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Erdut Ердут (Serbian)
Municipality
Municipality of Erdut Općina Erdut
Villages of the Erdut Municipality
Coat of arms
ErdutLocation of Erdut in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°32′N 19°04′E / 45.533°N 19.067°E / 45.533; 19.067
Country	Croatia
Region	Slavonia (Podunavlje)
County	Osijek-Baranja
Government
• Municipal mayor	Jugoslav Vesić (SDSS)
Area
• Total	159.16 km (61.45 sq mi)
Elevation	158 m (518 ft)
Population
• Total	7,308
• Density	46/km (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	31204 Bijelo Brdo 31205 Aljmaš 31206 Erdut 31226 Dalj
Area code	031
Official languages	Croatian, Serbian
Website	www.opcina-erdut.hr

Erdut (Croatian pronunciation: [ěrduːt]; Serbian Cyrillic: Ердут; Template:Lang-hu [ˈɛrdøːd], Template:Lang-de) is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia, located some 37 km east of the major city of Osijek, lying on the border with neighbouring Serbia. The village of Erdut is the third largest in the municipality, after Dalj and Bijelo Brdo. The municipality is part of the Osijek-Baranja County in eastern Slavonia. The municipal center is in the largest village of Dalj.

Name and languages

The name Erdut comes from the local Hungarian name (Erdőd) meaning "forest road". In other languages, the village in German is known as Erdung and in Serbian as Ердут.

Due to the local minority population, the Erdut municipality prescribe the use of not only Croatian as the official language, but the Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet as well.

Geography

The municipality has a total area of 158 km (61 sq mi) and is the largest member municipality of Joint Council of Municipalities. The Drava (5.6 km) and Danube (34.825 km) rivers flow through the municipality. The territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil. The elevation of the village of Erdut is 158 m. It is located at the end of the D213 road near border crossing with Serbia. The railway station is located in Novi Erdut (New Erdut) hamlet, about 1 km south of the village, on the Vukovar-Erdut-Bogojevo (Serbia) railway.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1335 under the Hungarian name Erdöd and then as a city in 1472. It was successively ruled by Ottoman Empire, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Independent State of Croatia and Yugoslavia.

Croatian War of Independence

When Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, eastern Slavonia was soon overrun by the Yugoslav People's Army and Serb paramilitaries, led by the notorious warlord, Željko Ražnatović known by the name Arkan. 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. Their homes were soon occupied by other Serbs. Many buildings and homes were destroyed, including the Roman Catholic Church.

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 returned according to a peaceful Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium.

Erdut Agreement

On November 12, 1995, officials signed what is commonly called the Erdut Agreement 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. Erdut has been under Croatian control since 1998.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population is 7,308. The municipal population consists of Serbs (55%), Croats (38%) and Hungarians (5%).

There are 4 settlements in municipality:

Religion

Dalj is seat of the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Politics

Joint Council of Municipalities

The Municipality of Erdut is one of seven Serb majority member municipalities within the Joint Council of Municipalities, inter-municipal sui generis organization of ethnic Serb community in eastern Croatia established on the basis of Erdut Agreement. As Serb community constitute majority of the population of the municipality it is represented by 2 delegated Councillors at the Assembly of the Joint Council of Municipalities, double the number of Councilors to the number from Serb minority municipalities in Eastern Croatia.

Municipality government

The municipality assembly is composed of 13 representatives. As of 2009, the member parties/lists are:

Economy

Erdut development index is between 50-76% of the Croatian average, and is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.

Culture

This section is written like a travel guide. Please help improve the section by introducing an encyclopedic style or move the content to Wikivoyage. (March 2014)

Points of Interest

The municipality is home of Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja, and there is also Erdut Castle.

Notable natives and residents

• Milutin Milanković, born in Dalj
• Anton Tittjung, World War II concentration camp guard, who was stripped of his U.S. citizenship for his wartime activities.

See also

• Erdut Agreement
• Osijek-Baranja County
• Slavonia
• Joint Council of Municipalities
• Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković"
• High School Dalj
• List of Croatian municipalities with minority languages in official use

References

1. ^ 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.
2. "Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
3. ^ "Erdut | Općina Erdut". Opcina-erdut.hr. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
4. 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.
5. ^ "Povrsina, stanovnistvo, naseljenost" (PDF). Opcina-erdut.hr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
6. "Transcript". Slobodan-milosevic.org. 2004-01-13. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
7. ^ The New York Times; May 10, 1992
8. ^ "Peace Agreements Digital Collection" (PDF). Usip.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
9. "The Thorny Issue of Ethnic Autonomy in Croatia" (PDF). Ecmi.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
10. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
11. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Erdut". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
12. "Konstituisan 6. saziv Zajedničkog veća opština l" (in Serbian). Zagreb: Privrednik. 1 August 2017.
13. "Informacija o rezultatima izbora članova predstavničkih tijela jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-04-03.
14. "Odluka o razvrstavanju jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave prema stupnju razvijenosti" (in Croatian). 27 December 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
15. Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)

v t e Places adjacent to Erdut
Osijek Apatin, Serbia Bilje Osijek Erdut (municipality) Odžaci, Serbia Bač, Serbia Trpinja Borovo

v t e Subdivisions of Osijek-Baranja County
Cities and towns	Beli Manastir Belišće Đakovo Donji Miholjac Našice Osijek (seat) Valpovo
Municipalities	Antunovac Bilje Bizovac Čeminac Čepin Darda Donja Motičina Draž Drenje Đurđenovac Erdut Ernestinovo Feričanci Gorjani Jagodnjak Kneževi Vinogradi Koška Levanjska Varoš Magadenovac Marijanci Petlovac Petrijevci Podgorač Podravska Moslavina Popovac Punitovci Satnica Đakovačka Semeljci Strizivojna Šodolovci Trnava Viljevo Viškovci Vladislavci Vuka

v t e Joint Council of Municipalities
Municipalities and villages	Vukovar-Syrmia County Borovo Markušica Gaboš Karadžićevo Ostrovo Podrinje Negoslavci Trpinja Bobota Bršadin Ćelije Ludvinci Pačetin Vera Osijek-Baranja County Erdut Aljmaš Bijelo Brdo Dalj Jagodnjak Bolman Majške Međe Novi Bolman Šodolovci Ada Koprivna Palača Paulin Dvor Petrova Slatina Silaš Serb communities in the geographic area of work Banovci Divoš Karanac Klisa Mlaka Antinska Novo Nevesinje Orolik Serbs of Vukovar Sokolovac Srijemske Laze Vinkovački Banovci
History	Croatian independence referendum, 1991 SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Battle of Vukovar Republic of Serbian Krajina Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995–98) Erdut Agreement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1023 UNTAES OSCE Mission to Croatia 2002 Constitutional Act Anti-Cyrillic protests in Croatia
Religion	In the member municipalities Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja Pentecost, Markušica St. Stephen, Borovo Dormition of the Theotokos, Negoslavci St. George, Bobota Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja St. Peter and Paul, Bolman Church of St. Nicholas, Pačetin Nativity of the Theotokos, Gaboš Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Ostrovo St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak St. Demetrius, Dalj Church of the Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas, Bijelo Brdo Rest of geographic area of work St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac St. Nicholas, Mirkovci Church of St. Panteleimon, Mirkovci Church of St. Nicholas, Mikluševci Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva, Banovci St. George, Tovarnik St. Nicholas, Vukovar Pentecost, Vinkovci St. George, Kneževo Nativity of the Theotokos, Srijemske Laze St. Elijah, Novi Jankovci St. Peter and Paul, Orolik Presentation of Mary, Čakovci Saint Archangel Michael, Darda Dormition of the Mother of God, Osijek Presentation of Mary, Popovac Church of St. George, Opatovac Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Šarengrad Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Mohovo Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Ilok
Education and culture	Association for Serbian language and literature in Croatia Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković" Vukovar Gymnasium High School Dalj Prosvjeta Radio Borovo

• Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County
• Municipalities of Croatia
• Slavonia
• Joint Council of Municipalities
• Croatia–Serbia border crossings
• Populated places on the Danube
• Serb communities in Croatia