Baranjsko Petrovo Selo ( hu, Petárda, sr-Cyrl, Барањско Петрово Село) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the

Petlovac Petlovac ( hu, Baranyaszentistván, ger, Sanktivan, sr-Cyrl, Петловац) is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia. Petlovac is underdeveloped munic ...

municipality within the

Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja County (, hr, Osječko-baranjska županija, hu, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, and Beli ...

. Population is 525 people.

History

It was first mentioned in 1349 and its older name was ''Petarda''. According to Ottoman

defter A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Description The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...

s (tax records), the village was also inhabited during Ottoman administration. Mihael Marković saved the village from Serbs in 1992. His sacrifice was legendary so he got his own beer named "Mihajlo".

Parts of settlement (hamlets)

''Bakanga'', ''Baranjsko Petrovo Selo'', ''Repnjak'' and ''Žido-Pusta''. Former parts are: ''Greisinger-Pusta'', ''Paleža-Salaš'', ''Vrbak-Pusta'' and ''Žido-Lugarna''. Till 1991. part of settlement was also

Novo Nevesinje Novo Nevesinje ( sr, Ново Невесиње, hu, Botond) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 63 people. History Nov ...

which is now independent settlement.

Population

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

* ''In 1910. census together with settlement

''.

References

Literature

* Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., , ; * Book: "Mihajlo: priča o heroju", izdavač: Narodne Novine