Hlebine is first mentioned 1671 as a village in the Drnje parish. It became an independent parish in 18th century. It was a part of Koprivnica county until 1993. Hlebine is also an important city for Croatian art, and is a center of Croatian naive art. It is a birth town of Franjo Mraz, Krsto Hegedu�i?, Ivan Generali?, Josip Generali? and Franjo Ga�i
