Donji Miholjac

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Donji Miholjac
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Donji Miholjac (Croatia)
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Coordinates: 45 ° 45 ′ 39 ″  N , 18 ° 9 ′ 54 ″  E
Basic data
State : Croatian flag Croatia
County : Flag of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja
Height : 95  m. i. J.
Area : 154  km²
Residents : 9,491 (2011)
Population density : 62 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+385) 031
Postal code : 31 540
License plate : N / A
Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )
Community type : city
Mayor : Zoran Kovač ( HDSSB )
Website :
Others
Patron saint : Saint Michael
City Festival : September 29th (Miholje)

Donji Miholjac (dt. Obsolete: Unter-Miholtz ) is a town in Slavonia , Croatia , only 5 km from the Drava ( Osijek-Baranja County ). According to the 2011 census, the population is 9,491.

Mailath Castle in Donji Miholjac

geography

The city of Donji Miholjac itself and the following six villages belong to the urban area:

  • Golinci
  • Miholjački Poreč
  • Podgajci Podravski
  • Radikovci
  • Rakitovica
  • Sveti Đurađ

history

The city has been inhabited since the early days, which archaeological finds prove. First the Illyrian Andizetes settled the place, traces of Roman settlement were found for the following period. The Roman settlement was called Mariniana . After the Great Migration, the Avars first settled down, then increasingly the Croats. In the 10th century the village came to the Kingdom of Croatia . After an attempt at conquest by the Hungarians had been repulsed, the Drau formed the rule border for a long time.

In the 11th century the area around the city came more and more under Hungarian influence. A document from the year 1057 mentions for the first time the city name St. Mihael (Donji Mihojac) after the church of St. Michael . Due to the union between Hungary and Croatia, which was concluded in 1102, the city belonged to Hungary from the 12th century.

After Turkish occupation in the 16th and 17th centuries, the city fell back to Croatia and Hungary and from 1918 to 1991 it belonged to Yugoslavia . Since Croatia's independence, it has been a small Croatian town with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants.

Buildings and monuments

  • Church of St. Michael, second building; Inaugurated in 1797.
  • Palace of Counts Mailath, is one of the most beautiful palaces in Slavonia.
    It was built in the early nineteenth century and is surrounded by a well-designed park.
  • Prandau Palace (1687)
  • Monument to Emperor Franz Joseph I.
    The monument commemorates a visit by the Austrian emperor to the city of Miholjac during military maneuvers in September 1901. It was made according to an idea of ​​the sculptor Robert Frangeš Mihanović and unveiled on August 20, 1905.
  • Freedom Monument in the Park of Sankt Florian.
    An inverted pyramid by the sculptor Stephen Brlošić was erected on November 29, 1968 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the VI. Corps of the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia inaugurated.
  • War memorial, inaugurated in 2002.
    In memory of all Croatian war dead in the former town of Donji Meljani

economy

The main industries are agriculture , rubber and plastic processing, production of vinegar, soft drinks and pasta. The metalworking company Limex is also based in Donji Miholjac . The city has its own FM radio station.

Culture and sport

Church of St. Michael

Sons and daughters of the village

  • August Harambašić (1861–1911), Croatian poet, writer, publicist, translator and politician

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Mailath and Prandau palaces, monuments. On tz-donjimiholjac.hr (Croatian)
  2. ↑ Radio Donji Miholjac 92.3 MHz FM