Located at the foot of Ivančica, the highest mountain of Hrvatsko zagorje, there is a small town of a rich history, tradition and culture.
Thanks to its natural beauties, water resources and natural diversity, Ivanec had been inhabited early in the past. Many excavated objects in the Ivanec area prove that people had been living here long before the 12th century when, for the first time, the knights of St. John’s order were mentioned in written form.They were a knight order of St. John of Jerusalem who had come to Ivanec in the 12th century. It is precisely in one of their documents from the year 1396 that the settlement of St. John is mentioned for the first time – today’s Ivan.
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