Kumrovec

Kumrovec is a village in the northern part Croatia, part of Krapina-Zagorje County. It sits on the Sutla River, along the Croatian-Slovenian border. The Kumrovec municipality has 1,413 residents, but the village itself has only 267 people. The municipality was established on May 6, 1997, after it was split from the municipality of Tuhelj.

Kumrovec is notably the birthplace of marshal Josip Broz Tito, the president of Yugoslavia. The birth house of Tito features the Memorial Museum of Marshal Tito, opened in 1953. The museum is also important for the local folklore. Next to the house is the bronze standing statue of Marshal Tito. The old part of Kumrovec comprises the Ethnological Museum with 18 village houses, displaying permanent exhibitions of artifacts related to the life and work of Zagorje peasants in the 19th/20th century.