Prelog (Hungarian: Perlak, Kajkavian: Prilok) is a city in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia.

The city's administrative area includes the following settlements:[3] Prelog (Hungarian: Perlak) was first mentioned on 6 December 1264, and that date is celebrated with a local festival.

The place was obviously well managed and organised, so that the King of Croats and Hungarians, Matthias Corvinus, was stationed here with his army in 1480.

After that, the population of Prelog decreased due to fear and suspicion of foreign German armies present nearby.

The city was simply slightly offset, only indirectly connected, and unable to benefit properly from the new means of transport.

The city was the seat of the Prelog district (Hungarian: Perlaki járás) of Zala County in the Kingdom of Hungary until the Treaty of Trianon was signed in 1920.

During World War II, it was part of Hungary again, as the entire Međimurje region was annexed by the Hungarians between 1941 and 1945.

However, it soon regained its confidence and began to grow again, receiving the city status from the Croatian Parliament in February 1997, five years after the country's independence.