Lobor is a village and municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County, northern Croatia.
Population
In the 2011 census, there were a total of 3,188 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements:[3]
- Cebovec, population 49
- Lobor, population 521
- Markušbrijeg, population 488
- Petrova Gora, population 464
- Stari Golubovec, population 193
- Šipki, population 114
- Velika Petrovagorska, population 237
- Vinipotok, population 400
- Vojnovec Loborski, population 416
- Završje Loborsko, population 306
In the same census, 98.96% of the population were Croats.[4]
History
During the first year of the World War II, the Ustaše established a concentration camp in Lobor, also known as Loborgrad concentration camp, for Jewish and Serb women and children.[5][6] At least 200 of them died in it.[7]
On 13 April 2023, World Rally Championship driver Craig Breen died in an accident on a road between Lobor and Stari Golubovec during the Hyundai private testing before the 2023 Croatia Rally.[8]
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lobor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: Lobor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- ^ (Centre 1998, p. 41): "Loborgrad was specifically designated for Serb and Jewish women and children;
- ^ (Čulinović 1970, p. 316)
- ^ (Goldstein & Lengel-Krizman 1997, p. 97): "9 August 1941 - a camp was established in Loborgrad for about 1,700 women and children; over 200 people died in the camp,"
- ^ "Craig Breen passes away in testing accident". Dirtfish.com. Dirtfish, LLC. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
Sources
- Goldstein, Ivo; Lengel-Krizman, Narcisa (1997). Anti-semitism, Holocaust, anti-Fascism. Jewish Community. ISBN 978-953-96836-1-8.
- Centre (1998). Jews in Eastern Europe. The Centre.
- Čulinović, Ferdo (1970). Okupatorska podjela Jugoslavije. Vojnoizdavački.
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