Dalj
Dalj
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 Dalj High School | |
  Dalj Location of Dalj in Croatia  Dalj Dalj (Croatia) | |
| Coordinates: 45°29′N 18°59′E / 45.483°N 18.983°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Municipality | Erdut |
| Government | |
| • Body | Local Committee |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,937 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 31226 |
| Area code | +385 31 |
| Vehicle registration | OS |
| Official languages | Croatian, Serbian[1] |
Dalj (Serbian Cyrillic: Даљ[1], Hungarian: Dálya, ‹See Tfd›German: Dallia) is a village on the Danube in eastern Croatia, near the confluence of the Drava and Danube, on the border with Serbia. It is located on the D519 road, south of its intersection with the D213 road and the Vukovar–Erdut railway. Administratively it is located in the municipality of Erdut, Osijek-Baranja County. Although the seat of the municipality is Erdut, Dalj is the largest village and all of the municipal institutions are located here.
History
Prehistory
One Scordisci archaeological site in Dalj dating back to late La Tène culture was excavated in the 1970s and 1980s as a part of rescue excavations in eastern Croatia.[3] Archaeological site was a part of the settlement network of Scordisci in the area of Vinkovci.[3]
Croatian War of Independence
During the Croatian War of Independence, the village became the site of the Dalj massacre - killing of 39 prisoners of war in August 1991. The prisoners were captured as Croatian policemen, Croatian National Guard troops and Civil defencemen and killed after the Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian paramilitaries captured Dalj on 1 August. Goran Hadžić, Croatian Serb political leader at the time, is charged with the war crime.[4]
As of July 2013[update] Hadžić is on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The ICTY also charged Hadžić with illegal detention of hundreds of civilians in Dalj police station and a hangar near village's railway station.[5] The detainees were beaten and otherwise physically abused.[6]
Demographics
Ethnic composition according to 1991 census:[citation needed]
- Serbs 2,882 (52.25%)
- Croats 1,805 (32.72%)
- Hungarians 314 (5.69%)
- others, not declared 514 (9.32%)
Education
Secondary
High School Dalj is public high school in Dalj. School offers students the following educational programs: Economist, Commercial Officer (in Serbian), Agricultural Technician and Agricultural Technician General.
Notable natives and residents
- Jovan Isailović, Jr., 19th century painter
- Milutin Milanković, Serbian scientist
- Vasilije Trbić, Serbian Chetnik commander
- Časlav Ocić, Serbian economist and academician
- Danica Tomić, the first woman pilot in Yugoslavia
See also
- Erdut
- Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković"
- High School Dalj
- Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj
- Dalj massacre
References
- ^ a b c Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Dalj". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ a b Dizdar, Marko (2016). "Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange" (PDF). Boii - Taurisci: Proceedings of the International Seminar, Oberleis-Klement, June 14th-15th, 2012. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press: 31–48. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ Branimir Felger (1 August 2011). "Ni nakon 20 godina od pokolja u Dalju nitko nije stao pred lice pravde" [Even after 20 years since the Dalj massacre, nobody was tried for the crime] (in Croatian). Nova TV (Croatia).
- ^ "The Prosecutor of the Tribunal Against Goran Hadžić - Indictment". International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 21 May 2004.
- ^ "Svjedok na suđenju Hadžiću o mučenju u Dalju: Cigaretom sam palio tetovažu da mi ne odsjeku ruku" [Witness at Hadžić Trial on Torture in Dalj: I Had to Burn off a Tattoo with a Cigarette, Otherwise They Would Cut off my Hand]. Novi list (in Croatian). 16 October 2012.
