Lepoglava
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 people in the municipality lives 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
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 1,000 prisoners were murdered there.
