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Lobor

Municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia

46°9′0″N 16°3′36″E / 46.15000°N 16.06000°E / 46.15000; 16.06000Country

CroatiaCountyKrapina-Zagorje CountyGovernment

• Municipal MayorLjubica JembrihArea

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• 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

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". 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

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.