Pribislavec (;

Kajkavian Kajkavian is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic supradialect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia and Gorski Kotar. It is part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, being transitional to the supradialects of Č ...

: ''Prslavec'') is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia.

History

Pribislavec is first mentioned in the 14th century as ''possessio Pobozlouhaza'' as possession of

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noble family. In charter issued in year 1478 village is recorded as ''Pribislawecz''. Its name is derived from personal name Pribislav of Slavic origin. In year 1870

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Juraj Feštetić built

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in the village. Municipality of Pribislavec was established in year 2001.

2019 Antiziganist Demonstrations

Group led by Alen Pancer,

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of the

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, announced

antiziganist Anti-Romani sentiment (also called antigypsyism, anti-Romanyism, antiziganism, ziganophobia, or Romaphobia) is an ideology which consists of hostility, prejudice, discrimination, racism, and xenophobia which is specifically directed at Romani ...

demonstrations under the title "I want normal life" () for 1 June 2019 at the county's administrative center in

Čakovec Čakovec (; ; ; ) is a city in Northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and close to the borders with Slovenia and Hungary. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmo ...

. Veljko Kajtazi, Romani of Croatia community' MP in the

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, expressed his surprise with singling out of Roma which disturbed the entire community. MP expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that the Town of Čakovec did not permit the follow-up response demonstration for the next day. Kajtazi's press conference in the Croatian Parliament was interrupted by

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MP Hrvoje Zekanović. Independent Serb weekly Novosti wrote that organizer of the demonstration is an activist of

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and sympathizer of

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associated with nationalist and right wing groups. Kajtazi underlined that "''extreme right-wingers and people who spread hate messages...are not the people who will solve the problem..''." Organizers denied antiziganist nature of the demonstration stating that even "''among the Roma there are honorable and honest people''".

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called upon authorities of the

Međimurje County Međimurje County (; ; ) is a triangle-shaped Counties of Croatia, county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje (region), Međimurje. It is the smallest Croatian count ...

to clarify why do they support demonstration stating that it is unacceptable for a

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, democratic and

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state to tolerate demonstrations against entire groups of people. Prior to gathering, demonstration were condemned by the President of the Union of Roma in Croatia Suzana Krčmar, elected representative of the Međimurje Roma community Matija Oršuš. Pribislavec Municipality Mayoress Višnja Ivačić expressed her full support to demonstration and invited other municipalities in the county to join in.

Demographics

In the 2021 census, the Pribislavec had a population of 2,963. Pribislavec is experiencing

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since the 2010s. The majority of inhabitants are

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making up 72% of population and most significant minority are

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(26%).

Sports

Pribislavec has an own

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club, NK Polet Pribislavec, whose home ground is located in the western part of the village. It has a capacity of around 1,000 and is equipped with floodlighting. The club won the Međimurje County First League in 2010 and were promoted to the Croatian Fourth League. Pribislavec Airfield is a small sports airfield located between Pribislavec and Belica. It has one grassy runway and is mostly used by

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and gliders. There is also an annual

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at the airfield in August. A

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circuit is also located between Pribislavec and Belica, next to the airfield.

References

Literature

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Međimurje County