Nuštar ( hu, Berzétemonostor) is a
village and municipality in eastern
Croatia, located northeast of
Vinkovci and west of
Vukovar, on the
route D55. The population of Nuštar is 3,639, with a total of 5,772 people in the municipality, which also includes the nearby villages of
Cerić Cerić may refer to:
* Cerić, Croatia
Cerić is a village in eastern Croatia, located to the northeast of Vinkovci.
Cerić was first mentioned in historical documents in 1267, as part of the Monoštar estate. Today, Cerić is part of the Nu� ...
and
Marinci (census 2011).
[ Croatian Bureau of Statistics Census 2011, http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/census2011/htm/H11_Zup26_2941.html] Nuštar is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the
First Category Area of Special State Concern by the
Government of Croatia
The Government of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Hrvatske), formally the Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government ( hr, hrvatska Vlada), is the main executive branch of government ...
.
History
The name Nuštar comes from ''monasterium'', because a
Benedictine monastery of the Holy Spirit existed there in 1263. The nobleman Nikola Berzeta acquired the estate in the 14th century, and in the 15th century it was owned by the
Gorjanski family. A castle that was owned by the Khuen-Belassy family was expanded and had a church built within it in the 18th century. This church was renovated during the 19th century and the castle is now surrounded by a park.
Ban of Croatia-Slavonia Károly Khuen-Héderváry spent most of his childhood at the estate.
Nuštar suffered major damage during the
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...
, when it was surrounded by the
rebel Serb forces and often shelled. When Vukovar fell in the
Battle of Vukovar
The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in eastern Croatia by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various paramilitary forces from Serbia, between August and November 1991. Before the Croatian War of Independence the Bar ...
, Nuštar was the main extraction point for survivors and the village itself became surrounded from three directions. The parish church of the Holy Spirit suffered extensive damage in the war, which has since been repaired.
Image:NustarMunicipality.PNG, Nuštar municipality within Vukovar-Srijem county
File:Nuštar.JPG, Nuštar castle
File:Nuštar 2korona 1911.jpg, Hungarian Kingdom stamp cancelled at Nuštar in 1911
References
Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Syrmia
Populated places in Vukovar-Syrmia County
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