Official Name: | Ključ Brdovečki |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Zagreb County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Brdovec |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.2 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 548 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 10292 |
Ključ Brdovečki is a naselje (settlement) in the municipality of Brdovec, Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, it has 663 inhabitants[2] living in an area of 3.2km2.[3]
The village became the site of a mass grave from May 23–25, 1945 when Axis soldiers were massacred there by the Yugoslav Partisans.[4] The Wehrmacht had dug anti-tank trenches in the village, which were used to bury the dead.[4] The mass grave was discovered in 2009.[5] It is estimated that there are 4000 bodies in the graves, with many of them being members of the 392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division (Wehrmacht).[5]