Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, ) is a

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. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava river. , the city has a total population of 36,764 inhabitants, while its administrative area has a population of 72,580 inhabitants. As

Sirmium Sirmium was a city in the Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous province of Serbia. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by Illyrians ...

, it was a capital of the

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during the

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of 4th century CE. Ten Roman emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors

Herennius Etruscus Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius (died c. June 251), known simply as Herennius Etruscus, was briefly Roman emperor in 251, ruling jointly under his father Decius. His father was proclaimed emperor by his troops in September 249 while ...

(251),

Hostilian Hostilian (; died July 251) was briefly Roman emperor in 251. Hostilian was born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla at an unknown date and elevated to ''caesar'' in 250 by Decius. After Decius and Herennius Etruscus, Hostilian's brother, we ...

(251), Decius Traian (249–251),

Claudius Gothicus Marcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus" (10 May 214 – August/September 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. During his reign he fought successfully against the Alemanni and decisively defeated the Goths at the Batt ...

(268–270),

Quintillus Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus (died 270) was a short-lived Roman emperor. He took power after the death of his brother, Emperor Claudius Gothicus, in 270 CE. After reigning for a few weeks Quintillus was overthrown by Aurelian, who had be ...

(270),

Aurelian Aurelian (; ; 9 September ) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 270 to 275 AD during the Crisis of the Third Century. As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had nearly disinte ...

(270–275),

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(276–282),

Maximian Maximian (; ), nicknamed Herculius, was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was ''Caesar (title), Caesar'' from 285 to 286, then ''Augustus (title), Augustus'' from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocleti ...

(285–310),

Constantius II Constantius II (; ; 7 August 317 – 3 November 361) was Roman emperor from 337 to 361. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders against the Sasanian Empire and Germanic peoples, while internally the Roman Empire went through repeated civ ...

(337–361) and Gratian (367–383).

Name

The modern town name is ''Sremska Mitrovica'' (). The Hungarian name was ''Szávaszentdemeter'' while in Croatian it is referred to as ''Srijemska Mitrovica''. In

Pannonian Rusyn Pannonian Rusyn (, ), also historically referred to as Yugoslav Rusyn, is a linguistic variety, variety of the Slovak language, spoken by the Pannonian Rusyns, primarily in the regions of Vojvodina (northern part of modern Serbia) and Slavonia ...

, it is referred to as . Mitrovica stems from Saint Demetrius or "Sveti Dimitrije" in Serbian. Sremska Mitrovica means ''Mitrovica of

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 ...

'' with Sremska distinguishing it from

Kosovska Mitrovica Mitrovica (Albanian language, Albanian Definiteness, indefinite Albanian morphology#Nouns (declension), form: ''Mitrovicë''; sr-Cyrl, Митровица, Mitrovica), also referred to as Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-Cyrl, Косовска Митр� ...

. The name of the city during the reign of the

was

. Beginning in 1180 AD the name changed from "Civitas Sancti Demetrii" to "Dmitrovica", "Mitrovica", and finally to the present form - "Sremska Mitrovica".

History

Ancient Sirmium

Sremska Mitrovica is one of the oldest cities in Europe. Archaeologists have found a trace of organized

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life dating from 5000 BC onwards.

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n jewellery dating to 500BC was excavated in the city. When the Romans conquered the city in the 1st century BC, Sirmium already was a settlement with a long tradition. In the 1st century, Sirmium gained a status of a colony of the citizens of

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, and became a very important military and strategic location in

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, on the west by Noricum and upper Roman Italy, Italy, and on the southward by Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia and upper Moesia. It ...

province. The war expeditions of Roman emperors

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Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...

, and

Claudius II Marcus Aurelius Claudius "Gothicus" (10 May 214 – August/September 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. During his reign he fought successfully against the Alemanni and decisively defeated the Goths at the Batt ...

, were prepared in Sirmium. In 103, Pannonia was split into two provinces:

Pannonia Superior Pannonia Superior () was a Roman province created from the division of Pannonia in 103 AD, its capital in Carnuntum. It overlapped in territory with modern-day Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, and Slovenia. History It was as governor of the ...

and Pannonia Inferior, and Sirmium became the capital city of the latter. In 296,

Diocletian Diocletian ( ; ; ; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia. As with other Illyri ...

implemented a new territorial division of Pannonia. Instead of previous two provinces, there were four new provinces established in former territory of original Pannonia: Pannonia Prima, Pannonia Valeria, Pannonia Savia and Pannonia Secunda. Capital city of Pannonia Secunda was Sirmium. In 293, with the establishment of

tetrarchy The Tetrarchy was the system instituted by Roman emperor Diocletian in 293 AD to govern the ancient Roman Empire by dividing it between two emperors, the ''augusti'', and their junior colleagues and designated successors, the ''caesares''. I ...

, the Roman Empire was split into four parts; Sirmium became one of the four capital cities of the Empire, the other three being Augusta Treverorum,

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, and

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(modern

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and Izmit). During the tetrarchy, Sirmium was the capital of emperor

Galerius Galerius Valerius Maximianus (; Greek: Γαλέριος; 258 – May 311) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311. He participated in the system of government later known as the Tetrarchy, first acting as '' caesar'' under Emperor Diocletian. In th ...

. With the establishment of

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s in 318, the capital of the prefecture of Illyricum was Sirmium. Beginning in the 4th century, the city was an important

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centre, and was a seat of the Episcopate of Sirmium. Four Christian councils were held in Sirmium. At the end of the 4th century, Sirmium was brought under the sway of the

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, and later, was again annexed to the Eastern Roman Empire. In 441, Sirmium was conquered by the

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, and after this conquest, it remained for more than a century in the hands of various Germanic tribes, such were Eastern Goths and

Gepids The Gepids (; ) were an East Germanic tribes, East Germanic tribe who lived in the area of modern Romania, Hungary, and Serbia, roughly between the Tisza, Sava, and Carpathian Mountains. They were said to share the religion and language of the G ...

. For a short time, Sirmium was the center of the Gepide State and the king Cunimund minted golden coins in it. After 567, Sirmium was again incorporated into

Eastern Roman Empire The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

. The city was conquered and destroyed by Avars in 582. This event marked the end of the period of late Antiquity in the history of Sirmium. 11 luxurious golden belts of Avar handicraft dating to the 6th century was excavated in the vicinity.

After the Avar conquest

For the next two centuries Sirmium was a place of little importance. At the end of the 8th century, Sirmium belonged to the Frankish State. The historical role of Sirmium increased again in the 9th century, when it was part of the

Bulgarian Empire Bulgarian Empire may refer to: * First Bulgarian Empire The First Bulgarian Empire (; was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led b ...

. Pope Adrian II gave St Methodius the title of Archbishop of Sirmium. After having adopted Christianity, the Bulgarians restored in Sirmium the Christian Episcopate, having in mind old Christian traditions and the reputation this city had in the ancient world. In the 11th century, Sirmium was a residence of

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, a duke of

, who was a vassal of the Bulgarian Samuil. After 1018, the city was again included into the

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, and since the end of the 11th century, Sirmium was a subject of a dispute between the Byzantine Empire and the

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, until 1180 when the Byzantine Empire gave up Sirmium, surrendering it to the Kingdom of Hungary. In the 11th century, a Byzantine province named Theme of Sirmium had its capital in this city. Emperor

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(976–1025) created administrative system in which Sirmium was a seat of ''strategos Serbias''. For a while, about 1451, the city was in possession of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. In 1521 the city came into Ottoman hands and it remained under the Ottoman rule for almost two centuries. According to Ottoman traveler

Evliya Çelebi Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman explorer who travelled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, rec ...

, Mitrovica had been conquered by the Bosnian sanjak bey Husrev-bey. It was renamed as "Dimitrofça". The name of the mayor of the city was Dimitar and since the middle of the 16th century, the city was mostly populated with

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. According to the 1566/69 data, the population of the city was composed of 592 Muslim and 30

houses, while according to the 1572 data, it was composed of 598 Muslim and 18 Christian houses. According to the 1573 data, the city had 17 mosques and no Christian church. During the Ottoman rule, Sremska Mitrovica was the largest settlement in

, and was the administrative center of the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia. It was temporarily occupied by Austrian troops between 1688 and 1690. They finally took it in 1717 and took possession of it after signing Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718. With the establishment of the

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administration in 1718, the Muslim population fled from the city and was replaced with Serbian, Croatian, and German settlers. According to the 1765 data, the population of the city numbered 809 people, of whom 514 were Serbs and 290 Catholics. Sremska Mitrovica was part of the Habsburg

Military Frontier The Military Frontier (; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна крајина, Vojna krajina, sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна граница, Vojna granica, label=none; ; ) was a borderland of the Habsburg monarchy and later the Austrian and Austro-Hungari ...

( Slavonian Krajina). In 1848–49, it was part of the Serbian Voivodship, a Serb autonomous region within Austrian Empire, but in 1849, it was returned under administration of the Military Frontier. With the abolition of the Slavonian Military Frontier in 1881, Sremska Mitrovica was included into

Syrmia County Syrmia County (, , , ) was a historic administrative subdivision ('' županija'') of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen ( Transleithania), the Hungarian par ...

, which was part of the

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within

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. According to the 1910 census, the population of the city numbered 12,909 people, of which 8,793 spoke the Serbo-Croatian language (4,878 of those spoke Serbian and 3,915 spoke Croatian) and 2,341 German. The administrative area of the city (which did not included the city itself) had 32,012 inhabitants, of which 28,093 spoke Serbo-Croatian (27,022 of those spoke Serbian and 1,071 spoke Croatian) and 2,324 German.

After the First World War

In 1918, the Austro-Hungarian monarchy collapsed and the Syrmia region first became a part of the newly formed

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( / ; ) was a political entity that was constituted in October 1918, at the end of World War I, by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Prečani (Serbs), Prečani) residing in what were the southernmost parts of th ...

, and then, on 24 November 1918, the assembly of Syrmia in Ruma decided most of Syrmia (including Mitrovica) would join the

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. Subsequently, on 1 December 1918, Kingdom of Serbia united with the

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and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form the

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(renamed to

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in 1929). Between 1918 and 1922, Sremska Mitrovica was part of the Syrmia County, between 1922 and 1929 part of the Syrmia Oblast, between 1929 and 1931 part of the Drina Banovina, and, between 1931 and 1941, part of the Danube Banovina. Tito u obilasku Spomen-groblja streljanih i muzeja u S

Tito u obilasku Spomen-groblja streljanih i muzeja u S

During

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, the city was occupied by

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troops and was attached to the

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. During that time its name was changed to ''Hrvatska Mitrovica'' (meaning ''Croatian Mitrovica''). One of the largest Nazi concentration/death camps in the Independent State of Croatia existed in Sremska Mitrovica and as many as 10,000 victims (Serbs, Jews, and antifascists) were killed here. The Serbian Jewish population was to be interned in a

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built first in Jarak and then at Zasavica. However, both locations proved to be too flooded for construction. The Germans had to abandon these locations and use Sajmište, which resulted in the destruction of 83% of Serbian Jewry. In the

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in Sremska Mitrovica Prison, some

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n POW, prisoners of war were kept in this prison. The main prison facility; the largest known in Serbia, was open from November 1991 to August 1992 and was a scene where many prisoners were killed, tortured, Physical abuse, abused and raped. Beginning in 1944, the town was part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina within the new SFRY, Socialist Yugoslavia and, from 1945, within the Socialist Republic of Serbia. From 1992 to 2003 it was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was then transformed into the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Since the 2006 independence of Montenegro, Sremska Mitrovica is part of an independent

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Inhabited places

The city of Sremska Mitrovica includes the town of Mačvanska Mitrovica, and several villages. Villages on the northern bank of the river Sava, in the region of

: *Bešenovački Prnjavor *Bešenovo (village), Bešenovo *Bosut, Serbia, Bosut *Čalma *Divoš, Serbia, Divoš *Grgurevci *Jarak *Kuzmin (Sremska Mitrovica), Kuzmin *Laćarak *Ležimir *Manđelos *Martinci *Sremska Rača *Stara Bingula *Šašinci *Šišatovac (village), Šišatovac *Šuljam *Veliki Radinci Villages on the southern bank of the river Sava, in the region of Mačva: *Noćaj *Radenković *Ravnje (Sremska Mitrovica), Ravnje *Salaš Noćajski *Zasavica I *Zasavica II

Demographics

According to the 2011 census results, the city administrative area has a population of 79,940 inhabitants. Sremska Mitrovica Center 1

Sremska Mitrovica - Museum of Srem - 2022

Ethnic groups

Most of the settlements in the city have an ethnic Serb majority. Stara Bingula is an ethnically mixed settlement with a relative Serbian majority. The main concentration of ethnic minorities is in the urban area of the city. The ethnic composition of the city:

Religion

In 2002, the population of city of Sremska Mitrovica included 76,290 Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christians, 3,935 Roman Catholics, 252 Protestants and 106

. Orthodox Christians in Sremska Mitrovica are belonging to the Eparchy of Srem, Eparchy of Syrmia of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Catholics belong to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syrmia, Diocese of Syrmia, which has its seat in Sremska Mitrovica.

Climate

Sremska Mitrovica has a humid subtropical climate bordering very closely on a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Dfb'') as well as an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Cfb'').

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):

Sport

*KAF Sirmium Legionaries, an American Football club from Sremska Mitrovica. This is the first club of American Football in Serbia. *FK Srem, a football club from Sremska Mitrovica. *FK Radnički Sremska Mitrovica, a football club from Sremska Mitrovica. *KK Val, a canoe club from Sremska Mitrovica.

Notable residents

Roman emperors

Ten Roman emperors were born in the city and its environs: * Decius Traian (249–51) *

(251–51) *

(268–270) *

(270) *

(270–75) *

(276–82) *Maximian, Maximianus Herculius (285–310) *

(337–61) * Gratian (367–83) The last emperor of the united Roman Empire, Theodosius I (378–95), became emperor in Sirmium. The Roman usurper, usurpers Ingenuus and Regalianus also declared themselves emperors in this city (in 260) and many other Roman emperors spent some time in Sirmium including

who might have written parts of his famous work ''Meditations'' in the city.

Classical antiquity

, Roman emperor (161–180), used Sirmium as a residence in between pannonian military campaigns 170–180 *Maximinus Thrax, Maximinus, Roman emperor (235–238), ruled from residence in Sirmium. *

, Roman emperor (251), born in Sirmium. *

, Roman emperor (251), born in Sirmium * Decius Traian, Roman emperor (249–251), born in village Budalia near Sirmium. *Ingenuus, Roman emperor (260), proclaimed himself emperor in Sirmium. *Regalianus, Roman emperor (260), proclaimed himself emperor in Sirmium. *

, Roman emperor (268–270), born in Sirmium and spent most of his life there. *

, Roman emperor (270), born in Sirmium *

, Roman emperor (270–275), born in Sirmium. *

, Roman emperor (276-282), born in Sirmium. *Maximian, Maximianus Herculius, Roman emperor (285-310), born near Sirmium. *

, Roman emperor (305-311), ruled as Caesar during the

from residence in Sirmium (293-296). *Crispus, a Caesar of the Roman Empire. He was proclaimed Caesar in Sirmium in 317. *Constantine II (emperor), Constantine II, a Caesar of the Roman Empire. He was proclaimed Caesar in Sirmium in 317. *Vetranion, Roman emperor. Proclaimed himself emperor in Sirmium (in 350). *

, Roman emperor (337-361), born in Sirmium. * Gratian, Roman emperor (367-383), born in Sirmium. *Theodosius I the Great, Roman emperor (378-395). He became emperor in Sirmium. *Valerius Licinius, prefect of the Diocese of Pannonia with residence in Sirmium (308-314). *Aurelius Victor, prefect of the Pannonia Secunda province, wrote a ''History of Rome'' under the emperor Julian. *Leontius, prefect in Sirmium (426).

Middle ages

* Cunimund, king of the Gepids with residence in Sirmium. *

, duke of

(11th century).

Modern period

*Mira Banjac, Serbian actress *Vaso Čubrilović, Serbian historian *Robert Frangeš-Mihanović, Croatian sculptor *Petar Gburčik, Serbian scientist *Nikola Hristić (1818–1911), Serbian politician *Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer *Siniša Kovačević, Serbian author *Petar Kralj, Serbian actor *Mileva Marić, Serbian scientist *Đorđe Marković Koder (1806–1891), Serbian writer *Dejan Milovanović, Serbian footballer *Stjepan Musulin, Croatian linguist and lexicographer *Milijana Nikolic, Milijana Nikolić, operatic mezzo-soprano *Boško Palkovljević Pinki, People's Hero of Yugoslavia *Veljko Petrović (poet), Veljko Petrović, Serbian poet *Igor Pisanjuk (1989), Canadian football player *Mirjana Puhar (1995-2015), Serbian - American model *Ilarion Ruvarac (1832–1905), Serbian Churchman and historian *Mara Švel-Gamiršek (1900–1975), Croatian writer *Dragana Tomašević, Serbian discus thrower *Zlatko Tomčić, Croatian politician *Slavko Vorkapić, Serbian-American film director and editor *, Serbian stand up comedian and satirist

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Sremska Mitrovica is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina * Dunaújváros, Hungary

References

External links

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