Petlovac

Petlovac (Hungarian: Baranyaszentistván, German: Sanktivan, Serbian Cyrillic: Петловац)[3] is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia. Petlovac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[4]

Petlovac
Municipality
Municipality of Petlovac
Općina Petlovac
Flag of Petlovac
Flag
Coat of arms of Petlovac
Coat of arms
Petlovac is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Petlovac
Petlovac
Location of Petlovac in Croatia
Petlovac is located in Croatia
Petlovac
Petlovac
Petlovac (Croatia)
Petlovac is located in Europe
Petlovac
Petlovac
Petlovac (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°45′31″N 18°31′41″E
Country Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • Municipal mayorMilan Knežević
Area
[1]
 • Total93.31 km2 (36.03 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total2,405[2]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
31321 Petlovac
Area code(+385) 31

Until the end of World War II, the majority of the Inhabitants was Danube Swabians, also called locally as Stifolder, because there Ancestors once came at the 17th century and 18th century from Fulda (district).[5] Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948, about the Potsdam Agreement.[6]

Name

Its name derived from the word "petao" (which means "rooster" in English). The village had different names in history. During Hungarian rule, it was called Sent Ištvan (Saint Joseph), and German settlers named it Blumendorf, which means Village of Flowers. [7]

Municipality of Petlovac

Population
Population data graph 1857.-2011.[8]
population
3734
4328
4181
4294
4784
4803
4605
4765
5607
5153
5303
4930
3949
3785
2743
2405
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
Sources: Državni zavod za statistiku

Municipality of Petlovac has 2,405 inhabitants (2011 census), including:

Geography

It is located between border with Hungary in the north-west, Baranja municipalities of Beli Manastir and Jagodnjak in the east and Slavonia region in the south-west.

The municipality of Petlovac include following settlements:

Petlovac (settlement)

History

Till 1991. part of settlement was Zeleno Polje which is now independent settlement.

Population
Population data graph 1857.-2011.[9]
population
820
864
846
882
927
962
1196
1244
869
906
1167
1000
940
1012
801
714
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
Sources: Državni zavod za statistiku

Ethnic composition, 1991. census
Petlovac
1991

total: 1,012

  Croats 843 (83.30%)
  Serbs 51 (5.03%)
  Yugoslavs 37 (3.65%)
  Hungarians 25 (2.47%)
  Slovenes 11 (1.08%)
  Montenegrins 7 (0.69%)
  Germans 5 (0.49%)
  ethnic Muslims 1 (0.09%)
  ethnically undeclared 15 (1.48%)
  unknown 17 (1.67%)

Austria-Hungary 1910. census
Petlovac
Population by ethnicityPopulation by religion

total: 962

  Germans 927 (96.36%)
  Hungarians 28 (2.91%)
  Serbs 4 (0.41%)
  others 3 (0.31%)

total: 962

  Roman Catholics 944 (98.12%)
  jewish 10 (1.03%)
  eastern orthodox 5 (0.51%)
  calvinists 3 (0.31%)

References
  1. "Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. 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.
  5. https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf.
  6. "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".
  7. "O Baranji". Visit Baranja (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  8. Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr
  9. Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr

Literature
  • Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;
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