Lužnica is a settlement (

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) in the town of

Zaprešić Zaprešić () is a town in Zagreb County, in Croatia. It has a population of 19,644 inhabitants in the city proper, town proper, with 25,223 in the administrative area. The town's metropolitan area, which encompasses the seven neighbouring munic ...

Zagreb County Zagreb County () is a county in Northern Croatia. It surrounds, but does not contain, the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" (). According to the 2021 censu ...

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. According to the 2001 census, it had 62 inhabitants, spread over an area of . It is thus the smallest settlement by population in Zaprešić. Lužnica is the location of the Lužnica Castle, a

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castle and touristic

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built in 1791 and owned by the Convent of

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. The nuns operate

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for the elderly. The castle was previously owned by

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, namely the Čikulin, Moscon and

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families.

References

External links

Convent of St. Vincent de Paul website
Populated places in Zagreb County Zaprešić {{ZagrebCounty-geo-stub