Virovititz county

Virovititz County ; (Verőce / Virovitica) ; (1910)
Administrative headquarters :	Eszék
Area :	4,867 km²
Population :	272.430
Ethnic groups :	50% Croats; 17% Serbs; 15% Germans; 14% Hungarians; 1% Slovaks; 3% others ( Slovenes , Russians )

The virovitica county (Hungarian vármegye Verőce , Croatian Virovitička županija ) was a historic administrative unit in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (Hungarian Horvát-Szlavónország ), an autonomous kingdom under the Hungarian Crown of St. Stephen within the Habsburg monarchy . It was administered by a Croatian ban (viceroy). The county seat was initially in Virovitica (Hungarian Verőce , German Virovititz / Wirowititz ), but was moved to Osijek (Hungarian Eszék , German Esseg ) in the 18th century . The county covered an area of 4,867 km². According to the 1910 census, the county had 272,430 inhabitants.

In the current administrative structure of the Republic of Croatia , the Virovitica-Podravina and Osijek-Baranja counties are roughly in the same area .

Map of Virovitica County around 1890

District subdivision

In the early 20th century, the county consisted of the following chair districts (named after the name of the administrative center):

Pejačević Castle in Virovitica, the county seat

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district	Administrative headquarters
Alsómiholjác	Alsómiholjác, today Donji Miholjac
Diakovár	Diakovár, today Đakovo
Eszék	Eszék, today Osijek
Nasic	Nasic, today Našice
Szlatina	Szlatina, today Slatina
Verőce	Verőce, now Virovitica
City district (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Eszék, today Osijek