Lobor

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Lobor
Municipality
Lobor
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Lobor
Coordinates: 46°9′0″N16°3′36″E / 46.15000°N 16.06000°E / 46.15000; 16.06000
CountryFlag of Croatia.svg Croatia
County Krapina-Zagorje County
Government
 • Municipal Mayor Ljubica Jembrih (HDZ)
Area
[1]
 • Municipality
43.2 km2 (16.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Municipality
2,703
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
 •  Urban
477
 • Urban density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Website lobor.hr

Lobor is a village and municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County, northern Croatia.

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History

Lobor was first mentioned in 1257 as Castrum Lobor. Its name probably comes from the Latin word Labor (laboratory). The Church of Our Lady of the Mountains was built on the slopes of Ivančica, on a hill called Gora. This church has been a Marian pilgrimage site for hundreds of years, but the very location on which it was built was a place of life even in prehistoric times, when a hillfort was built on it that controlled the surrounding area and the road communication that passed through a narrow gorge below it. In the 17th century, the Keglević family began building Loborgrad, one of the most valuable castles in Zagorje, after they abandoned Lobor. At the foot of Gora, in the Zazidje park, stands the votive chapel of St. Anthony and his statue, built by the Keglević family in 1703. [3]

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. [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]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,703 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements: [2]

In the same census, 98.96% of the population were Croats. [2]

Lobor: Population trends 1857–2021
v
population
2759
3130
3603
3881
4772
5448
5282
5698
5907
5878
5312
4440
4289
4028
3669
3188
2703
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Administration

The current mayor of Lobor is Ljubica Jembrih (HDZ) and the Lobor Municipal Council consists of 13 seats.

GroupsCouncilors per group
HDZ
10 / 13
SDP
3 / 13
Source: [8]

References

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
  2. 1 2 3 "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kratak pregled povijesti Lobora". www.lobor.hr. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  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.
  8. ↑ "II. KRAPINSKO-ZAGORSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF). State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

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