Sarvaš

Sarvaš
Village (Selo)
Sarvaš
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Coordinates: 45°32′N 18°50′E
Country	Croatia
County	Osijek-Baranja County
Area [1]
• Total	19.4 km^2 (7.5 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1,658
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Sarvaš (German: Sarwasch-Hirschfeld, Hungarian: Drávaszarvas) is a village in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, east of Osijek. It has a population of 1,658 (census 2021). It is administratively within the area of the city of Osijek. Szarvas means "deer" in Hungarian.

History

One Scordisci archaeological site in Sarvaš dating back to late La Tène culture was excavated in the 1970s and 1980s as a part of rescue excavations in eastern Croatia.^[3] Archaeological site was a part of the settlement network of Scordisci in the area of Vinkovci.^[3]

According to the 1931 census in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the town's population included 1157 Danube Swabian Germans (the majority).^[4] These folk were almost all expelled by the Communist regime of Josip Broz Tito after 1945.^[5]

The local Catholic church was completely destroyed in the country's War of Independence.^[5] By 2006 the church was restored.^[6]

References

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. Dizdar, Marko (2016). "Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange" (PDF). Boii - Taurisci: Proceedings of the International Seminar, Oberleis-Klement, June 14th-15th, 2012. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press: 31–48. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
4. Slavonia census of 1931 Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
5. Sakralna baština Podunavskih Švaba u Hrvatskoj
6. Day of Sarvaš celebrated Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine