Gornji Hrašćan

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.[1]

Gornji Hrašćan
Village
Village entrance
Gornji Hrašćan
Location of Gornji Hrašćan in Croatia
Coordinates: 46°22′41″N 16°20′56″E
CountryCroatia
CountyMeđimurje County
MunicipalityNedelišće
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total910
Time zoneUTC+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 Croatian 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 raised to honour those killed by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1945.[2] In 2009, the remains of some of the victims were discovered by chance during a commercial excavation in the area.[3] The remains of between 30 and 40 people were exhumed and have been temporarily reburied in Čakovec.[4]

References
  1. "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.
  2. Blagoslovjen novi spomen-križ na grobištu sep u Hrašćanu
  3. FOTO: Kod Čakovca pronađene ljudske kosti Archived March 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. U policiji i bolnici tvrde da nisu zagubili hlače, cipele i češljeve
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