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]
Lobor | |
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Municipality | |
  Lobor  Lobor | |
| Coordinates: 46°9′0″N 16°3′36″E / 46.15000°N 16.06000°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Krapina-Zagorje County |
| Government | |
| • Municipal Mayor | Ljubica Jembrih |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 43.2 km2 (16.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 2,703 |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 477 |
| • Urban density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Website | lobor |
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
edit- ^ 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 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
edit- 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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