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Đakovo
Đakovo (; , , sr-Cyrl, Ђаково) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia. Đakovo is the centre of the fertile and rich Đakovo region ( ). Etymology The etymology of the name is the (diákos) in Slavic form đak (pupil). The Hungarian ''diák'' word has the same Greek origin and it is uncertain whether the name came directly from Greek, Hungarian, or local Slavic form. History In Roman antiquity the settlement ''Certissia'' stood on the same spot until it disappeared during the Migration Period. The settlement's first mention in historical documents dates from 1239 when Béla IV of Hungary granted it to the Diocese of Bosnia (), and the Bishop moved his seat here in 1246. The predecessor to the newer St. Peter's Cathedral was built in 1355. In 1374 the settlement is documented under the name ''Dyacou''. Croatian rebels in 1386 on 25 July captured Queen Mary of Hungary and her mother Elizabeth near the settlement. The Ottoman rule over Đakovo started in 1536 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đakovo Internment Camp
Đakovo was an internment camp for Jews, Jewish, and to a lesser extent Serbs, Serb, women and children in the town of Đakovo in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) that was operational between December 1941 and July 1942, during World War II. The camp was established on the site of an abandoned flour mill that was once used by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek and was initially run autonomously by the Jewish community. It received its first arrivals on 2 December 1941. In early 1942, the camp experienced an outbreak of typhoid fever which was exacerbated by the arrival of Jewish deportees from Slovenia. The NDH's ruling Ustaše movement subsequently assumed direct control of the camp and many detainees were consequently subjected to torture, rape and degradation. In mid-May, the NDH's Ministry of Health (Croatia), Ministry of Health ordered that the camp be shut down. Between 15 June and 7 July 1942, 2,400–3,200 detainees were transported to the Jasenovac co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavonia
Slavonia (; ) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria County, Istria, one of the four Regions of Croatia, historical regions of Croatia. Located in the Pannonian Plain and taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Counties of Croatia, Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina County, Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja County, Osijek-Baranja, Požega-Slavonia County, Požega-Slavonia, Virovitica-Podravina County, Virovitica-Podravina, and Vukovar-Syrmia County, Vukovar-Syrmia, although the territory of the counties includes Baranya (region), Baranya, and the definition of the western extent of Slavonia as a region varies. The counties cover or 22.2% of Croatia, inhabited by 806,192—18.8% of Croatia's population. The largest city in the region is Osijek, followed by Slavonski Brod and Vinkovci. Slavonia is located in the Pannonian Basin, largely bordered by the Danube, Drava, and Sava rivers. In the west, the region consists of the Sava and Drava valleys and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virovitica County
Virovitica County (; ) was an administrative subdivision () of the Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Medieval Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within both Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia and Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary, themselves within the Habsburg Monarchy/Austrian Empire; Croatia-Slavonia, its successor, was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania), the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. Its territory is now in eastern Croatia. The name of the county comes from the town of Virovitica (). The capital of the county moved from Virovitica to Osijek (Croatian; ) in the late 18th century. Geography Virovitica County shared borders with the Hungarian counties of Somogy County (former), Somogy, Baranya County (former), Baranya, Bács-Bodrog, and the Croatian-Slavonian counties of Syrmia County, Srijem, Požega County, Požega an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipizzan
The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner (, , , , , , ) is a European horse breed, breed of riding horse developed in the Habsburg Empire in the sixteenth century. It is of Baroque horse, Baroque type, and is powerful, slow to mature and long-lived; the coat is usually gray (horse), gray. The name of the breed derives from that of the village of Lipica, Sežana, Lipica (), which was part of the Habsburg empire at the time the breed was developed, now in Slovenia, one of the earliest stud farms established; the stud farm there is still active. The breed has been endangered numerous times by warfare sweeping Europe, including during the War of the First Coalition, World War I, and World War II. The rescue of the Lipizzans during World War II by American troops was made famous by the Disney movie ''Miracle of the White Stallions''. The Lipizzaner is closely associated with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, where the horses demonstrate the ''Classical dressage#The school jumps, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustaše
The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement (). From its inception and before the World War II, Second World War, the organization engaged in a series of terrorist activities against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, including collaborating with Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, IMRO to assassinate King Alexander I of Yugoslavia#Assassination of Alexander I, Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934.The Assassination of Europe, 1918-1942: A Political History, Howard M. Sachar, University of Toronto Press, 2014, , pp. 251–258. During World War II in Yugoslavia, the Ustaše went on to perpetrate The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia, the Holocaust and genocide against its Jews, Jewish, Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, Serb and Romani Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjak Of Pojega
The Sanjak of Pojega (; ) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed around 1538. It existed until the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), when the region was transferred to the Habsburg monarchy. It was located in present-day eastern Croatia, in the Slavonia region. The capital of the sanjak was Pojega (Croatian: Požega). History The city of Požega was taken by Yahyapaşazade Mehmed Bey tr">:tr:Yahyapaşazade_Mehmet_Paşa">tr the Sanjakbey of Semendire (Smederevo), most likely on January 15, 1537, and the citadel was taken ten days later. By early 1538, the Sanjak of Pojega was created and, after the Battle of Gorjani, Mehmed Bey's son Arslan tr">:tr:Yahyapaşazade_Arslan_Paşa">trwas appointed the first sanjakbey. The first defter in the sanjak was held in 1540. The Sanjak of Pojega included territory between Sava and Drava rivers and at first was part of the Rumelia Eyalet. In 1541, it was included into Budin Eyalet, in 1580 into Bosnia Eyalet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Croatia
An urbanized area in Croatia can gain the status of ''grad'' (which can be translated as town or city as there is no distinction between the two terms in Croatian language, Croatian) if it meets one of the following requirements: # is the center of a Counties of Croatia, county (''županija''), or # has more than 10,000 residents, or # is defined by an exception (where the necessary historical, economic or geographic reasons exist) A city (town) represents an urban, historical, natural, economic and social whole. The suburbs comprising an economic and social whole with the city, connected with it by daily migration movements and daily needs of the population of local significance, may also be included into the composition of a city as unit of local self-government. ''Grad'' (city/town) is the local administrative equivalent of ''Municipalities of Croatia, općina'' (translated as "Municipalities of Croatia, municipality"), with the only distinction being that the former usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehicle Registration Plates Of Croatia
The standard license plate, licence plates in Croatia consist of a two-letter city code which is separated by the coat of arms of Croatia from three or four numbers and one or two letters. Regular plates The standard regular plate consists of three or four randomly assigned numbers, one or two randomly assigned letters, and the first two letters indicate the city, separated by the Croatian coat of arms, while the numbers and the last letters are separated by a dash (example; Zagreb, ZG 000-A, ZG 000-AA, ZG 0000-A or ZG 0000-AA). The letters Q, W, X and Y are not used in Croatian plates because they are not in Croatian alphabet. Since Croatia entered the European Union in 2013, there have been proposals to permanently change the design scheme (consisting of new letter font and ideas to replace the coat of arms with four red squares). However, in July 2016, it was determined to keep the original design and add the blue EU-issued sticker, applying the Vehicle registration plates of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Croatia-Slavonia
The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (; or ; ) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia and Kingdom of Slavonia, Slavonia following the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement of 1868. It was associated with the Kingdom of Hungary within the dual Austro-Hungarian state, being within the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen, also known as ''Transleithania''. While Croatia had been granted a wide internal autonomy with "national features", in reality, Croatian control over key issues such as tax and military issues was minimal and hampered by Hungary. It was internally officially referred to as the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia, also simply known as the Triune Kingdom, and had claims on Kingdom of Dalmatia, Dalmatia, which was administered separately by the Austrian Cisleithania. The city of Rijeka, follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Of Bosnia
Elizabeth of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Elizabeta Kotromanić, Јелисавета Котроманић ; ; ; – January 1387) was queen consort of Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary and Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Croatia, and queen consort of Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), Poland, and, after becoming widowed, the regent of Hungary and Croatia between 1382 and 1385 and in 1386. Daughter of Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, Ban Stephen II of Banate of Bosnia, Bosnia, Elizabeth became List of Hungarian consorts, Queen of Hungary upon marrying Louis I of Hungary, King Louis I the Great in 1353. In 1370, she gave birth to a long-anticipated heir, Catherine of Hungary (1370–1378), Catherine, and became List of Polish consorts, Queen of Poland when Louis ascended the Polish throne. The royal couple had two more daughters, Mary, Queen of Hungary, Mary and Jadwiga of Poland, Hedwig, but Catherine died in 1378. Initially a consort with no substantial influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 County. Osijek is on the right bank of the Drava River, upstream of its confluence with the Danube, at an elevation of . Name The name was given to the city due to its position on elevated ground, which prevented the city being flooded by the local swamp waters. Its name ''Osijek'' derives from the Croatian word ''oseka'' ' ebb tide'. Due to its history within the Habsburg monarchy and briefly in the Ottoman Empire, as well as the presence of German, Hungarian, and Serbian minorities throughout its history, Osijek has (or had) its names in other languages: Hungarian: ''Eszék'', German: , or , , and English: ''Esgek''. Its Roman name was ''Aelia Mursa'', ''Mursa'', and later ''Mursa Major'', which may be a form of the pre-existing na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Croatia
The counties of Croatia () are the first-level administrative divisions of Croatia, administrative subdivisions of the Croatia, Republic of Croatia. Since they were re-established in 1992, Croatia has been divided into 20 county, counties and the capital city of Zagreb, which has the authority and legal status of both a county and a list of cities and towns in Croatia, city (separate from the surrounding Zagreb County). As of 2015, the counties are subdivided into 128 cities and 428 (mostly rural) Municipalities of Croatia, municipalities. The divisions have changed over time since the Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), medieval Croatian state. They reflected territorial losses and expansions; changes in the political status of Dalmatia, Republic of Ragusa, Dubrovnik and Istria; and political circumstances, including the Croatia in personal union with Hungary, personal union and subsequent development of relations between the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and the Kingdom of Hungar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
