. Following the independence of Croatia, Gornji Kraljevec became part of the Vratišinec municipality in 1992. At the same time, Celine became a separate village in the

Podturen Podturen () is a village and a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia. The population of the municipality in the 2011 census was 3,873. The majority of the population are Croats. The municipality consists of the following villages: Podturen, ...

municipality.

References

External links

The official website of the Vratišinec municipality
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gornji Kraljevec Populated places in Međimurje County