Church of Saint Anne ( hr, Župna crkva Svete Ane, la, Ecclesia parochiali S. Annae, german: St.-Anna-Kirche) is a
Roman Catholic Parish church in
Slakovci
Slakovci (german: Zlaakowcz, hu, Szlakóc) is a Settlement (Croatia), village in Stari Jankovci municipality of Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. It is connected by the D46 (Croatia), D46 state road. The village is physically connected ...
in
Vukovar-Srijem 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 ...
in eastern
Croatia. The church was constructed in 1781.
The local parish was established in 1784 and originally existed only up until 1786.
It was reestablished in 1876.
During the
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...
the village of Slakovci was included within the self-proclaimed
SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
The Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srpska autonomna oblast Istočna Slavonija, Baranja i Zapadni Srem, Српска аутономна област Источна Славонија, ...
with most of the local Croat Catholic population being expelled. The Church of Saint Anne was intentionally devastated by Serb forces.
After the end of the
in 1998 the Church of Saint Anne was the first church in the region which was reconstructed already in 2000.
References
Churches completed in 1781
Roman Catholic churches in Vukovar-Syrmia County
{{Stari Jankovci Municipality
Destroyed churches in Croatia