Desinić

Municipality of Croatia

Place in Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia

46°8′24″N 15°39′36″E / 46.14000°N 15.66000°E / 46.14000; 15.66000Country

CroatiaCountyKrapina-ZagorjeArea

^[1]

• Total45.0 km² (17.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total2,530 • Density56/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitedesinic.hr

Desinić is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia.

In the 2011 census, there was a total population of 2,933, in the following settlements:^[3]

Notable people

Veronika of Desenice, the second wife of Frederick II, Count of Celje, is traditionally believed to had been born in Desinić.^{[citation needed]}
Gaudencija Šplajt, Roman Catholic nun, social worker and martyr^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Desinić". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ S. M. Gaudencija Šplajt (PDF). Zagreb: Družba sestara Služavki Maloga Isusa. 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "14. veljače 1911. rođena sestra Fanika Šplajt – ubijena i bačena u zloglasnu jamu Jazovka". Benediktov portal. Hrvatska udruga Benedikt. February 14, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ Tripalo, Luka (February 7, 2023). "Ovdje svatko zna svakoga, ali i svatko zna nešto. I za svakoga ima ponešto". Glas Koncila. Zagreb. Retrieved January 21, 2024.