Kneževi Vinogradi
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Kneževi Vinogradi
Herczegszöllös
Latitude
Latitude
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45° 45' 1N
Longitude
Longitude
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18° 43' 59E
Mayor
Mayor
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Deneš Šoja
Surface
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 (km²)
248,77
Population
Population
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5,186
Time zone
Time zone
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 (UTC)
UTC+1 Central European Time
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Kneževi Vinogradi is a village and municipality in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. It is situated in the Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja county is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek; other cities include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, Beli Manastir.-Administrative divisions:Osijek-Baranja county is divided into:...

, on the southern slopes of Bansko Brdo, 11 km southeast of Beli Manastir
Beli Manastir
Beli Manastir is a town and municipality in eastern Croatia, the principal town of the Croatian part of Baranja, in the Osijek-Baranja county.-Name:...

. Its elevation is 103 m. Chief occupations of villagers include farming, viticulture, livestock breeding (dairy farms) and dairy industry.

Name

The name of the village derived from Croatian words "knez" ("prince" in English) and "vinograd" ("vineyard" in English), hence the meaning of the name is "the prince's vineyards".

Geography

The municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi include following settlements:
  • Kneževi Vinogradi
  • Jasenovac
    Jasenovac, Baranja
    Jasenovac is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. It has a population of 95....

  • Kamenac
    Kamenac
    Kamenac is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 177 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...

  • Karanac
    Karanac
    Karanac is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 1,065 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...

  • Kotlina
    Kotlina, Baranja
    Kotlina is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 334 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...

  • Mirkovac
    Mirkovac
    Mirkovac is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 135 people.-See also:*Osijek-Baranja county*Baranja...

  • Sokolovac
    Sokolovac, Baranja
    Sokolovac is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 55 people.-Ethnic groups :*26 - Serbs*8 - Hungarians*6 - Croats...

  • Suza
    Suza, Baranja
    Suza is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 636 people.-Ethnic groups :*543 - Hungarians*35 - Croats*20 - Serbs...

  • Zmajevac
    Zmajevac
    Zmajevac is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 974 people.-Ethnic groups :*701 - Hungarians*178 - Croats...


Features

Kneževi Vinogradi are the centre of the Baranja viticulture. The village has interesting sacral heritage as well as several preserved buildings from the 19th century, the most distinguished among them being the classicist building from 1815, the present-day archives.

Outdoor swimming pools with accompanying facilities offer a variety of sports and recreational opportunities throughout the year. The nearby surroundings offer fine hunting and fishing grounds. Wines as well as the Baranja cuisine can be tasted in a number of the wine cellars.

Municipality

According to the 2001 census, there are 5,186 inhabitants in the municipality, including: http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/Census2001/Popis/H01_02_02/H01_02_02_zup14.html
  • Hungarians (40.9%)
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     (34.34%)
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     (18.43%)
  • Germans
    Germans
    The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

     (1.95%)
  • others (including Roma, Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

    , Macedonians
    Macedonians (ethnic group)
    The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

    , Slovenians
    Slovenians
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    , etc).

Village

According to the 2001 census, there are 1,715 inhabitants in the Kneževi Vinogradi village, including:
  • Croats = 844
  • Serbs = 535
  • Hungarians = 275
  • others = 61

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