Šarengrad ( sr-cyr, Шаренград, , ) is a village in eastern

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. It is located along the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

river and is administratively part of Croatian easternmost town of

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

. Šarengrad is known for its landscape which is dominated by the river and picturesque houses and church tower next to it.

Island of Šarengrad Island of Šarengrad (, sr-Cyrl, Шаренградска ада, or ) is a Danube river island situated close to the village of Šarengrad in Croatia. It covers an area of . The old riverbed of the Danube caused problems for navigation due to ...

is an 9 km² river island situated close to the village.

Geography

The village is located in the

Syrmia Syrmia (Ekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srem, Срем, separator=" / " or Ijekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srijem, Сријем, label=none, separator=" / ") is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is div ...

region, on the

Fruška Gora Fruška gora ( sr-Cyrl, Фрушка гора) is a mountain in Syrmia, with most of the mountain being part of Serbia and its westernmost edge extending into eastern Croatia. The Serbian part of the mountain forms the country's oldest National p ...

slopes, next to the

river.

Demographics

1991 census

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Šarengrad had 1,472 inhabitants (in the main settlement Šarengrad 1,330 and in hamlets: ''Bjelica'' 47 and ''Šarengradska Dobra Voda'' 95), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Gallery

File:Šarengrad, Syrmia, Croatia.JPG, Main D2 road File:Sarengrad Stari grad 221208.jpg File:Šarengrad castle ruins (Castellum Athya).JPG, Medieval castle File:Šarengrad_08.jpg, Serbian orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord File:Partizansko groblje u Šarengradu.JPG,

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...

cemetery

References

External links

Populated places on the Danube Populated places in Syrmia Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Ilok {{VukovarSyrmia-geo-stub