Croats of Slovenia

[2] A significant number of Croats live in larger urban centers such as Ljubljana, Maribor, Velenje, Novo Mesto, Koper, Celje etc.

[2] Croats have lived in the Slovene Lands (Bela Krajina, slovenian part of Istria, Pomurje and around Sutla) for centuries.

After World War I, the number of Croats in Slovenia increased significantly, and more numerous communities were present in Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje.

[7] Number of self-declared ethnic Croats in Slovenia after World War II: The registration census from 2011 did not include the collection of data on the nationality and mother tongue of Slovenian residents.

[2] KUD Žumberak founded a local museum collection in 1991 with exhibits from the history of Međimurje and publishes the annual magazine Žumberčan.

In 2024, route went through Osijek, Našice, Slatina, Đurđevac, Vrbovec, Bjelovar, Virovitica, Zagreb, Samobor, Sveta Nedjelja, Sevnice, Trebnje, Grosuplje, Ljubljana and Vukovar.

[16] Since 2010, the Ministry of Science and Education of Croatia has been organizing Croatian classes in Ljubljana, Lendava, Maribor, Ljutomer, Radomlje and Grosuplje.

The exchange tutorship of Croatian language and literature under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and Education operates at the Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana.

[19] Slovenians of Croat ethnic origin include: Slovene poet Fany Hausmann (sl) wrote in her poem Hervatov Zvezda (Croatian Star):[3] That would roughly translate as: