Lepoglava

Lepoglava
City
Lepoglava monastery
Flag
Lepoglava Location of Lepoglava in Croatia
Coordinates: 46.207399°N 16.043748°E / 46.207399; 16.043748
Country	Croatia
County	Varaždin
Government
• Mayor	Marijan Škvarić (HNS)
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,283 (municipality)
• Town itself	4,174
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)

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:

• Bednjica, population 209
• Crkovec, population 188
• Donja Višnjica, population 542
• Gornja Višnjica, population 271
• Jazbina Višnjička, population 25
• Kamenica, population 141
• Kamenički Vrhovec, population 205
• Kameničko Podgorje, population 322
• Lepoglava, population 4,174
• Muričevec, population 195
• Očura, population 188
• Viletinec, population 173
• Vulišinec, population 237
• Zalužje, population 162
• Zlogonje, population 412
• Žarovnica, population 839

History

See also: Lepoglava prison

Lepoglava is probably best known for hosting the main Croatian prison. In 1854, a monastery of the Pauline Fathers 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 Independent State of Croatia, and SFR Yugoslavia.

During WWII, the Lepoglava concentration camp is built by the Ustashe, around 2,000 prisoners were murdered there.

Further reading

• Marković, Mirko (1986). "Kulturno - povijesni fenomen stare Lepoglave" (PDF). Radovi Zavoda za znanstveni rad Varaždin (in Croatian). pp. 203–209. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

External links

• Official website