Županja

Županja

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Coordinates: 45 ° 4 ′ 21 ″ N , 18 ° 41 ′ 34 ″ E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Vukovar-Srijem

Residents :

12,090 (2011)

Telephone code :

(+385) 032

Postal code :

32 270

License plate :

TO

Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )

Community type :

city

Mayor :

Davor Miličević ( HDZ )

Website :

www.zupanja.hr

Županja [ˈʒupaɲa] ( Hungarian Zsupanya ) is a city in Croatia .

Geographical location

The city is located in eastern Croatia, which is regionally and historically called Slavonia , right on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina . Županja extends over an area of almost 89 km² along the Sava River and is the center of the "županjska Posavina " microregion . The city is 80 meters above sea level. The geographical coordinates are: 45 ° 07 'N and 18 ° 70' E.

Županja is an important traffic junction in the east-west and north-south directions. The A3 motorway , which runs close to the city, connects Zagreb with Belgrade . The transport connection to neighboring Bosnia is in the form of a bridge over the Sava, which is also the border crossing point.

Županja's neighboring cities on the Croatian side are Vinkovci in the north and Slavonski Brod in the west. On the Bosnian side, Orašje is south and Brčko is south-east of the city.

history

Županja was first mentioned in 1528 under the name Zapanablatia on the Great Lazarus Map of Hungary. The village was not formed until the 15th century, when several villages were connected to the west, Župnje Blato was created, which administratively belonged to Vukovo (today's Vukovar ). After the liberation from the Turks, Županja became part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . From 1884 to 1932 there was a tannin factory in Županja, which changed its appearance and gave it an urban character. From 1962 to 1991 Županja had about 50,000 inhabitants. When the Croatian war broke out in the 1990s, the 131st Brigade was formed in Županja, which participated in the defense of Croatia. During the war more than 10,000 projectiles from Bosnia were shot down by insurgent Serbs on Županja . In 1992 Županja received the status of a town. On December 31, 1995, the 1st US Armored Division crossed the border river to be relocated to Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR).

Monument to the defenders of Županja during the Serbian-Croatian War 1991–1995
The city center in Županja
Županja

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Županja has 12,090 inhabitants, 6,191 women and 5,899 men. Divided according to nationalities:

nationality	in %
Croatians	96.72
Serbs	0.85
Bosniaks	0.65
Albanians	0.37
Hungary	0.11
Other	1.30

Sport and culture

Tennis club "Županja 1881"
Handball club Županja
Basketball club Županja
ITF Tae kwon do Klub TIGAR Županja
Moto Club Županja
Football club Graničar Županja (NK Graničar Županja)
Football club Sladorana Županja
Football club Županja 77

Schools in Županja

Elementary schools

Elementary school Ivana Kozarca
Elementary School Mate Lovraka
Srećka Albinija Music School

Middle schools

high school

Obrtničko-industrijska škola (technical school)
Tehnička škola (secondary school)

Famous people from Županja

Srećko Albini, composer
Ferdo Bačić, writer
Ivo Balentović, writer
Indira Vladić-Mujkić , singer
Tea Brunschmidt , pianist
Zlatan Ćurić, composer, music teacher and Esperantist
Ivan Degrel, musician and publicist
Ferdo Galović, poet
Stjepan Gruber, historian
Ivan Herman, painter
Ferdo (Selim) Juzbašić, writer
Josip Lochert, doctor
Melita Lorković, pianist
Krešimir Nemec, university professor
Suzana Nikolić, actress
Mladen Pozajić, composer, conductor and music teacher
Martin Robotić, writer and teacher
David Schwarz , farmer and inventor
Viktor Sedeli, composer
Rudolf Švagel-Lešić, sculptor
Krunoslav Tkalac, historian
Stjepan Tomić, journalist and publicist
Mladen Vulić, actor

Political parties in Županja

Demokratski centar - DC (Democratic Center)
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica - HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union)
Hrvatska narodna stranka - HNS (Croatian People's Party)
Hrvatska seljačka stranka - HSS (Croatian Peasant Party)
Hrvatska socijalno liberalna stranka - HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Party)
Hrvatska stranka prava - HSP (Croatian Right Party)
Hrvatski blok - HB (Croatian block)
Posavska stranka - PSS (Posavian Party)
Socijalno demokratska partija - SDP (Social Democratic Party)

Web links

Commons : Županja - collection of images