Virovitica County
| Virovitica County Virovitička županija | |||||
| County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia | |||||
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| Capital | Osijek 45°33′N 18°41′E / 45.550°N 18.683°ECoordinates: 45°33′N 18°41′E / 45.550°N 18.683°E | ||||
| History | |||||
| - | Established | 12th century | |||
| - | Treaty of Trianon | June 4 1920 | |||
| Area | |||||
| - | 1910 | 4,867 km2 (1,879 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| - | 1910 | 272,430 | |||
| Density | 56 /km2 (145 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Croatia | ||||
| Part of a series on the |
| History of Slavonia |
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| Antiquity |
| Illyria |
| Pannonia |
| Municipium Iasorum |
| Medieval |
| Principality of Pannonian Croatia |
| Kingdom of Croatia (medieval) |
| Banovina of Slavonia |
| Realm of Ugrin Csák |
| Ottoman Empire |
| Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War |
| Sanjak of Pojega |
| Great Turkish War |
| Habsburg Monarchy |
| Kingdom of Slavonia |
| Slavonian Military Frontier |
| Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia |
| Croatian War of Independence |
| Battle of Vukovar |
| Operation Flash |
| Erdut Agreement |
Virovitica County (Croatian: Virovitička županija; Hungarian: Verőce vármegye) 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 part of the dual Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its territory is presently in eastern Croatia. The name of the county comes from the town of Virovitica. The capital of the county moved from Virovitica to Osijek in the late 18th century
Geography
Virovitica County shared borders with the Hungarian counties of Somogy, Baranya (Baranja), Bács-Bodrog, and the Croatian-Slavonian counties of Srijem, Požega and Bjelovar-Križevci. The county stretched along the right (southern) bank of the river Drava, down to its confluence with the river Danube. Its area was 4867 km² around 1910.
History
The territory of Virovitica County was part of the Kingdom of Croatia when it entered into personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, and with it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1526. The County was re-established in 1718, after it was retaken from Ottoman rule. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia.
Demographics
In 1900, the county had a population of 243,101 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Croatian: 114,018 (46,9%)
- German: 43,577 (17,9%)
- Serbian: 41,998 (17,3%)
- Hungarian: 33,298 (13,7%)
- Slovak: 4,278 (1,8%)
- Ruthenian: 94 (0,0%)
- Romanian: 21 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 5,817 (2,4%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 188,139 (77,4%)
- Greek Orthodox: 42,381 (17,4%)
- Jewish: 5,044 (2,1%)
- Calvinist: 4,396 (1,8%)
- Lutheran: 2,330 (1,0%)
- Greek Catholic: 116 (0,0%)
- Unitarian: 8 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 147 (0,0%)
In 1910, the population of the county was 272,430.
Population by language (1910 census):
- Croatian = 137,394 (50,4%)
- Serbian = 46,658 (17%)
- German = 40,766 (15%)
- Hungarian = 37,656 (13,8%)
- Slovak = 3,691
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Verőce county were:
| Districts | |
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| District | Capital |
| Donji Miholjac | Donji Miholjac |
| Đakovo | Đakovo |
| Osijek | Osijek |
| Našice | Našice |
| Slatina | Slatina |
| Virovitica | Virovitica |
| Urban counties | |
| Osijek | |
References
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
