Macelj () is a location in
northern Croatia bordering on
Slovenia
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, encompassing a hilly forest and several villages. There is an official
border crossing in Macelj, and the end of the
A2 highway. The villages are administratively divided into
Gornji Macelj (''Upper''), population 204, and
Donji Macelj (''Lower''), population 566.
Macelj has the most frequently congested border crossing in Croatia on the Slovenian border. The Slovenian village opposite Macelj is
Zgornje Gruškovje.
History
At the
Slavonian Sabor of June 1600 in
Krapina, the poor condition of the roads through Macelj was noted, making it difficult to resupply the borders of the
Kingdom of Slavonia during the
Long War. So the entire
Varaždin County
Varaždin County () is a county in Hrvatsko Zagorje. It is named after its county seat, the city of Varaždin.
Geography
The county contains the city of Varaždin, the towns of: Ivanec, Ludbreg, Lepoglava, Novi Marof and Varaždinske Top ...
, from each of its five gates, was obliged to send one worker each to help repair the roads to the lords of the castles of
Krapina and , by order of
Ban Ivan Drašković.
At the end of
World War II
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in 1945, the forests near Macelj were the location of the
Macelj massacre that took place during the
Yugoslav death march of collaborators repatriated at Bleiburg.
See also
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List of caves on Macelj
References
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Croatia–Slovenia border crossings
Populated places in Krapina-Zagorje County