Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary

Verőce is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia. Its territory is presently in eastern Croatia. Verőce is the Hungarian name for the city Virovitica. The capital of the county moved from Virovitica to Osijek (Croatian, in Hungarian: Eszék) in the late 18th century. Comitatus can be: an old Latin word meaning company or retinue or an armed group of men attached to a leader in the Classical Times and in the Middle Ages, a political term used in various meanings: see Comitatus (Classical meaning) in the Middle Ages, the Latin word for county... The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... Slavonia is a region in eastern Croatia. ... Virovitica (Hungarian Verőce) is a town in Croatia on the northern slopes of Bilogora mountain in the region of Podravina, 44 km southeast of Koprivnica; elevation 122 m; population 20,715 (2001). ... Osijek (Hungarian: Eszék) is the fourth largest city in Croatia with population 114,616 in 2001. ...

Geography

Verőce county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Baranya, Bács-Bodrog, Szerém, Pozsega and Belovár-Körös (the latter three in Croatia-Slavonia). The county stretched along the right (southern) bank of the river Drave, down to its confluence with the river Danube. Its area was 4867 km² around 1910. Somogy is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Baranya (Hungarian, in Croatian and Serbian: Baranja) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Bacs-Bodrog, Szerem, Torontal, Temes and Krasso-Szoreny counties after 1881 Bács-Bodrog (Hungarian, in Serbian: Bačka-Bodrog) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. ... Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary Szerém (Hungarian, in Serbian: Srem, in Croatian: Srijem, in Latin: Sirmium) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary, autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia. ... Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary Pozsega is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, an autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia. ... Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary Belovár-Körös is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, autonomous region Croatia_Slavonia. ... Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian and Croatian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, flowing East from Alto Adige, Italy through Carinthia, Austria, and Slovenia (145 km) then southeast, forming most of the Croatian-Hungarian border before joining the Danube near Osijek. ... Danube in Budapest Length 2,888 ¹ km Elevation of the source 1,078 ² m Average discharge 30 km. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

History

Verőce county became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century. Verőce county was re-established in 1718, after it was liberated from Ottoman occupation. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia. The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Events May 15 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the worlds first machine gun. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Grand Trianon at Versailles, site of the signing The Treaty of Trianon was an agreement that regulated the situation of the new Hungarian state that replaced the Kingdom of Hungary, part of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy, after World War I. It was signed on June 4, 1920, at... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state which existed from December 1, 1918 to mid-April 1941. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

Districts

In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:

• Osijek (Hungarian: Eszék)
• Donji Miholjac (Hungarian: Alsómiholjac)
• Đakovo (Hungarian: Diakovár)
• Našice
• Slatina (Hungarian: Szlatina)
• Virovitica (Hungarian: Verőce)

Urban county: Osijek (Hungarian: Eszék) is the fourth largest city in Croatia with population 114,616 in 2001. ... Đakovo (Djakovo, Diakovár) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia, 37 km to the southwest of Osijek and 34 km southeast of Našice elevated 111 m above the sea level and with population of 27,769 in 2001. ... Našice is a town in the Osijek-Baranja county of Croatia, population 17,320 (2001). ... Slatina is a town in Slavonia, Croatia. ... Virovitica (Hungarian Verőce) is a town in Croatia on the northern slopes of Bilogora mountain in the region of Podravina, 44 km southeast of Koprivnica; elevation 122 m; population 20,715 (2001). ...

• Osijek (Hungarian: Eszék)