Hrašćina is a municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. It is best known for the Hraschina meteorite.
History
There are several valuable sacral buildings in the area of the Hrašćina municipality. One of the oldest is a Roman tombstone built into the statue of St. Anne in Hrašćina. In the settlement of Domovec, there is St. Mark's Pillar, erected in 1647 to celebrate the departure of the Ottoman Turks from the Hrašćina region. The Chapel of St. Benedict in Gornji Kraljevec is a protected cultural monument. The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in Trgovišće was erected in 1735. The Parish Church of St. Nicholas in Hrašćina was built in the 17th century.
Hrašćina is known in the history of astronomy for the first documented meteorite fall on May 26, 1751. Since 2012, May 26 has been celebrated as the day of the Municipality of Hrašćina.
Demographics
In the 2021 census, there were 1,388 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements: Domovec, population 82 Donji Kraljevec, population 118 Gornjaki, population 104 Gornji Kraljevec, population 333 Hrašćina, population 76 Husinec, population 97 Jarek Habekov, population 144 Maretić, population 121 Trgovišće, population 55 Vrbovo, population 258
In the same census, 98.7% of the population were Croats.
Administration The current mayor of Hrašćina is Branko Tukač (HSS) and the Hrašćina Municipal Council consists of 9 seats.
Groups Councilors per group HSS SDP-Reformists HDZ Source:
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