Borovo Naselje

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Prefabricated buildings in Borovo Naselje

Borovo Naselje is a district of Vukovar , the administrative seat of the Croatian Vukovar-Syrmia County .

geography

Borovo Naselje is located on the banks of the Danube in the Croatian region of Slavonia , 4 km northwest of the city center of Vukovar.

history

The historic workers' place "Bata Borovo", around 1934
In addition to the train station in the city center, there is also the “Vukovar-Borovo Naselje” train station in Borovo Naselje, which is also the largest in the city.

Emergence

The current part of town was created in the 1930s . The Czechoslovak entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa founded the company "Bata Borovo" (today's Borovo dd ) on June 7, 1931 . As a result, a workers' settlement was created under the name "Bata ville". In 1939 the company had 4,650 workers.

Vukovars district

Originally the area on which Borovo Naselje is located was a cadastral municipality of the Borovo Selo municipality . In the 1980s , it received a special status and was quickly converted into a district of Vukovar.

Croatian War (1991–1995)

Remains of the former headquarters of Borovo Commerce

In 1991, the fatal Borovo Selo incidents occurred in the nearby municipality of Borovo Selo , which accelerated the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars.

The region around Vukovar on the border with Serbia was the most contested area during the Croatian War. The local factory in Borovo Naselje was completely destroyed. After the battle of Vukovar , the Borovo Naselje massacre occurred in the Borovo Naselje district .

According to victims 'associations, members of Serbian militant groups , supported by members of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) , kidnapped more than 100 captured city defenders and civilians after taking the workers' settlement on November 19 . Some of them were murdered on Trpinja Street ( Croatian : Trpinjska cesta ) in Borovo Naselje. The bodies of the murdered were thrown into the Danube . 186 Croatian defenders died defending the workers' settlement, including 27 policemen from Varaždin .

410 residents of Borovo Naselje died in the Serbian attack on Vukovar. This made up about ten percent of the population of this district before the war.

economy

The economy is based on the rubber and shoe industries.

Borovo Naselje is also the seat of the Borovo company . Before the Croatian War, the company employed over 20,000 workers, compared to 1,200 today.

Web links

Commons : Borovo Naselje  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Povijest , borovo.hr. Retrieved September 15, 2019
  2. ^ Bata , Croatian Encyclopedia, enciklopedija.hr, Retrieved September 15, 2019
  3. ↑ Obilježeno stradanje Borova naselja i radnika "Borova" , Jutarnji list , jutarnji.hr, accessed on September 15, 2019