Markušica
Encyclopedia
Markušica is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County
, Croatia
. There are 3,053 inhabitants, the majority of the population which are Serbs
, who make up 90.76% of the population according to the 2001 population census. Markušica development index is less than 50% of the Croatian average, which classifies them into 10% of the poorest municipalities. Therefore, the municipality is part of the Areas of Special State Concern.
flows through the municipality and territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil.
. Village have very unique monument of Soviet woman pilot from Red Army
, who fought against the Nazis and whose plane was shot down here. The village also have an interesting Orthodox Church from 1810, church was damaged in the war in Croatia
.
Vukovar-Syrmia County
Vukovar-Syrmia county is the easternmost Croatian county. It includes the eastern parts of Slavonia and western parts of Syrmia regions; but also the lower Sava river basin ....
, 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 ...
. There are 3,053 inhabitants, the majority of the population which are 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...
, who make up 90.76% of the population according to the 2001 population census. Markušica development index is less than 50% of the Croatian average, which classifies them into 10% of the poorest municipalities. Therefore, the municipality is part of the Areas of Special State Concern.
Geography
The municipality have total area of 74.29 km2. River VukaVuka
Vuka is a river in eastern Croatia, a right tributary of the Danube river. At it is the 11th longest river in Croatia and it has a drainage area of . The river is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County, in Slavonia region. It empties into the Danube at the town of Vukovar, which got its name from the...
flows through the municipality and territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil.
Points of Interest
Markušica Municipality is famous for the monument dedicated to fallen soldier from World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Village have very unique monument of Soviet woman pilot from Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
, who fought against the Nazis and whose plane was shot down here. The village also have an interesting Orthodox Church from 1810, church was damaged in the war 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 ...
.
Settlements
The municipality consists of the following settlements:- GabošGabošGaboš is a village in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia. There are 613 inhabitants, the majority of the population which are Serbs, who make up 95% of the population according to the 2001 population census....
- KaradžićevoKaradžićevoKaradžićevo is village in Croatia, municipality Markušica, Vukovar-Syrmia County.Up to 1920 village was called Križevci and than after liberation by Serbian army from Salonika Front who stay to live there, name of village was changed into Karadžićevo....
- Markušica
- Ostrovo
- PodrinjePodrinje, CroatiaPodrinje is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D518 highway....
See also
- Serbs of CroatiaSerbs of CroatiaVišeslav of Serbia, a contemporary of Charlemagne , ruled the Županias of Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim, his ancestral lands. According to the Royal Frankish Annals , Duke of Pannonia Ljudevit Posavski fled, during the Frankish invasion, from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs in western Bosnia, who...
- Joint Council of Municipalities Joint Council of MunicipalitiesJoint Council of Municipalities is a body that aligns the interests of the Serb ethnic community in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia in the Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Syrmia County, coordinate the law and provides initiatives and proposals to the institutions of government,...