Gornja Stubica

Gornja Stubica occupies the northern slopes of Medvednica and is one of the essential places for understanding the 1573 Peasants’ Revolt. Above the Stubica valley stand the Baroque Oršić Manor and the monumental Peasants’ Revolt and Matija Gubec Memorial, while a one-kilometre path links the museum park with Gubec’s Linden beside St George’s Church. The manor was built in the mid-18th century on the site of an older fortification, and the Museum of Peasant Revolts opened in 1973 for the revolt’s 400th anniversary. The museum has been closed for extensive renovation since March 2024, and its 2026 notice gives spring 2027 as the expected reopening; the outdoor memorial landscape is therefore the current focus of a visit. Gubec’s Linden, protected as a natural monument since 1957, is traditionally associated with meetings of the rebels. Gornja Stubica is also the terminus of a local railway from Zabok, allowing rail travel from Zagreb with a change at Zabok. Restaurants and rural inns including Rody, Lojzekova hiža and Klet Pod Lipom connect the historical itinerary with Zagorje cooking.

Gornja Stubica spreads across Medvednica’s northern slopes at the southern edge of Krapina-Zagorje County. Its identity is inseparable from the 1573 Peasants’ Revolt and the memory of Matija Gubec: Oršić Manor, Antun Augustinčić’s memorial and Gubec’s Linden form a connected commemorative landscape above the Stubica valley. Established in 1993, the municipality covers about 50 square kilometres of rolling Zagorje countryside. St George’s Church, landscaped parks and hillside wine cottages add further layers to the historic setting. As the terminus of the local railway from Zabok, Gornja Stubica also has a transport link that distinguishes it from neighbouring villages reached almost entirely by road.