Pretkovec

Demographic figures from Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pretkovec is a village near Krapina, in Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ljudevit Gaj

Croatian academic, writer and politician (1809–1872)

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Mirko Grmek

Croatian-French psychiatrist & historian of medicine

August Košutić

Croatian politician (1893-1964)

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Darko Horvat

Croatian footballer

Janko Leskovar

Croatian novelist (1861–1949)

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Kreso Kovacec

Croatian footballer (born 1969)

Danijel Premerl

Yugoslavian footballer (1904-1975)

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Josip Seissel

Croatian architect and visual artist (1904–1987)

Rudolf Valdec

Croatian sculptor (1872-1929)

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August Kovačec

Croatian linguist

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Dragojlo Kušlan

(1817-1867)

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Dubravko Ivančan

Croatian poet, literary critic and translator (1931-1982)

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Ernest Tomašević

Croatian painter

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Izidor Bistrović

Croatian Jesuit novice and martyr (1949-1969)

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Katarina Patačić

Croatian countess (1745–1811)

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Rudi Stipković

Croatian caricaturist (1939–2004)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Krapina-Zagorje

• Mala Pačetina
  0.7 mi away · pop. 104
• Stara Ves Petrovska
  0.8 mi away · pop. 170
• Škarićevo
  1.3 mi away · pop. 707
• Štuparje
  1.4 mi away · pop. 396
• Petrovsko
  1.6 mi away · pop. 201
• Polje Krapinsko
  1.7 mi away · pop. 666
• Mihaljekov Jarek
  1.7 mi away · pop. 469
• Slatina Svedruška
  1.8 mi away · pop. 384
• Benkovec Petrovski
  2 mi away · pop. 148
• Preseka Petrovska
  2 mi away · pop. 276
• Doliće
  2.1 mi away · pop. 436
• Straža Krapinska
  2.1 mi away · pop. 42

Browse all places in Krapina-Zagorje →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-23

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-20

European White Waterlily

Nymphaea alba

Seen 2026-09-20

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-20

European Cyclamen

Cyclamen purpurascens

Seen 2026-09-20

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-19

Great capricorn beetle

Cerambyx cerdo

Seen 2026-09-19

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Seen 2026-09-12

wall-rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).