Slavonski Brod (), commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a
city
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in eastern
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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, near the border with
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of
Slavonia
Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja ...
and
Posavina
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, Slavonski Brod was the 7th largest city in the country, with a population of 59,141 at the 2011 census.
It is the centre of
Brod-Posavina County
Brod-Posavina County ( hr, Brodsko-posavska županija) is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name ''Posavina''. Other notable towns in ...
and a major
river port
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Examples
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on the
Sava
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river.
Names
Although ''brod'' means 'ship' in modern
Croatian, the city's name bears witness to an older meaning - 'water crossing', '
ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
'.
Among the names historically in use: ''Marsonia'' in the
Roman Empire
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, ''Brood'' (in Slawonien) in the German speaking Austrian period, ''Brod na Savi'' after 1934.
The ancient name "Marsonia" probably comes from the Proto-Indo-European word *mory (marsh), and the same root is seen in the nearby toponyms such as "Mursa" and "Mariniana".
Geography
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The city is located southeast of
Zagreb
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and at an elevation of . It developed at the strategically important crossing over the
Sava
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river toward
Brod in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. The Bosnian city was called Bosanski Brod until 2009.
Slavonski Brod is an important intersection of the
Posavina
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part of the highway and a railway junction, since it is located on the highway linking
Zagreb
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–
Lipovac–
Belgrade
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(
E70, A3) and the
Zagreb
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–
Vinkovci
Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surrounde ...
–
Belgrade
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railway. The ship port "Brod" on the
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally th ...
river is under construction.
There is also a new modern highway under construction, on the Pan-European
Corridor Vc
European route E73 forms part of the United Nations International E-road network, connecting Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea in the vicinity of the port of Ploče. This route is also designated as the P ...
, which will connect Northern Europe and Hungary with Croatia (through the region of Slavonia), and Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Herzegovina ( or ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Hercegovina, separator=" / ", Херцеговина, ) is the southern and smaller of two main geographical region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia. It has never had strictly defined geogra ...
with Croatia (through the coastal region of
Dalmatia
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). The alignment of this highway is approximately at a distance from the center of the town. With the completion of this route, the area of the town Slavonski Brod will become one of the major highway intersections in this part of Europe connecting directions west–east and north–south.
Demographics
Slavonski Brod is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after
Zagreb
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,
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enterta ...
,
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
,
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
and
Zadar
Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serv ...
.
Brod is the center of a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants including
Brod in Bosnia,
Sibinj
Sibinj is a village and municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia part of Slavonski Brod built-up area. There are 6,895 inhabitants; a majority are Croats according to the 2011 census.
See also
*Sibinj railway station
Sibinj railway stat ...
,
Bukovlje
Bukovlje is a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. There are 5,756 inhabitants, of which 96% declare themselves Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, ...
,
Brodski Stupnik
Brodski Stupnik is a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia that is part of the Slavonski Brod built-up area. There were 3,036 inhabitants in the 2011 census in which 95% declared themselves Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a ...
,
Podcrkavlje,
Gornja Vrba
Gornja Vrba is a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. There are 2,559 inhabitants in which 99% declare themselves Croats. (2001 census)
The people live in 2 naselja The territory of Croatia is divided by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics ...
and
Klakar.
The following
settlements comprise the administrative area of Slavonski Brod:
*
Brodski Varoš
Brodski Varoš is a village in municipality of Slavonski Brod in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. The town is notable for being the birthplace of Đuro Đaković, a prominent labor rights activist and communist revolutionary in Yugoslavia between tw ...
, population 2,035
*
Podvinje, population 3,575
* Slavonski Brod, population 53,531
History
A favorable geographical location, pleasant continental climate, fertile soil and being in the vicinity of the river Sava have all resulted with the city being inhabited since a prehistoric age.
Prehistory
The northeastern part of the city, at Galovo, recently revealed a rich deposit of the
Starčevo culture
The Starčevo culture is an archaeological culture of Southeastern Europe, dating to the Neolithic period between ''c.'' 6200 and 4500 BCE. It originates in the spread of the Neolithic package of peoples and technological innovations including far ...
, dating in the Early Stone Age. Besides the fact that this is the largest architectural finding in northern Croatia, it proves that the locality of Brod has been inhabited for at least 8,000 years.
Roman period
The first historical settlement in Brod dates from
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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times, the settlement being known as ''Marsonia''. It is still disputed whether Marsonia was a postal station, lodging for the night or an actual settlement.
The
Peutinger map
' (Latin for "The Peutinger Map"), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated ' (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the ''cursus publicus'', the road network of the Roman Empire.
The map is a 13th-cen ...
refers to Marsonia as Marsonie, while the work "
Notitia Dignitatum
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" has Marsonia under the name of "Auxilia Ascaria Tauruno sive Marsonia". The issue of Marsonia becoming a city has been tackled by the publishers of
Ptolemy
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's
geography
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, dating from the 16th century. The first geographer who located the position of Marsonia at the locality of Brod was
Abraham Ortelius
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, who, in his atlas
Theatrum orbis terrarum
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(
Antwerp
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Panonia
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n and
Illyric settlements with the towns of that time. It was he who placed Marsonia at today's location of Brod.
Peutinger's table clearly shows that Marsonia initially existed next to the Sava river, at the place where the Roman road crossed the river. The first Croatian expert, claiming that the Roman MARSVNNIA was located where Brod is now is
Matija Petar Katančić
Matija Petar Katančić ( la, Mathias Petrus Katancsich; 1750–1825) was a Croatian writer, professor of aesthetics and archaeology, lexicographer, and numismatist.
Biography
As a bootmaker's son from Valpovo, he received his initial education ...
, giving this assertion additional support.
Before the Yugoslav breakup
The
Slavs
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settled in the area of the city in the 6th century. The name of the town is mentioned for the first time in
Bela IV of Hungary's charter, dated 1224. The Vukovac fortress was built in the 15th century, subsequently damaged by the Turks. The
Ottoman Empire
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controlled the settlement from 1536 until 1691, when it was ceded to the
Empire of Austria
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, as confirmed by the
Treaty of Karlowitz
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in 1699. Until 1918, Brod (named ''Brood'' before 1850) remained in the
Austrian monarchy
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(
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
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after the
compromise of 1867
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), in the
Slavonian Military Frontier
The Slavonian Military Frontier ( hr, Slavonska vojna krajina or ; german: Slawonische Militärgrenze; sr, Славонска војна крајина; hu, Szlavón határőrvidék) was a district of the Military Frontier, a territory in the ...
, under the administration of the ''Brooder Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°VII'' until 1881. A huge
Vauban type fortress was built east of Vukovac.
Alongside its defence role the city saw steady development of crafts and commerce. The education and culture were strongly dominated by the
Franciscans
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. The 20th century was a period of strong economic growth of the city, with the 1920s being called "the Golden Age of Brod". The city's current name dates from 1934 when it was changed from Brod na Savi.
From 1941 to 1945 the city was part of the
Independent State of Croatia
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. The town was heavily bombed by the Allies in 1944 and 1945. The bombing resulted in damage to 80% of the buildings in Slavonski Brod. The bombing resulted in 897 civilian deaths, 244 military deaths, 208 wounded civilians, and 28 military wounded in Slavonski Brod and
Bosanski Brod
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In 1990 democratic reforms legalised the formation of political parties other than the League of Communists of Croatia. In Slavonski Brod, the first parties formed were the Croatian Democratic Union
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and the Croatian Democratic Party
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*Croatia
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.
Economy
The city's economy
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is based on farming, viticulture, fruit
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Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...
growing, metal-processing, timber (furniture wood, parquetry
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Parquet patterns are often entirely geometrical and angular—squares, triangles, lozenges—but may contain curves. T ...
), textiles (ready-made), leather, foodstuffs (brewery), building material (lime
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* Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
* Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
* Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
Lime may also refer to:
Botany ...
), and printing industries.
Slavonski Brod is also home to some of the most important metal companies in Southeastern Europe, the Djuro Djakovic consortium, consisting of a number of factories producing very diverse products, mainly for export. The consortium is capable of producing: locomotive
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s, tramways, wagons, bridges, industrial plants, nuclear reactors, car parts, heavily armed vehicles, armoured fighting vehicles
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, including main battle tank
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s and mine warfare Mine warfare refers to the use of different types of explosive devices:
*Land mine, a weight-triggered explosive device intended to maim or kill people or to disable or destroy vehicles
*Minelaying, deployment of explosive mines at sea
**Naval mine ...
vehicles, agricultural machinery, etc.
Service industries are becoming rapidly important, especially tourism. The city has an important cultural heritage, including a fortress
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and a Franciscan
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monastery with a rich library.
Cultural heritage
The Brod Fortress from the Baroque
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period, was constructed during the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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to serve as a stronghold against the Ottoman Empire
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, which was situated on the other bank of the Sava
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river. It is in the Vauban style, named after one of the best European experts in the building of fortifications in 17th and 18th centuries. It is one of Europe's best preserved fortresses, and also one of the biggest on the former Austro-Hungarian Military Frontier. In a way, it is the continental obverse of Diocletian's Palace
Diocletian's Palace ( hr, Dioklecijanova palača, ) is an ancient palace built for the Roman emperor Diocletian at the turn of the fourth century AD, which today forms about half the old town of Split, Croatia. While it is referred to as a "palac ...
in Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enterta ...
, by its monumentality.
The city's Franciscan
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monastery dates from the 18th century, and is also Baroque
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in style, with exceptional architecture, especially of the church yard, and monastery church interior, with its beautiful altar and paintings. In 1720, a faculty of philosophy was opened here.
The most important annual cultural event in the town is the children's festival 'In the World of the Fairy Tales of Writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (; 18 April 1874 – 21 September 1938) was a Croatian writer. Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children.
Early life
She was born on 18 April 1874 i ...
', in April and May. The Brodsko kolo, an annual show of original folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...
, is held in mid-June, while the Festival of Patriotic Folk Songs takes place in May. The artistic 'Sava' colony cherishes the tradition of watercolour
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painting.
One of the attractions of Slavonski Brod is a beautiful central town square, one of the two or three biggest in all of Croatia, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (; 18 April 1874 – 21 September 1938) was a Croatian writer. Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children.
Early life
She was born on 18 April 1874 i ...
square, named after a popular children's writer, whose house is on the square. This square is also home to numerous cultural events and has a perfect view of the beautiful Sava river. The square is also dotted with galleries, book stores, cafes, night clubs, and shops, making it a center for entertainment. Close to the square, another attraction is the romantic promenade next to the Sava river - 'Kej' as it is called by citizens of town.
Slavonski Brod Synagogue
Slavonski Brod Synagogue was a synagogue of the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod.
Slavonski Brod Synagogue was built under Jakob Kohn, the president of the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod, in the 1896 by Hönigsberg & Deutsch architecture studio. ...
, destroyed during World War II
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, was among the largest and most prestigious synagogues in Croatia.
Slavonski Brod is home to monuments to bishop Josip Stadler
Josip Stadler (24 January 1843 – 8 December 1918) was a Roman Catholic priest, the first Archbishop of Vrhbosna, the founder of the religious order of the Servants of the Infant Jesus ( hr, Služavke Maloga Isusa), and one of the main ins ...
and Croatia's first president Franjo Tuđman
Franjo Tuđman (; 14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999), also written as Franjo Tudjman, was a Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia, he became the first president of Croatia and served as p ...
. Slavonski Brod and its rail station are featured in Agatha Christie
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's ''Murder on the Orient Express
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'' as the place near which the Orient Express
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train breaks down.
Education
Slavonski Brod has very well developed educational institutions in pre-school, primary, secondary and higher education.
The city also hosts the University of Slavonski Brod, and the Primary School Teacher Training College. Some other faculties are expected to be opened soon.
In October 2006. an associate-degree college has been founded with several other faculties.
Transportation
Slavonski Brod has a train station on M104 railway corridor - it serves as a stop for all trains on international routes which passes through the town (such as Vinkovci - Villach
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or Zagreb - Belgrade
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), also being directly connected by a large number of domestic local and limited-stop services running between the capital city of Zagreb
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and Vinkovci
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/(Tovarnik
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, state border with Serbia
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).
By regular bus lines from various companies, Slavonski Brod bus station is well connected with the surrounding villages, municipalities and cities in Slavonia, such as: Đakovo
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Etymology
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, Požega and Nova Gradiška
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, as well as with all major cities throughout Croatia: Pula
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, Rijeka
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, Umag
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Geography
It is the westernmost town of Croatia, and it includes Bašanija, the westernmost point of Croatia.
Population
Umag has a population of 7,281, with a total municipal populatio ...
, Poreč
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, Rovinj
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, Osijek
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, Zagreb, Karlovac
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, Zadar
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, Split
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, Šibenik
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, etc. From the international lines there are regular departures in the direction of Germany
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and Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
Surroundings
In the immediate surroundings of the town there are interesting hunting grounds (Migalovci
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), fishponds ( Jelas Polje), and a lake ( Petnja). There are pleasant orchards and vineyards
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, Dilj
Dilj is a low mountain in south-central Slavonia, located in eastern Croatia. Of all the mountains in Slavonia, Dilj is the lowest-lying, at 471 meters. It is located north of Slavonski Brod and south of Krndija. Dilj mountain contains a forest t ...
mountain (or 'Dilj Gora'), and swimming opportunities.
Climate
Slavonski Brod has a warm-summer humid continental climate
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(Köppen climate classification
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''Dfb'').
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Slavonski Brod is twinned with:
* Celje
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, Slovenia
See also
* List of people from Slavonski Brod
* Petnja
References
Bibliography
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Notes
External links
Slavonski Brod, city government
Festung Brod (Fortress Brod)
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Požega County
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border crossings
Populated places in Brod-Posavina County
13th-century establishments in Croatia
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Divided cities
Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture