Ovaj članak istražuje neke primjere srednjovjekovne kamene plastike
na području sjeverozapadne Hrvatske, odnosno prikaze ljudske glave
koji datiraju iz razdoblja srednjeg vijeka. Tako su istraženi i prezentirani
sljedeći lokaliteti na kojima su očuvani prikazi glava: Kneginec, Nedelišće,
Cikovljan, Gotalovec, Mursko Središće, Križovljan, Lepoglava, Konjščina,
Macinec, Podturen, Vinica.Working as the overseeing conservators in the Varaždin and Međimurje county regions, we are involved in works related to cultural heritage, during which we often come across its older historical layers. These
layers are, so far, often not researched and unknown to the expert circles. With this paper we will present some examples of mediaeval stone sculptures in the region of northwestern Croatia. It is very interesting
that the region contains many preserved representations of the human head which date to the Middle Ages. During efforts on the renovation of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Kneginec, we devoted particular
attention to a small stone relief with an image of a human head, which was located high on the southern facade of the church in a difficult to reach location. In order to protect it from further damage, the relief was
removed, thereby uncovering many unknown details about its workmanship and shaping
