Lobor
Municipality
Lobor is located in Krapina-Zagorje County
Lobor
Lobor
Lobor is located in Croatia
Lobor
Lobor
Coordinates: 46°9′0″N 16°3′36″E / 46.15000°N 16.06000°E / 46.15000; 16.06000
Country Croatia
CountyKrapina-Zagorje County
Government
 • Municipal MayorLjubica Jembrih
Area
[1]
 • Municipality43.2 km2 (16.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality2,703
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Urban
477
 • Urban density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Websitelobor.hr

Lobor is a village and municipality in the Northern Croatia. In 2011 census, there were 3,188 inhabitants in the area, 98.96% of which were Croats.[3] During the first year of the World War II Ustaše established a concentration camp in Lobor, also known as Loborgrad concentration camp, for Jewish and Serb women and children.[4][5] At least 200 of them died in it.[6]

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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ (Centre 1998, p. 41): "Loborgrad was specifically designated for Serb and Jewish women and children;
  5. ↑ (Čulinović 1970, p. 316)
  6. ↑ (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,"
  7. ↑ "Craig Breen passes away in testing accident". Dirtfish.com. Dirtfish, LLC. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

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