Lepoglava is a town in Varaždin County, northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, west of Ivanec, and northeast of Krapina.
Lepoglava | |
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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)[1] | |
• Total | 8,283 (municipality) |
• Town itself | 4,174 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
A total of 8,283 residents in the municipality (2011 census) live in the following settlements:[1]
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.
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