Veliki Bukovec Castle

Veliki Bukovec Castle

Veliki Bukovec is castle located in the municipality of the same name within Varaždin County, Croatia. The castle dates back to 1745 and has historically belonged to the House of Drašković. [ [http://www.dvorci.hr/page.aspx?PageID=912 Veliki Bukovec] ]

During the course of World War II, castle owners Pavle and Eliza Drašković moved to Austria. [http://www.dvorci.hr/page.aspx?PageID=918 History of Veliki Bukovec] ] The castle was nationalized in 1945 with the arrival of a communist regime in Yugoslavia. Karlo Drašković returned to the newly independent Croatia in the 1990s from his previous home in Güssing and had the castle ownership returned to him.

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