Šenkovec, Zagreb County

Šenkovec is a naselje (settlement) in the municipality of Brdovec, Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, it has 733 inhabitants[1] living in an area of 0.90 square kilometers (0.35 sq mi).[2] It was the site of a Yugoslav Partisan massacre of civilians at the end of World War II in 1945, which killed approximately 500 people, with the Partisans burying the bodies in an anti-tank trench.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Population by sex and age, by settlements, census 2001 (Brdovec)". Republic of Croatia Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  2. ↑ "Prostorno razvojne i resursne značajke: Naselja". Zagreb County Spatial Plan (in Croatian). Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  3. ↑ Prenc, Mladen (2009-04-16). "FOTO: Glave i noge civila virile su iz bunkera". Javno.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2009-04-18.

Coordinates: 46°24′19″N 16°25′13″E / 46.40528°N 16.42028°E / 46.40528; 16.42028

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