Lobor

Lobor
Municipality
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Coordinates: 46°9′0″N 16°3′36″E
Country	Croatia
County	Krapina-Zagorje County
Government
• Municipal Mayor	Ljubica Jembrih
Area [1]
• Municipality	43.2 km^2 (16.7 sq mi)
• Urban	9.7 km^2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	2,703
• Density	63/km^2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	477
• Urban density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Website	lobor.hr

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

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" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lobor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "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.
5. (Centre 1998, p. 41): "Loborgrad was specifically designated for Serb and Jewish women and children;
6. (Čulinović 1970, p. 316)
7. (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,"
8. "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.

External links

• Official website