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Lepoglava Penitentiary (Croatian: Kaznionica u Lepoglavi), [1] also referred to in English as Lepoglava prison, is a maximum security prison in northern Croatia administed by the Croatian Ministry of Justice. It is located in, and named after, the town of Lepoglava, Varaždin County.
The Lepoglava prison was established in Austria-Hungary in the 19th century [2] and continued to serve as a prison in the nations that succeeded Austria-Hungary, including Yugoslavia (1918–41) and Croatia (1992–present). During World War II, it was transformed into a concentration camp.
Dec 3, 2023 · The prison in Lepoglava is the oldest and the most harshly supervised in Croatia. It holds the five hundred most dangerous criminals in the country - the average sentence is twenty years. Only...
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The Lepoglava prison was established in Austria-Hungary in the 19th century [2] and continued to serve as a prison in the nations that succeeded Austria-Hungary, including Yugoslavia (1918–41) and Croatia (1992–present). During World War II, it was transformed into a concentration camp.
May 19, 2023 · Lepoglava is the oldest prison in the region of former Yugoslavia. Founded in 1854 in a Catholic Monastery, located in attractive hills in Varaždin County in the very north of the country.
Lepoglava is probably best known for hosting the main Croatian prison, the Lepoglava prison. In 1854, a monastery of the Pauline Fathers was transformed by the authorities into a prison.
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The door to the cell in Lepoglava Prison swung open. Inside, Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac, most important political prisoner in Titoist Yugoslavia, stood up to receive a visitor, A.P....
