Krapina

• Name — Krapina • Official Name — Grad Krapina Town of Krapina • Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Croatia • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Central Croatia (Hrvatsko Zagorje) • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Krapina-Zagorje • Leader Party — HDZ • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Zoran Gregurović • Leader Title1 — City Council • Leader Name1 — 15 members • Area Total Km2 — 47.7 • Area Urban Km2 — 2.5 • Elevation M — 203 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Total — 11530 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Urban — 4201 • Population Density Urban Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset — +1 • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — HR-49 000 • Area Code — +385 49 • Registration Plate — KR • Website — krapina.hr

In 1899, on a hill called Hušnjakovo near modern Krapina, the archaeologist and paleontologist Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger found over 800 fossil remains of Neanderthals. • Illustration — Proposed Neandertal jewelry: white-tailed eagle claw with striations at the Neanderthal site of Krapina, Croatia, circa 130,000 BP. The half-cave in Krapina was soon listed among the world's science localities as a significant fossil finding site, where the largest and richest collection of the Neanderthal man had ever been found. • Illustration — Krapina Neanderthal Museum At the site where the Neanderthal remains were discovered there is now a state-of-the-art Neanderthal museum which also includes an extensive section on evolution, making it one of the most interesting evolutionary museums in Europe. It is surrounded by a park with many statues of Neanderthals and the game they hunted, a bear, a moose and a beaver set in the actual locations.

• Illustration — Krapina castle Krapina was first mentioned in 1193 by Kalán Bár-Kalán, bishop of Pécs and ban of Croatia and Dalmatia. In 1347, Hungarian king Louis I granted Krapina the status of a free royal city. During the Ottoman invasions of Croatia, at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century, the Croatian Sabor convened five times in the Krapina fortress (in 1598, 1599, 1600, 1605 and 1607).

Since records began in 1993, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at an elevation of 202 m was 39.1 C, on 8 August 2017. The coldest temperature was -18.5 C, on 10 February 2005. At the KL station, the coldest temperature was -22.0 C, on 13 February 1985.

In the 2021 census, Krapina had a total of 11,530 inhabitants. Croats were an absolute majority at 97.29%. The following settlements comprise the Krapina municipality: • Bobovje, population 457 • Doliće, population 413 • Donja Šemnica, population 797 • Gornja Pačetina, population 377 • Krapina, population 4,201 • Lazi Krapinski, population 61 • Lepajci, population 354 • Mihaljekov Jarek, population 444 • Podgora Krapinska, population 543 • Polje Krapinsko, population 613 • Pretkovec, population 52 • Pristava Krapinska, population 213 • Strahinje, population 286 • Straža Krapinska, population 44 • Škarićevo, population 593 • Šušelj Brijeg, no population • Tkalci, population 402 • Trški Vrh, population 400 • Velika Ves, population 722 • Vidovec Krapinski, population 183 • Vidovec Petrovski, population 66 • Zagora, population 88 • Žutnica, population 221

The current mayor of Krapina is Zoran Gregurović (HDZ) and the Krapina Town Council consists of 15 seats. • Groups — Councilors per group • HDZ-ZS-ZDS-DHSS-HSU • SDP • Independents • Source:

Krapina is home to the yearly Festival kajkavske popevke (The festival of kajkavian song) sung in the local Kajkavian language. There is also a nearby municipality of Krapinske Toplice (Krapina spa) with numerous thermal springs and spa tourist infrastructure. Krapina is also the birthplace of the linguist and language reformer Ljudevit Gaj. His home is now a museum where visitors can learn about his life and work. Since 1997, Franciscan monastery and St. Catherine's church in Krapina are hosts of the Krapinafest, annual contemporary Christian music festival.

The local chapter of the HPS is HPD "Strahinjščica", which had 48 members in 1936 under the Josip Kompare presidency. Membership fell to 35 in 1937.

• Ljudevit Gaj (1809–1872), was a Croatian linguist, politician, journalist, and writer • Mirko Dražen Grmek (1924–2000), Croatian and French historian of medicine • Josip Seissel (1904-1987), Croatian architect and urban planner

Krapina is served by the A2 freeway and state road D1. It has a train station on the R106 corridor and a bus station which also serves as a hub for the bus company "Presečki d.o.o." - the company connects Krapina with numerous towns across the county and region.