Nijemci is a village and a municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 5,998 inhabitants in the municipality, 88.53% which are Croats. According to the 2011 census, there are 4,715 inhabitants in the municipality. The second largest ethnic group are Serbs who live mainly in two villages in the north of the municipality.
[edit] Languages and names
The village's name means "Germans" in Croatian. Before World War II there was a substantial Danube Swabian minority resident here. The Communist regime of Josip Broz Tito expelled almost all of them at the end of World War II after 1945. However the town retained its name. Another version of stoty says that name derives from word "nijem" (english:"dumb"). By that story one of locals who was known around area was dumb and by him place got its name.
In villages Šidski Banovci and Vinkovački Banovci, along with Croatian which is officiall in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic[1]..
[edit] Municipality
The following villages comprise the Nijemci municipality:
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[edit] References
- ^ Izvješće o provođenju ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina i o utošku sredstava osiguranih u državnom proračunu Republike Hrvatske za 2008. godinu za potrebe nacionalnih manjina, Zagreb, 2009.
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