Vinkovački Banovci ( sr-Cyrl, Винковачки Бановци, ) 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 ...

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in the region 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 ...

. The village is a part of the

Nijemci Nijemci (, ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and a municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia. In the 2011 Croatian census, 2011 census, there were 4,705 inhabitants in the municipality, 87.78% of which were Croats. The second larg ...

Municipality. Serbian community constitute majority of the local population. The word Vinkovački in the name is an adjective derived from the name of the city of

Vinkovci Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city settlement's population was 28,111 in the 2021 census, while the total population was 30,842, making it the largest town of the county. It is a local tr ...

used to distinguish the village from the adjacent village of Banovci. Two villages are closely intertwined, sharing some local institutions and postal code. Banovci village itself developed as the new village of Vinkovački Banovci and in local vernacular they are known as Stari Banovci (Old Banovci for Vinkovački Banovci) and Novi Banovci (New Banovci for ''Šidski'' Banovci).

Name

The name of the village in Croatian or

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is plural.

History

The village was mentioned for the first time in 15th century. In 1473 the village under the name of Zavrakinci is mentioned to be on the small uplift just northwest of the village. First Serb settlers settled in Banovci during the reign of

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. Serb settlers at that time came from modern day

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and from the region around

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. In 1745

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was established in the region.

Education

The village hosts a local branch of the Ilača-Banovci Elementary School (). Vinkovački Banovci branch school organizes classes between the first and the fourth grade, after which most of the pupils continue their education either in Banovci (entirely in Serbian language and with additional Serb cultural curriculum) or in

Ilača Ilača () is a Settlement (Croatia), village in eastern Croatia, southeast of Vinkovci. The village is connected with the rest of the country by the D46 (Croatia), D46 state road connecting it with the town of Vinkovci and continuing into Serbia ...

(in Croatian language and without additional curriculum).

Languages

Due to the local minority population, the Nijemci municipality allows the use of not only Croatian as the official language, but the

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and

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alphabet as well in Vikovački Banovci.

Gallery

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References

Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Populated places in Syrmia Serb communities in Croatia {{VukovarSyrmia-geo-stub