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ErdutErdut (Croatia)
Erdut (Serbian Cyrillic: Ердут) 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.
Population and ethnic groups
The municipality population is 8,417 (census 2001), with 964 people in Erdut itself, 4,689 in Dalj, 2,119 in Bijelo Brdo and 645 in Aljmaš. The majority of the population of municipality are Serbs (54%), since the largest village, Dalj, is populated mostly by Serbs. Other ethnic groups are Croats (37%) and Hungarians (5%). Dalj is also has the privilege of being the seat of the Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja of the Serb Orthodox Church.
Erdut itself was predominantly Croat village and Dalj too had more Croats than Serbs before war in Croatia started but many Croats there were killed and expelled from Dalj.
Features
The supreme quality wines of the Erdut wine-cellars and large wooden casks are well-known among wine connoisseurs. The largest cask, made of 150-year old oak-wood, with a content of 75,000 l, was included in the Guinness Record Book.
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. Hunting and angling opportunities in the immediate vicinity. The local cuisine offers Slavonian delicacies, venison and freshwater fish with the famous Erdut wines.
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