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Gaboš ( sr-Cyrl, Габош) 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
Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar-Srijem County (), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian Counties of Croatia, county. It includes the eastern parts of the region of ...
,
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 ...
, with a population of 516. The settlement was originally established as a pustara, a Pannonian type of
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. Gaboš became a colonist settlement was established during the
land reform in interwar Yugoslavia The land reform in interwar Yugoslavia was a process of redistribution of agricultural land in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929) carried out in the interwar period. The reform's proclaimed social ideal was ...
.


History

In July 1943, during the
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,
Nazi forces The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previou ...
destroyed agricultural machinery, including threshers, across several villages, including Gaboš.


Education

Branch school of Elementary school Markušica is located in Gaboš. Education at local schools is in
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Demographic history

According to the 1991 census, the village was inhabited by a majority of Serbs (87.66%), and minority of Croats (7.37%) and Yugoslavs (2.27%).


See also

* Markušica Municipality * Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Gaboš


References


External links


The church of Gaboš
Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Populated places in Syrmia Joint Council of Municipalities Serb communities in Croatia {{VukovarSyrmia-geo-stub