Bijelo Brdo ( sr-cyr, Бијело Брдо, , ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the Erdut municipality 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 connected by the D213 road and by R202 railway. It has a total of 1,961 inhabitants (2011).

Geography

The village is situated 15 km east from Osijek, in the

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 f ...

region on the banks of the ''Stara Drava'' branch, in the micro-region of '' Erdutska kosa'', at an altitude of 93m above sea level. It covers an area of 36.64 km².

History

Bijelo Brdo is important for archeological findings from the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

(Transdanubian cultural group) and two medieval cemeteries: one Avar-Slavic from VII-IX. century and another from X-XI. century, which became the eponymous site of the Bijelo Brdo culture. Before the Ottoman rule, the village was once called ''Trnovac'', the neighboring Hungarians called it ''Dorno''. During the Ottoman rule, the population from upper Podrinje and Polimlje settled here. During the Vienna War (1683–1699), at the time of the Turkish withdrawal the settlement was destroyed and the inhabitants fled to Bosnia. A considerable number of Serbs, in the almost desolate Trnovac, settled at the time of the Great Migrations of the Serbs under

Arsenije III Čarnojević Arsenije ( sr-cyr, Арсеније; ) is a Serbian language, Serbian given name, a variant of the Greek name ''Arsenios''. Diminutives of the name include ''Arsen'', ''Arsa'' and ''Arso (disambiguation), Arso''. It may refer to: *Arsenije Sremac ...

. In 1706, the village numbered 63 houses and in that year became part of a Dalj estate. The colonization of Slavonia was carried out in a systematic fashion through centuries but particularly during the period of WWII. Among people inhabiting poor areas, Slavonia was famed as a promised land which could feed large numbers of people, where there was a lot of fertile land and favorable living conditions.

Culture

* Church of the Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas, Bijelo Brdo, built between 1764 and 1809, reconstructed in 1996.

Demographics

The 2011 census recorded a total of 1,961 inhabitants. The 2001 census had a total of 2,119 inhabitants in 720 households. 1991 census, a total of 2,400 inhabitants, out of which

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

1,941 (80.87%),

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

217 (9.04%),

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...

97 (4.04%), and other smaller communities.

Sport

* NK BSK Bijelo Brdo *Bijelo Brdo Chess Club

Notable people

* Kuzman Stanić (1825–1898), parish priest of Timişoara * Vasilije Trbić (1881–1962), Serbian Chetnik commander in Macedonia

References

Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub