Veliki Bukovec Castle

Veliki Bukovec is a castle located in the municipality of the same name within Varaždin County, Croatia. The castle was built between 1745 and 1755 and has historically belonged to the House of Drašković.

During the course of World War II, castle owners Pavao and Eliza Drašković moved to Austria. The castle was nationalized in 1945 with the arrival of a communist regime in Yugoslavia. Karlo Drašković returned (together with his son Nikola) to the newly independent Croatia in the 1990s from his previous home in Güssing and had the castle ownership returned to him.

References

1. List of castles in Croatia
2. Erdödy castle, Kerestinec
3. Primož Trubar
4. Fran Levstik
5. Josip Stritar
6. Rute Plateau
7. Nebotičnik
8. List of people from Ljubljana
9. Mass graves in Slovenia
10. Šmartno pod Šmarno Goro
11. Jože Javoršek