Kerestinec is a village (naselje) west of Zagreb, in the Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County municipality, infamous for events in Croatian history. It has 1,433 inhabitants living on an area of 4.71 square kilometers (1.82 sq mi).
The name of Kerestinec comes from Hungarian word kereszt which stands for "cross".
According to historical sources, there was a wooden chapel of Holy Cross near the Erdödy castle. Since the Erdödys were a Croatian-Hungarian noble family, a lot of Hungarian words were used in that time, and this is why Kerestinec bears such a name.
In 1573, during the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt, government forces led by podban (deputy viceroy) of Croatia, Gašpar Alapić, defeated rebels in a battle near Kerestinec.
The Kerestinec prison gained infamy during World War II and then again during the Yugoslav Wars.
Today, Kerestinec is one of the settlements of the Town of Sveta Nedelja. Local buildings of note are the Erdödy castle and the parish church of the Holy Cross.
Kyrie Eleison, kyrie eleison, kyrie
the wind blows hard against the mountain side across the sea into my soul it reaches into where i cannot hide setting my feet upon the road
my heart is old it holds my memories my body burns a gemlike flame
somewhere between the soul and soft machine is where i find myself again
kyrie eleison down the road that i must travel
kyrie eleison through the darkness of the night
kyrie eleison where im going will you follow
kyrie eleison on a highway in the light
when i was young i thought of growing old of what my life would mean to me
would i have followed down my chosen road, or only wished what i could be
kyrie eleison down the road that i must travel
kyrie eleison through the darkness of the night
kyrie eleison where im going will you follow
kyrie eleison on a highway in the light