Erdut
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| Erdut Municipality Općina Erdut |
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| Coordinates: 45°32′N 19°04′E / 45.533°N 19.067°E | |||
| Country | Croatia | ||
| County | Osijek-Baranja | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal mayor | Jovan Jelić | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 158 km2 (61 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 158 m (518 ft) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 7,372 | ||
| • Density | 46.7/km2 (120.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal codes | 31204 Bijelo Brdo 31205 Aljmaš 31206 Erdut 31226 Dalj |
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| Area code(s) | 031 | ||
| Website | www.opcina-erdut.hr | ||
Erdut is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia. It is located in the Osijek-Baranja County, eastern Slavonia, 37 km east of Osijek. The elevation of the village of Erdut is 158 m.
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[edit] Languages and names
The name Erdut comes from the local Hungarian name (Erdőd) meaning "forest road".[1] In other languages, the village in German is known as Erdung and in Serbian as Ердут.
[edit] Geography
The municipality have total area of 158 km2[2] (61 sq mi) and is the largest member municipality of Joint Council of Municipalities. River Drava (5.6km[3]) and Danube (34.825km[4]) flows through the municipality. The territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil. Municipality of Erdut include following settlements[5]:
- Erdut
- Aljmaš
- Bijelo Brdo
- Dalj
[edit] History
The settlement was first mentioned in 1335 under the Hungarian name Erdöd and then as a city in 1472[6].
[edit] Erdut During the 1991 War
When Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, eastern Slavonia was soon overrun by the Yugoslav National Army and Serb paramilitaries, led by the notorious warlord, Željko Ražnatović known by the name Arkan.[7] The battle for Erdut quickly ended that summer as the entire Croatian population was expelled or killed along with other minorities including Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Ruthenians and Ukrainians in an act of ethnic cleansing.[8] Their homes were soon occupied by other Serbs.[9] Many buildings and homes were destroyed, including the Roman Catholic Church.[10]
Arkan soon set up a training camp for his Serb Volunteer Guard in Erdut, which became headquarters until the end of the war, when Croatian forces recaptured most of the land occupied by the Serb rebels.
[edit] Erdut Agreement
On November 12, 1995, officials signed what is commonly called the Erdut Agreement[11] in which the part of eastern Slavonia still occupied by Serbs would be integrated back into Croatia, gradually allowing some of the exiled refugees to return to their homes. This agreement was the basis for the establishment of Joint Council of Municipalities[12]. Erdut has been under Croatian control since 1998. [13]
[edit] Population
The municipality population is 7,372 (census 2011), with 818 people in Erdut itself, 3,952 in Dalj, 1,976 in Bijelo Brdo and 610 in Aljmaš.[14] The majority of the population of municipality are Serbs (54%). The largest village, Dalj, is populated mostly by Serbs. Other ethnic groups are Croats (37%) and Hungarians (5%).[15] Dalj also has the privilege of being the seat of the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja of the Serb Orthodox Church.
[edit] Economy
Erdut development index is between 50-76% of the Croatian average[16], and therefore, the municipality is part of the Areas of Special State Concern[17].
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[edit] Points of Interest
The supreme quality wines of the Erdut wine-cellars and large wooden casks are well-known among wine connoisseurs[18]. The largest cask, made of 150-year old oak-wood, with a content of 75,000 l, was included in the Guinness Record Book[19].
The municipality is home of Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja, and there is also Erdut Castle.
The picturesque elevations rising above the Danube, between Aljmaš and Erdut, are protected as an important landscape. The loess deposits on the remains of old elevations have already grown, and the slopes toward the Danube are cut sharply and rise 70 m above the river.
[edit] Associations and Institutions
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[edit] Sport
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[edit] Notable natives and residents
- Anton Tittjung, WWII concentration camp guard, who was stripped of his U.S. citizenship for his wartime activities.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.opcina-erdut.hr/naselja/erdut/
- ^ http://www.opcina-erdut.hr/cms/wp-content/files/4_POLA_4_8.PDF
- ^ http://www.opcina-erdut.hr/cms/wp-content/files/4_POLA_4_8.PDF
- ^ http://www.opcina-erdut.hr/cms/wp-content/files/4_POLA_4_8.PDF
- ^ http://www.opcina-erdut.hr/cms/wp-content/files/4_POLA_4_8.PDF
- ^ http://www.opcina-erdut.hr/naselja/erdut/
- ^ Transcript
- ^ The New York Times; May 10, 1992
- ^ The New York Times; May 10, 1992
- ^ The New York Times; May 10, 1992
- ^ http://www.usip.org/files/file/resources/collections/peace_agreements/croatia_erdut_11121995.pdf
- ^ http://www.usip.org/files/file/resources/collections/peace_agreements/croatia_erdut_11121995.pdf
- ^ http://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/2003/nr3/Focus3-2003_Caspersen.pdf
- ^ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, First Results by Settlements" (in Croatian and English) (PDF). Statistical Reports (Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics) (1441). June 2011. ISSN 1332-0297. http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/publication/2011/SI-1441.pdf. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ http://www.dzs.hr/hrv/censuses/census2001/Popis/H01_02_02/H01_02_02_zup14.html
- ^ http://www.zadra.hr/ugovori/odluka_o_razvrstavanju_jedinica_lokalne_i_podrucne_(regionalne)_samouprave_prema_stupnju_razvijenosti.pdf
- ^ http://www.pravo.unizg.hr/_download/repository/Zakon_o_PPDS.pdf
- ^ http://www.ddseuro.org/portal/images/datoteke/2%20VINSKE%20CESTE%20I%20VINARI%20U%20HRVATSKOM%20DIJELU%20EUROREGIJE%20DUNAV-DRAVA-SAVA.pdf
- ^ http://www.erdutski-vinogradi.hr/index.php?page=sadrzaj-ovinariji
[edit] External links
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- Official website (Croatian)
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