Krapina

Krapina is the historical center of the Croatian Zagorje region. It is located 45 km north of Zagreb and at the same distance southwest of Varazdin . Lepoglava is located 15 km east of the city, Zabok is 20 km south. 15 km north of the city runs the border with Slovenia .

Near the city there is the Autobahn A2 Zagreb - Maribor - Graz . Another road leads through Lepoglava and Ivanets to Varazdin . The railway line Zagreb - Krapina - Cele passes through the city.

Krapina was first mentioned in 1193 . In the Middle Ages, the city was an episcopal residence, in 1647 the cathedral of Krapina was built, in the same century the baroque Franciscan monastery was founded.

Krapina is also mentioned in the legend about the education of the Czech people, described in the book of Prokop Sloboda :

I know very well what is known to many, but not all, as once from this krapinsky district, according to the estimates of Peter Koditsilius and many others, in 278, a very noble nobleman Cech left with his brothers Lech and Russ, as well as with all his friends and family due to the fact that they could no longer endure the great attacks and oppressions that the Romans did to them, and especially the head of the Roman troops Aurelius, who guarded Illyria with his armed hand and so oppressed his family that Cech and his own rebelled against him brought him out of the living . And as a result, fearing the mighty hand of the Romans, he left Krapina, his fatherland. For 14 years he served with Salmanin, with the son of Cyrzipan, at that time the ruler and future leader of the Bohemian people ...

- SlobodaProkop, franceskan. Preporodjeniceh, alitisvetostisvetostisv. Prokopa vu domovini Ceha, Krapine. V Zagrebu pri Fr. X. Zeran. Seki 1767

The content of this legend is fully consistent with the Roman chronicles, which narrate about the uprising of Marcus Aurelius Cara in Norica and Rethia in 282 , as a result of which the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Prob was killed by the rebels and the power passed to Cara ^{[1] [2] [3]} .

During the reign of the Habsburgs, Krapina and the whole of Zagorje were popular with the Austrian and Croatian aristocracy as a summer vacation destination due to the picturesque landscapes and proximity to Zagreb and Varazdin.

In 1809, an outstanding Croatian enlightener, linguist, creator of the Croatian alphabet Ludevit Gai, was born in Krapin.

World fame came to the city in 1899 , when in the surrounding caves, the Croatian paleontologist Dragutin Goryanovic-Kramberger found more than 800 Neanderthal bones . The study of fossil remains allowed paleontologists to identify a subspecies of Neanderthals named after the find of Homo krapiniensis (the name no longer applies).

• Franciscan Monastery . It was founded in the 17th century. It collected a large number of artworks of the XVII and XVIII centuries.
• The cathedral . Built in 1647.
• Church of st. Mary of Jerusalem . Built in the Baroque style in 1761 in the village of Tršski Vrh near the city.
• Museum of Ludevit Gaya . It is located in the linguist’s home.
• Museum of the Krapinsky Neanderthals - a paleontological museum. Dedicated to Krapinsky finds. Reconstructs the appearance and habitat of Neanderthals. Krapinsky Neanderthals practiced cannibalism ^[4] and suffered from cancer ^[5] .
• Folklore festival “Kaykavske povevke” is an annual folklore music festival named after the Kaykavan dialect of the Croatian language , widely distributed in the north and north-west of the country.
• 23 kilometers away is Trakoscan Castle.

• Cave of vindia

• Official website of the city