Zlatar Bistrica

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Zlatar Bistrica
Municipality
Zlatar Bistrica is located in Croatia
Zlatar Bistrica
Zlatar Bistrica
Location of Zlatar Bistrica in Croatia
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Country  Croatia
County Krapina-Zagorje County
File:Zlatar Bistrica and upper Krapina.jpg
Zlatar Bistrica and upper Krapina

Zlatar Bistrica is a village and municipality in northwestern Croatia, in the Krapina-Zagorje County. It lies on the crossroads of two important roads for the region, one connecting northern parts of the county with Zagreb and the other connecting Varaždin and western part of the county.

What is today Zlatar Bistrica, until 1912 was actually just couple of small villages - Gornji Brestovec, Donji Brestovec and Grančari. As the railroads connected Zagreb and Varaždin, a rail station was built between Zlatar and Marija Bistrica and it was named Zlatar Bistrica. Today's Zlatar Bistrica grew in the rail station's surroundings.

With its 2600 inhabitants (2011 census),[1] it is considered one of the smaller municipalities in the county. Until 1991 it was the administrative center of the municipality of Zlatar Bistrica, which included today's municipalities of Budinšćina, Hrašćina, Konjščina, Lobor, Mihovljan, Zlatar and Zlatar Bistrica. At the time, with just over 33,000 inhabitants, it was the biggest municipality of the county.

Until the split-up in 1991, Zlatar Bistrica was also the economic stronghold with several small, medium and even a big companies operating there. Wood and meat processing as well as electric equipment is being produced there.

Culturally, Zlatar Bistrica was neglected for many years in favour of neighbouring Zlatar. Nowadays there's a strong association that works on cultural matters in Zlatar Bistrica under name of KUD "Kaj".

Sports association include soccer team NK "Ivančica" and both gender handball teams - ŽRK "Zlatar Bistrica" and RK "Zlatar Bistrica".

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