Petlovac

Petlovac
Municipality
Municipality of Petlovac
Općina Petlovac
Flag of Petlovac
Flag
Coat of arms of Petlovac
Coat of arms
Petlovac is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Petlovac
Petlovac
Location of Petlovac in Croatia
Petlovac is located in Croatia
Petlovac
Petlovac
Petlovac (Croatia)
Petlovac is located in Europe
Petlovac
Petlovac
Petlovac (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°45′31″N 18°31′41″E / 45.75861°N 18.52806°E / 45.75861; 18.52806
Country Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • Municipal mayorMilan Knežević
Area
[1]
 • Municipality93.6 km2 (36.1 sq mi)
 • Urban
17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality1,874
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Urban
532
 • Urban density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
31321 Petlovac
Area code(+385) 31
Websitepetlovac.hr

Petlovac (Hungarian: Baranyaszentistván, German: Sanktivan, Serbian Cyrillic: Петловац)[3] is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia. Petlovac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[4]

Until the end of World War II, the majority of the inhabitants was Danube Swabian, also called locally as Stifolder, because their ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda (district).[5] Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948, as a result of the Potsdam Agreement.[6]

  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. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Stifolder Tortenet" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".