Kerestinec

Kerestinec

Kerestinec is a village west of Zagreb, infamous for certain important events in Croatian history.The name of Kerestinec comes from Hungarian word "kereszt" which stands for "cross". According to historical sources, there was a wooden chapel of Holy Cross near the Erdödy castle. Since the Erdödys were a Croatian-Hungarian noble family, a lot of Hungarian words were used in that time, and this is why Kerestinec bears such a name.

In the history

In 1573, during the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt, government forces led by podban (deputy viceroy) of Croatia, Gašpar Alapić, defeated rebels in a battle near Kerestinec.

The pesants have rebeled once again in 1936, and this time against the Serbian gendarmerie who had their base in the castle. This so-called Kerestinec rebellion was crushed by the Yugoslav army. All rebels were tried and sentenced to long term imprisonment or to death. Later, the death penalties were diminished.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the government of Yugoslavia built a prison near Kerestinec and used it to detain political prisoners, mainly Communists. In March 1941, at the eve of the Axis invasion, a large number of left-wing intellectuals from Zagreb were arrested and interned in Kerestinec. A few weeks later Yugoslavia collapsed and the prison was taken over by authorities of the newly formed Independent State of Croatia. Following German invasion of USSR, the Croatian Communist Party started a resistance movement that would later become known as Partisans. The Ustaša regime decided to retaliate by killing some of Kerestinec prisoners. On July 9 1941 the first group, including Božidar Adžija, Otokar Keršovani and Ognjen Prica, was executed.

The Party reacted by organizing an impromptu prison break. On July 13 the guards were overpowered and all the remaining prisoners managed to escape. But the attempt soon proved to be poorly organised and uncoordinated. Very quickly, most of the prisoners, including August Cesarec, were recaptured and shot in Maksimir woods.

Today

Today, Kerestinec is one of the neighborhoods of the Town of Sveta Nedelja. Buildings of note in the village are the Erdödy castle and the parish church of the Holy Cross.

In terms of economy, Kerestinec is also the seat of several companies and numerous private enterprises.

Kerestinec is also the cultural center of Sveta Nedelja. The leader of cultural development is the local Cultural society Kerestinec. Other groups are the Sport-fishing club "Som", "TOP" Kerestinec Football club, Volunteer Fire Department Kerestinec and several other unions.

External links

* [http://www.svetanedelja.com Town of Sveta Nedelja official website]
* [http://kerestinec-online.bloger.hr Kerestinec news portal]
* [http://kudkerestinec.bloger.hr Cultural society Kerestinec official blog]
* [http://www.dvd-kerestinec.hr/aktualno.html Volunteer Fire Department Kerestinec official website]


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