Gornji Hrašćan (Hungarian: Drávacsány) is a village in Međimurje County in northern Croatia. It is located six kilometres west from the county seat Čakovec, approximately halfway between the city and the Croatian-Slovenian border-crossing point in Trnovec. The village is part of the municipality of Nedelišće and its population in the 2011 census was 910.[3]
Gornji Hrašćan | |
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Village | |
 Village entrance | |
  Gornji Hrašćan Location of Gornji Hrašćan in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 46°22′41″N 16°20′56″E / 46.37806°N 16.34889°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Međimurje County |
| Municipality | Nedelišće |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.1 km2 (3.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 773 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 40306 Macinec |
The name Hrašćan is derived from hrast, the Croatian word for oak, while gornji means upper and is included in the name to distinguish the village from Donji Hrašćan, a smaller village also located in Međimurje.
Dražen Ladić, former goalkeeper of the Croatia national football team and winner of the bronze medal at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, grew up in the village.
In 2008, a memorial-cross was erected to honour those killed by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1945.[4] In 2009, the remains of some of the victims were discovered by chance during a commercial excavation in the area.[5] The remains of between 30 and 40 people were exhumed and have been temporarily reburied in Čakovec.[6]
References
edit- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Gornji Hrašćan". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Blagoslovjen novi spomen-križ na grobištu sep u Hrašćanu [dead link]
- ^ FOTO: Kod Čakovca pronađene ljudske kosti Archived March 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U policiji i bolnici tvrde da nisu zagubili hlače, cipele i češljeve
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