Official Name: | Lobor |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia Krapina-Zagorje County#Croatia |
Coordinates: | 46.15°N 16.06°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Krapina-Zagorje County |
Leader Title: | Municipal Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ljubica Jembrih |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 43.2 |
Area Urban Km2: | 9.7 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 2703 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 477 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
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. 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.[2] At least 200 of them died in it.[3]
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.[4]
"Loborgrad was specifically designated for Serb and Jewish women and children;
"9 August 1941 - a camp was established in Loborgrad for about 1,700 women and children; over 200 people died in the camp,"