Pitomača is a
municipality in
Croatia in the
Virovitica–Podravina County
Virovitica-Podravina County (; hr, Virovitičko-podravska županija ; hu, Verőce-Drávamente megye) is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, hence the name ''P ...
. It has a population of 10,059 (
2011 census), of whom 98.62% are
Croats.
History
Since the end of the
Ottoman Empire until 1918, Pitomača (named ''PITOMACA'' before 1850) was part of the
Austrian monarchy (
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...
after the
compromise of 1867
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (german: Ausgleich, hu, Kiegyezés) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The Compromise only partially re-established the former pre-1848 sovereignty and status of the Kingdom of Hungary ...
), in the
Croatian Military Frontier, Warasdin-St. Georgener Regiment N°VI.
[Probably until 1881.]
References
Populated places in Virovitica-Podravina County
Municipalities of Croatia
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