Ivanec is a city located in Varazdin County, and consists of 29 villages. According to the census in 2001., the town had 14,434 inhabitants. Ivanec area was recorded on all archaeological maps of the world as one of the first residence of the human species. In the Vindija cave, the Big (Mačkova) cave in Ravna Gora and Severovo quarry near Vuglovec have been preserved the oldest prehistoric periods of mankind. Surroundings of Ivanac are rich deposits of various objects from prehistory. Historians have confirmed that Ivanec was the headquarters of the Order of Sv. Ivan Jeruzalemski, the medieval Roman Catholic order of knights often called Ivanovci after which the town was named. After Ivanovci it belonged to the noble family Petheö de Gerse. From the time of this family derives the construction of the castle, as evidenced by the deed of donation of King Ferdinand from the 1564th The first relevant document to mention a castle in Ivanec was from the 1558th. Pethei later sold their poss...essions in Ivanec on Ladislav Erdödy, with which the descendant of Pethei again disputed the ownership. After the 1817th item was interleaved. From the mid-19th century until the thirties of the 20th century the history of the castle and the village Ivanac wa linked to the family Kukuljevic-Sakcinski. In the town Ivanec is well developed industry with two hundred companies that employ over 2,800 people. This is the traditional area of the labor-intensive industries, in terms of wood processing, metal processing industry, meat processing, production of footwear, textile industry. Earnings are below the Croatian average, and unemployed are only 800 people. According to the Financial Times, Ivanec is ranked among the top ten European small towns most interesting to foreign investors. Various crafts, commercial zones and economic incentives were crucial in the choice. In the city of Ivanec there is an elementary school and a regional classes in Kuljevčica and Prigorec. Secondary school Ivanec has three divisions, Gymnasium, School of Economics and Industrial - Trades school in the branches of the textile, trading and engineering.