Dvor, Croatia

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dvor

| official_name = Općina Dvor
Municipality of Dvor

| native_name = {{native name|sr-Cyrl|Двор|italics=off}}{{cite web|url=https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/Report/PeriodicalReports/CroatiaPR5_hr.pdf | title=Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima | date=October 2013 | author=Government of Croatia | publisher=Council of Europe | page=36 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=30 November 2016}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image1 = Dvor_pogled.png

| caption1 = Panoramic view

| image2 = Dvor_pri_Polhovem_Gradcu_Slovenia.jpg

| caption2 = Catholic and Orthodox church in Dvor

}}

| image_flag = Dvor_na_Uni_zastava.jpg

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Dvor municipality.jpg

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| pushpin_map = Croatia

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Dvor within Croatia

| pushpin_label = Dvor

| pushpin_label_position = top

| coordinates = {{coord|45|04|00|N|16|22|00|E|region:HR|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CRO}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Continental Croatia (Banovina)

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = File:Flag of Sisak-Moslavina County.png Sisak-Moslavina

| leader_party = SDSS

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Nikola Arbutina

| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 505.7

| area_urban_km2 = 5.5

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 131

| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 2996

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 809

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 44440 Dvor

| website = {{URL|dvor.hr}}

}}

Dvor ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Двор}}){{cite web|url=http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf |title=Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske |format=PDF |access-date=2013-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211333/http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-29 }} is a municipality in the Banovina region in central Croatia. Administratively, it belongs to the Sisak-Moslavina County and is located across the Una River from Novi Grad in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dvor is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.{{cite web |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak |last1=Lovrinčević |first1=Željko |last2=Davor |first2=Mikulić |last3=Budak |first3=Jelena |publisher=Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6 |title=AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS |date=June 2004 |access-date=25 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818150557/https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?id_clanak_jezik=24709&show=clanak |archive-date=18 August 2018 }}

Languages and names

The town of Dvor was named Dvor na Uni in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvor.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=122|title=History|trans-title=Povijest|work=Official website|publisher=Municipality of Dvor|access-date=8 April 2015|quote=U vrijeme Kraljevine Jugoslavije mjesto dobiva ime Dvor na Uni.}} As a majority of the present-day inhabitants are Serbs, the Serbian language is co-official as a second official language, alongside Croatian, which is the official first language.{{cite web |publication-date=2024-11-28 |date=November 2023 |title=Izvješće o provođenju Ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina i o utrošku sredstava osiguranih u Državnom proračunu Republike Hrvatske za 2023. godinu za potrebe nacionalnih manjina |url=https://vlada.gov.hr/UserDocsImages//2016/Sjednice/2024/Listopad/28_sjednica_VRH//28%20-%2015.docx?lang=ro |website=Vlada Republike Hrvatske |archive-date=2025-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430005044/https://vlada.gov.hr/UserDocsImages//2016/Sjednice/2024/Listopad/28_sjednica_VRH//28%20-%2015.docx?lang=ro |language=hr}}{{rp|2}} As of 2023, only some of the legal requirements for the fulfillment of bilingual standards have not been carried out. Official buildings and seals do have Cyrillic signage, but not street or traffic signs. Cyrillic is for municipal meeting documents, but on few other official documents. There are public legal and administrative employees proficient in the script.{{rp|133,134}}

History

Dvor used to be a district capital in the historic Zagreb County, an administrative unit within the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which ceased to exist in 1918. In 1929 Dvor was placed in Vrbas Banovina within Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was not incorporated into Croatia when the Banovina of Croatia province was formed in 1939. In 1941, the town became a part of the Independent State of Croatia. After the end of World War II, the town officially became part of SR Croatia within SFR Yugoslavia, which largely followed the historic border of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in this area.

During the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995), Dvor was within the breakaway Republic of Serbian Krajina, but following Operation Storm in 1995 the municipality returned to Croatian control. Most of the Serbian population was evacuated from Dvor during Operation Storm of which some had returned.

Demographics

File:Dvor municipality within Sisak-Moslavina County.png

According to Population Censuses, the majority of the population are ethnic Serbs. Between 1991 and 2011 the number of Serb residents fell from 14,555 to 4,005, a drop from 86.5% of the population to 71.9%. The number of Croat residents remained essentially the same, 1,395 and 1,440, respectively, but given the population decline, its size, as a percentage of the population, rose from 9.58% to 25.85% of the population of Dvor.

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bgcolor="#FFEBCD" !Year !Serbs ! % !Croats ! % !Total
bgcolor="#f5f5f5" \|1931	23,452	88.24%	3,073	11.56%	26,579
bgcolor="#fffaf0" \|1948	21,736	89.44%	2,248	10.34%	21,736
bgcolor="#f5f5f5" \|1953	22,658	89.6%	2,290	10.11%	22,658
bgcolor="#fffaf0" \|1961	21,354	89.84%	2,060	9.95%	21,354
bgcolor="#f5f5f5" \|1971	18,359	88.38%	1,876	10.22%	18,359
bgcolor="#fffaf0" \|1981	16,507	80.93%	1,525	9.35%	16,507
bgcolor="#f5f5f5" \|1991	14,555	86,50%	1,395	9,58%	14,555
bgcolor="#fffaf0" \|2001	3,495	60.87%	1,943	33.84%	5,742
bgcolor="#fffaf0" \| 2011	4,005	71.90%	1,440	25.85%	5,570
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Politics

=Minority councils and representatives=

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/manjinski-izbori-prve-nedjelje-u-svibnju-krecu-i-edukacije-20230313 |title=Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije |date= 13 March 2023 |author= |publisher=T-portal |access-date=10 June 2023}} At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Dvor.{{cite web | url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z3_SISACKO_MOSLAVACKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. III. SISAČKO-MOSLAVAČKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=17 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=11 June 2023 | archive-date=11 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611193828/https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z3_SISACKO_MOSLAVACKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | url-status=dead }}

Religion

=Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint George=

Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint George was constructed in short period of 6 months in 1880.{{cite book |last=Škiljan |first=Filip |date=2008 |title=Kulturno – historijski spomenici Banije s pregledom povijesti Banije od prapovijesti do 1881. |trans-title=Cultural and historical monuments of Banija with an overview of history Banija from prehistory to 1881. |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/book-detail?id=792826 |language=sr |location=Zagreb, Croatia |publisher=Serb National Council |isbn=978-953-7442-04-0}} The construction was supported by baron Franjo Filipović who donated 12000 Forintas for this task. As the building was constructed in relative rush it was perceived as mediocre in architectural style and therefore during its reconstruction in 1957 major adaptations were done on the basis of the model of church in Javoranj. Interior frescoes from 1904 are, together with religious elements, representing also the Kosovo Cycle.

=Roman Catholic Chapel of Saint Peter and Paul=

Roman Catholic Chapel of Saint Peter and Paul was constructed in 1848. It served as the model for larger orthodox church in the village. It was reconstructed in 1971, then destroyed in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence when the village was a part of self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, and was reconstructed once again after the end of war.

Settlements

According to the 2011 census,{{Croatian Census 2011|S|03|1023}} the municipality consists of 64 settlements:

Bansko Vrpolje - 65
Buinja - 10
Buinjski Riječani - 12
Čavlovica - 2
Ćore - 33
Divuša - 63
Donja Oraovica - 41
Donja Stupnica - 87
Donji Dobretin - 20
Donji Javoranj - 149
Donji Žirovac - 46
Draškovac - 22
Dvor - 1,406
Gage - 66
Glavičani - 19
Golubovac Divuški - 85
Gorička - 109
Gornja Oraovica - 36
Gornja Stupnica - 61
Gornji Dobretin - 9
Gornji Javoranj - 65
Gornji Žirovac - 22
Grabovica - 32
Grmušani - 118
Gvozdansko - 42
Hrtić - 112
Javnica - 48
Javornik - 107
Jovac - 20
Kepčije - 74
Kobiljak - 0
Komora - 15
Kosna - 35
Kotarani - 3
Kozibrod - 70
Kuljani - 98
Lotine - 43
Ljeskovac - 57
Ljubina - 100
Majdan - 11
Matijevići - 645
Ostojići - 5
Paukovac - 67
Pedalj - 59
Rogulje - 29
Rudeži - 1
Rujevac - 254
Sočanica - 23
Stanić Polje - 16
Struga Banska - 115
Šakanlije - 32
Šegestin - 35
Švrakarica - 53
Trgovi - 100
Udetin - 45
Unčani - 189
Vanići - 81
Volinja - 77
Zakopa - 70
Zamlača - 144
Zrin - 18
Zrinska Draga - 35
Zrinski Brđani - 63
Zut - 1

Three of the villages: Čavlovica, Kobiljak and Zut, have not yet been re-connected to the public electrical grid.{{cite web|url=http://dvor.hr/docs/strategija-2015-flip/files/assets/basic-html/page35.html|title=Strategija razvoja Općine Dvor 2011-2015|date=2011|language=hr|publisher=Dvor Municipality|access-date=13 March 2018}}