Bedekovčina

The archaeological site of the Kiebel fortress is located in the area of the Bedekovčina Municipality. In 1248, the name of the noble town Castrum Cubul, which should be identified with the present-day toponym Kebel, first appears in written records. Almost twenty years later, in 1267, the Croatian-Hungarian King Bela IV granted Kumur, i.e. Komor in the then Varaždin County, to the Bedeković noble family. In 1543, in the War Tax List, we find estates owned by the Bedeković family: Komor, owned by Mihovil Bedeković, and Našenina (Naseyna), owned by Nikola Bedeković. Although the exact location of Našenina has not yet been determined, like Komor, it was located in the area of present-day Bedekovčina, which was named after its lords, the noble Bedeković family.

The Municipality of Bedekovčina was founded in 1940 by order of the Ban of the Banovina of Croatia, Ivan Šubašić. After World War II its development continued, and at the time Mače was also part of the Municipality of Bedekovčina. In 1960, the Municipality of Bedekovčina was abolished and was integrated into the Municipality of Zabok.

The municipality of Bedekovčina was reconstituted as an independent unit of local government in 1993, and its first mayor was Dragutin Burek. The area of today's Bedekovčina Municipality is divided between the parishes of Bedekovčina, Orehovica and Mača which played a major role in the development of settlements in the area of the Bedekovčina Municipality, especially since priests were the bearers and promoters of education. ^[3]

In 2021, the municipality had 7,340 residents in the following 15 settlements:^[2]

In the 2021 census, the absolute majority were Croats at 98.68%.^[2]

The current mayor of Bedekovčina is Željko Odak (HDZ) and the Bedekovčina Municipal Council consists of 13 seats.