Retfala ( hu, Rétfalu) is a
city district
A City district is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units.
City districts are used in Russia (raion), Pakistan and Croatia ( hr, gradsk ...
in the
west
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Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
ern part of
Osijek,
Croatia
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. It has 14,123 inhabitants distributed in 5,200 households. It borders
Gornji grad to the east, Tvrđavica to the northeast,
Višnjevac to the west and
Industrijska četvrt to the south.
Day of the city district is on 14 September, on
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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Its name in
Hungarian literally means ''"village in meadow"''.
History
Retfala is first mentioned in the end 17th century.
From 1750 it was estate of the family of
Pejačević.
From 19th century it was independent municipality.
From 1947 it is a city district of the City of Osijek.
References
Districts of Osijek
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