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Lepoglava

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Country
  
Croatia

Local time
  
Wednesday 6:30 PM

County
  
Varaždin

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Time zone
  
Central European Time (UTC+1)

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SE at 2 km/h, 57% Humidity

Lepoglava is a town in Varaždin County, northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, west of Ivanec and northeast of Krapina.

Contents

Map of Lepoglava, Croatia

Demographics

A total of 8,283 people in the municipality (2011 census) lives in the following settlements:

Prison

Lepoglava is probably best known for hosting the main Croatian prison. In 1854, a monastery of the Pauline Fathers was transformed by the authorities into a prison. In the twentieth century, the prison was used to intern political prisoners by the authorities of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Independent State of Croatia, and SFR Yugoslavia.

References

Lepoglava Wikipedia