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Bršadin
Bršadin ( sr-Cyrl, Бршадин, hu, Borsod) is a village in the Trpinja Municipality in Croatian easternmost Vukovar-Syrmia County. Bršadin is located north of the Vuka river and west of the town of Vukovar on the main road to Vinkovci. Geography Bršadin is third-largest settlement in the municipality, after Trpinja and Bobota. It is located on the D55 highway between the towns of Vukovar and Vinkovci. Bršadin is surrounded by a villages Bogdanovci and Marinci on south, Pačetin on west, Lipovača on the north and city Vukovar on the east. Agricultural land and forests are the main characteristics of the surrounding area. Bobota Canal is located next to the village. History Before the 20th century Bršadin is first mentioned in historical sources in 1279 under the name Boršod. Boršod was located on an elevated area known as the "Old Village", about two kilometers west of the present day settlement.> Boršod decays after 1526 Ottoman Empire breakthrough into Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trpinja
Trpinja ( sr-Cyrl, Трпиња, hu, Terpenye) is a village and an eponymous municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The village is located on the D55 road between Osijek and Vukovar. Landscape of the Trpinja Municipality is marked by the Pannonian Basin plains and agricultural fields of corn, wheat, common sunflower and sugar beet. The Municipality of Trpinja was established in 1997 by the UNTAES administration as one of new predominantly Serb municipalities in order to ensure access to local self-government to Serb community in the region after the end of the Croatian War of Independence. The municipality is northernmost one in the Vukovar-Syrmia Country and there are in total 7 villages within municipal boundaries. At the time of 2011 census the municipality had a population of 5,572 and the village of Trpinja itself 1,537. Languages and names Settlement's name The villages of Trpinja, Bobota and Vera share a common legend about the origin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pačetin
Pačetin ( sr-Cyrl, Пачетин, hu, Pacsinta) is a village in the municipality of Trpinja, Vukovar-Syrmia County in the easternmost part of Croatia. At the time of the 2011 Census the population of the village was 541. Village lies north of the Vuka River and west of the M601 railway. Its major landmark is the Church of St. Nicholas from the 18th century. County road Ž4111 passing through the villages of Pačetin, Bobota and Vera connect all three villages with D2 road and D55 road. Pačetin is 28.6 km southeast of Osijek, the economic and cultural centre of Slavonia and 17.2 km from the Osijek Airport. County seat Vukovar is 17.3 km east of Pačetin. Geography Absolute altitudes of the village is 87 meters above the sea level. Pačetin is located two kilometers away from the Vuka River.Marković, M. (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Naklada Jesenski i Turk. Zagreb. History First information about Pačetin come from the 1275. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobota, Croatia
Bobota ( sr-Cyrl, Бобота) is a village in the Municipality of Trpinja in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. Regional Bobota Canal, the first major water management project in modern-day Croatia in the post-Roman Empire period, was named after the village. According to 2011 Census Bobota had a population of 1,491 inhabitants. Bobota is centrally located within the municipality and is its largest settlement with total population just marginally ahead of Trpinja. The village is located south of the D2 road and part of the Osijek Airport plot, including a part of the runway is within its cadastral boundaries. The village is also located centrally in the triangle between the nearby cities of Osijek, Vukovar and Vinkovci. Name Villages of Trpinja, Bobota and Vera share the common folk story on the origin of their names. According to the story, the ancestors of today's inhabitants of villages, who settled at the time of the Great Serb Migrations under Arsenije III Ča ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vukovar-Syrmia County
Vukovar-Srijem County ( hr, Vukovarsko-srijemska županija), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian county. It includes the eastern parts of the region of Slavonia and the western parts of the region of Syrmia, as well as the lower Sava river basin, Posavina and Danube river basin Podunavlje. Due to the overlapping definitions of geographic regions, division on Slavonia and Syrmia approximately divides the county vertically into north-west and south-east half, while division on Posavina and Podunavlje divides it horizontally on north-east and south-west half. The county's seat is in Vukovar, a town on the Danube river while its biggest town and economic and transportation center is in Vinkovci, town with 33,328 inhabitants. Vinkovci served as an temporary ''de facto'' seat of the county during the Croatian War of Independence with some institutions still remaining in the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobota Canal
The Bobota Canal ( hr, Bobotski kanal, sr-cyr, Боботски канал, hu, Bobota-csatorna) is a 50.73 kilometers long canal in Croatia. It is named after the eponymous village of Bobota. Its construction started in the early 19th century with the aim of prevention of epidemics among people in villages in the swamp and their animals. Works without proper construction permits were initiated by nobleman Ivan Kapistran Adamović. Construction of Bobota Canal was the first major water management project in modern-day Croatia in post-Roman Empire period. The canal is classified as a water management system of paramount importance for irrigation and flood protection for settlements in the surrounding area. It is a channel of the first category in Croatia. History Construction of the Bobota Canal started in the early 19th century with the aim of prevention of epidemics among people in villages in the swamp and their animals. Up to that point entire region was covered under Pala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D55 (Croatia)
D55 state road in the eastern part of Croatia connects the cities and towns of Vukovar, Vinkovci, Županja to the state road network of Croatia, and most notably to the A3 motorway. The road is long. The route comprises some urban intersections, mostly in the city of Vinkovci. The D55 state road intersects the Vukovar-Srijem County exactly through an area that connects the regions of Slavonia and Syrmia. The road, as well as all other state roads in Croatia, is managed and maintained by Hrvatske ceste, state-owned company. Traffic volume Traffic is regularly counted and reported by Hrvatske ceste Hrvatske ceste (lit. ''Croatian roads'') is a Croatian state-owned company pursuant to provisions of the Croatian Public Roads Act ( hr, Zakon o javnim cestama enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia. The tasks of the company are def ..., operator of the road. Road junctions and populated areas Maps Sources {{Vukovar D055 D055 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuka (river)
Vuka is a river in eastern Croatia, a right tributary of the Danube river. At , it is the 13th-longest river flowing through Croatia and it has a drainage area of . The river is located in Vukovar-Srijem County, in the Slavonia region. It empties into the Danube at the town of Vukovar, which got its name from the river. The ancient name of Pannonian Illyrians for Vuka was Volcos. Settlements along the river basin * Borovik * Podgorje Bračevačko * Razbojište * Budimci (2 km away) * Krndija (1 km away) *Jurjevac Punitovački * Beketinci * Hrastovac * Vuka * Dopsin (1 km away) * Hrastin * Hudeston (Named after Huđï) * Petrova Slatina (0,5 km away) * Paulin Dvor (0,8 km away) *Ernestinovo (1,5 km away) *Ada *Laslovo *Podrinje * Palača (1 km away) *Markušica *Gaboš * Antin (2 km away) * Mlaka Antinska * Ostrovo (2 km away) *Tordinci *Pačetin (2 km awayMarković, M. (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Naklada Jesenski i Turk. Zagreb.) *Nuštar (2 km away) * Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it has 46 member states, with a population of approximately 675 million; it operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros. The organisation is distinct from the European Union (EU), although it is sometimes confused with it, partly because the EU has adopted the original Flag of Europe, European flag, created for the Council of Europe in 1955, as well as the Anthem of Europe, European anthem. No country has ever joined the EU without first belonging to the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe is an official United Nations General Assembly observers, United Nations Observer. Being an international organization, the Council of Europe cannot make laws, but it does have the ability to push for the enf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Language
Serbian (, ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and Kosovo. It is a recognized minority language in Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Standard Serbian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian (more specifically on the dialects of Šumadija-Vojvodina and Eastern Herzegovina), which is also the basis of standard Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin varieties and therefore the Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs, and Montenegrins was issued in 2017. The other dialect spoken by Serbs is Torlakian in southeastern Serbia, which is transitional to Macedonian and Bulgarian. Serbian is practically the only European standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic, using both Cyril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipovača, Vukovar-Syrmia County
Lipovača is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D2 highway. Administratively, village is part of town of Vukovar, seat of Vukovar-Syrmia County. Bobota Canal passes next to the village. Lipovača forms a western salient of the Town of Vukovar surrounded by the Municipality of Trpinja. The location was originally established as a pustara, a Pannonian type of hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts .... References Populated places in Vukovar-Syrmia County Populated places in Syrmia {{VukovarSyrmia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marinci, Croatia
Marinci is a village in the Nuštar municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia located northeast of Vinkovci and southwest of Vukovar. The population is 670 (census 2011). The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-Bogdanovci-Vukovar and its position was strategically important during the 1991 Battle of Vukovar. Marinci were built on the foundations of an older Roman settlement. A Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ... was built in the center of the village in 1855, demolished in 1992 and rebuilt in 2005. Name The name of the village in Croatian is plural. References Populated places in Vukovar-Syrmia County Populated places in Syrmia {{VukovarSyrmia-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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