Lobor is a

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and

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in the

Krapina-Zagorje County Krapina-Zagorje County (, ) is a county in northern Croatia, bordering Slovenia. It encompasses most of the historic region called Hrvatsko Zagorje. The area contains the excavation site of a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal man in caves near the ...

, northern

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Population

In the 2011 census, there were a total of 3,188 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements: * Cebovec, population 49 * Lobor, population 521 * Markušbrijeg, population 488 * Petrova Gora, population 464 * Stari Golubovec, population 193 * Šipki, population 114 *

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, population 237 * Vinipotok, population 400 * Vojnovec Loborski, population 416 *

Završje Loborsko Završje, which translates as ''The End'' from Serbo-Croatian, may refer to: In Slovenia: * Završje, Trbovlje In Croatia: * Završje, Brod-Posavina County, a village near Sibinj * Završje, Istria County, a village near Grožnjan * Završje, ...

, population 306 In the same census, 98.96% of the population were

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History

During the first year of the

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, the

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established a concentration camp in Lobor, also known as

Loborgrad concentration camp The Lobor concentration camp or Loborgrad camp () was a concentration camp established in Lobor, Independent State of Croatia (modern-day Croatia) in the deserted palace of House of Keglević, Keglevich family. It was established on 9 August 1941, ...

, for

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and

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women and children. At least 200 of them died in it. On 13 April 2023,

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driver

Craig Breen Craig Breen (2 February 1990 – 13 April 2023) was an Irish rally driver who last competed part time for the Hyundai team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He won the 2012 Super 2000 WRC, scoring class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally, Wale ...

died in an accident on a road between Lobor and Stari Golubovec during the Hyundai private testing before the

2023 Croatia Rally The 2023 Croatia Rally (also known as the Rally Croatia 2023) was a motorsport, motor racing event for rallying, rally cars that was held over four days between 20 and 23 April 2023. It marked the 47th running of the Croatia Rally, and was the fou ...

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External links

* Populated places in Krapina-Zagorje County Municipalities of Croatia {{KrapinaZagorje-geo-stub