While it is probable that Sveti Juraj u Trnju witnessed Ottoman invasions and the rise of Protestantism throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, the only reliable information about that period is records of canonical visitations.

However, the oral tradition about that time was later compiled by author Dominik Kolarić in his 1947 book Hrašćanski zapisi (Records from Donji Hrašćan).

It is almost certain that the village suffered during the Great Turkish War, as 1688 records mention "cold and empty houses."

The cemetery was subsequently moved outside of the village during the reign of Joseph II for health reasons in 1779, where it remains today.

After the intervention of Gašpar Malečić (prior general of Pauline Fathers monastery in Lepoglava), who ordered parishes across Međimurje to disclose the nationality and the language of their people, Daniel Lengyel (then parish priest) declared that there were no Hungarians in the village and that all the sacraments are done in Croatian.

Discriminatory approach towards the Croatian majority from the Hungarian side, mobilizations, high inflation, war deaths, and constant requisitions caused a revolt among the inhabitants.

[6] The village also received a memorial park, commemorating the Partisan victims of World War II.