Mikluševci
Миклошевци (Rusyn)[1]
Village (Selo)
Mikluševci is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Mikluševci
Mikluševci
Location in Croatia
Mikluševci is located in Croatia
Mikluševci
Mikluševci
Mikluševci (Croatia)
Mikluševci is located in Europe
Mikluševci
Mikluševci
Mikluševci (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°15′05″N 19°05′05″E / 45.25139°N 19.08472°E / 45.25139; 19.08472
Country Croatia
RegionSyrmia (Podunavlje)
County Vukovar-Syrmia
MunicipalityTompojevci
Area
[2]
 • Total4.4 sq mi (11.5 km2)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total265
 • Density60/sq mi (23/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Mikluševci (Rusyn: Миклошевци)[4] is a village in Croatia.

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural. Other than Croatian and Pannonian Rusyn the village is known as Миклушевци in Serbian, Szentmiklós in Hungarian and Sankt Niklas in German.

History

It is assumed, but there are no preserved documents, that Mikluševci existed as an independent noble estate before Turkish rule. Mikluševci were under Turkish rule between 1526 and 1691, when all villages from this area were displaced. After liberation from the Turks, Orthodox Vlachs settled in Mikluševci first, after 1700, and later refugees from Baranja, and in the middle of the 19th century, Ruthenians. According to the population census from 1880, Mikluševci had 712 inhabitants, of which 467 were Greek Catholics, 227 Orthodox, 11 Roman Catholics and 7 Jews. [5]

During the Croatian War of Independence, the Croatian Serb forces captured the village on 8 October 1991. Following the capture of the village, a family of three was killed by the Croatian Serb forces in the nearby Jelaš Forest, and 92 were expelled. A total of 35 persons were charged with the killings in 1996 by Croatian authorities in Osijek. By 2009, when the trial had concluded, eleven defendants died, and charges against ten were dropped. Twelve were convicted to prison sentences ranging from four to fifteen years and two were acquitted. Most of the defendants were tried in absentia—only three defendants were present at the sentencing.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  3. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ↑ "Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  5. ↑ "Naselja Općine – Općina Tompojevci" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  6. ↑ Obrenović, Mladen (5 February 2009). "Presuda za ratni zločin: Mikluševačkoj skupini ukupno 83 godine" [War Crime Verdict: Mikluševci Group Sentenced to Total of 83 Years]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).
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