Palace of Syrmia County ( hr, Palača Srijemske županije, sr, Палата Сремске жупаније, german: Palast der Gespanschaft Syrmien, hu, Syrmia megyei palota) is located

Vukovar Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...

, administrative seat of the

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 ...

. The building originally housed the assembly and institutions of the

Syrmia County Syrmia County ( hr, Srijemska županija, sr, Сремска жупанија, hu, Szerém vármegye, german: Komitat Syrmien) was a historic administrative subdivision (''županija'') of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was ...

with subsequent occupants listing various historical administrative units and including contemporary regional authorities of the Vukovar-Srijem County. The initiative for the construction of the new palace for Syrmia County came from count Marko Pejačević who fulfilled his service from the old administrative building which was located in the courtyard of the contemporary palace. The instruction to build the palace was sent by

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on 25 April 1768 with co-signatures from Hungarian noble and politician Ferenc Esterházy and Josip Jablanzy. General Congregation in

Ilok Ilok () is the easternmost town in Croatia forming a geographic salient surrounded by Vojvodina. Located in the Syrmia region, it lies on a hill overlooking the Danube river, which forms the border with the Bačka region of Serbia. The populati ...

in 1769 allocated 15,000

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to Joseph Hatzinger who was tasked to build the new palace. The building was fully completed and operational by 1773 and it was used for administrative purposes even before that time as early as 1771. Following the end of the

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and

UNTAES The United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) was a UN peacebuilding transitional administration in the Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia in the eastern parts of Croatia ...

mission in the region the building was reconstructed by the donation of the

Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia County ( hr, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija ) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242 (2011). The land area is 14.106,40 km2. Split-Dalmat ...

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{{Castles in Croatia Castles in Croatia Buildings and structures in Vukovar-Syrmia County 1771 establishments in the Habsburg Monarchy Buildings and structures in Vukovar Baroque palaces in Croatia

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