Ernestinovo

Ernestinovo
Municipality
Ernestinovo Power Station
Ernestinovo Power Station
Ernestinovo is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo
Location of Ernestinovo in Croatia
Ernestinovo is located in Croatia
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo (Croatia)
Ernestinovo is located in Europe
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°27′N 18°40′E / 45.45°N 18.66°E / 45.45; 18.66
Country Croatia
RegionSlavonia (Podunavlje)
County Osijek-Baranja
Area
[1]
 • Municipality32.0 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
 • Urban
10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality1,948
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Urban
996
 • Urban density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Websiteernestinovo.hr

Ernestinovo (Hungarian: Ernőháza, German: Ernestinenhof, Serbian Cyrillic: Ернестиново) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

The municipality of Ernestinovo was founded in 1884, before that Ernestinovo was part of the municipality of Čepin.[3]

There are a total of 2,189 inhabitants, 78% of them Croats, 19% Hungarians, and 7% Serbs.[4] The municipality consists of the settlements of Divoš (pop. 63), Ernestinovo (pop. 1,047), and Laslovo (pop. 1,079).[5]

Ernestinovo also had some people of German descent, although most of the German inhabitants were expelled in 1944.[6]

North of Ernestinovo lies the major HEP Substation TS Ernestinovo, which was originally built in 1977 as the first 400 kV station in Croatia. It is connected with long-distance power lines to TS Tumbri/Žerjavinec (Zagreb) and Pécs, Hungary. It had been destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991,[7] but was fully repaired in 2003.[8] Bobota Canal passes next to the village.

Ernestinovo is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[9]

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Kronološki pregled povijesti – Ernestinovo" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Ernestinovo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. ^ "O nama". Ernestinovo Municipality. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  7. ^ "Obnova trafostanice u Ernestinovu" (PDF). Građevinar (in Croatian). 55 (1). 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Povijest". hops.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  9. ^ 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.