Slavonski Brod

{{redirect|Brod na Savi|the eponymous town on the south side of the river|Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

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City of Slavonski Brod

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Slavonski Brod ({{IPA|hr|slǎʋoːnskiː brôːd|pron}}, {{lit|Slavonian Brod}}), commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a city in eastern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of Slavonia and Posavina, Slavonski Brod is the 7th largest city in the country, with a population of 59,141 at the 2011 census.{{Croatian Census 2011|S|12|3964}} It is the centre of Brod-Posavina County and a major river port on the Sava river.

Names

Although brod means 'ship' in modern Croatian, the city's name bears witness to an older meaning - 'water crossing', 'ford'.

Among the names historically in use: Marsonia in the Roman Empire, Brood (in Slawonien)Not to be confused with Brod na Kupi, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. in the German speaking Austrian period, Brod na Savi after 1934.

The ancient name "Marsonia" probably comes from the Proto-Indo-European word *mory (marsh), and the same root is seen in the nearby toponyms such as "Mursa" and "Mariniana".{{cite web|url=http://linguistforum.com/outside-of-the-box/croatian-toponyms/|title=Croatian toponyms - Linguist Forum|website=linguistforum.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}{{unreliable source?|date=August 2017}}

Geography

File:Slavonski Brod, Croatia - panoramio (26).jpg river promenade]]

The city is located {{convert|197|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast of Zagreb and at an elevation of {{convert|96|m|0|abbr=off}}. It developed at the strategically important crossing over the Sava river toward Brod in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnian city was called Bosanski Brod until 2009.

Slavonski Brod is an important intersection of the Posavina part of the highway and a railway junction, since it is located on the highway linking ZagrebLipovacBelgrade (E70, A3) and the ZagrebVinkovciBelgrade railway. The ship port "Brod" on the Sava river is under construction.

There is also a new modern highway under construction, on the Pan-European Corridor Vc, which will connect Northern Europe and Hungary with Croatia (through the region of Slavonia), and Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia (through the coastal region of Dalmatia). The alignment of this highway is approximately at a {{convert|19|km|0|abbr=on}} distance from the center of the town. With the completion of this route, the area of the town Slavonski Brod will become one of the major highway intersections in this part of Europe connecting directions west–east and north–south.

Demographics

{{Historical populations|1857|4015|1869|4775|1880|5872|1890|6940|1900|9627|1910|13193|1921|13729|1931|19203|1948|20196|1953|23116|1961|30093|1971|40043|1981|49153|1991|57229|2001|64612|2011|59141|2021|49891|source=Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2021, DZS}}Slavonski Brod is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar.

Brod is the center of a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants including Brod in Bosnia, Sibinj, Bukovlje, Brodski Stupnik, Podcrkavlje, Gornja Vrba and Klakar.

The following settlements comprise the administrative area of Slavonski Brod:

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=City of Slavonski Brod |p1857=4015 |p1869=4775 |p1880=5872 |p1890=6940 |p1900=9627 |p1910=13193 |p1921=13729 |p1931=19203 |p1948=20196 |p1953=23116 |p1961=30093 |p1971=40043 |p1981=49153 |p1991=57229 |p2001=64612 |p2011=59141 |p2021=49891}}

History

A favorable geographical location, pleasant continental climate, fertile soil and being in the vicinity of the river Sava have all resulted with the city being inhabited since a prehistoric age.

= Prehistory =

The northeastern part of the city, at Galovo, recently revealed a rich deposit of the Starčevo culture, dating in the Early Stone Age. Besides the fact that this is the largest archaeological finding in northern Croatia, it proves that the locality of Brod has been inhabited for at least 8,000 years.

= Roman period =

The first historical settlement in Brod dates from Roman times, the settlement being known as Marsonia. It is still disputed whether Marsonia was a postal station, lodging for the night or an actual settlement.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

The Peutinger map refers to Marsonia as Marsonie, while the work "Notitia Dignitatum" has Marsonia under the name of "Auxilia Ascaria Tauruno sive Marsonia". The issue of Marsonia becoming a city has been tackled by the publishers of Ptolemy's geography, dating from the 16th century. The first geographer who located the position of Marsonia at the locality of Brod was Abraham Ortelius, who, in his atlas Theatrum orbis terrarum (Antwerp 1590) published a map, the objective of which was to reconstruct and connect the antic names of Panonian and Illyric settlements with the towns of that time. It was he who placed Marsonia at today's location of Brod.

Peutinger's table clearly shows that Marsonia initially existed next to the Sava river, at the place where the Roman road crossed the river. The first Croatian expert, claiming that the Roman MARSVNNIA was located where Brod is now is Matija Petar Katančić, giving this assertion additional support.

= Modern history =

The Slavs settled in the area of the city in the 6th century. The name of the town is mentioned for the first time in Bela IV of Hungary's charter, dated 1224. The Vukovac fortress was built in the 15th century, subsequently damaged by the Turks. The Ottoman Empire controlled the settlement from 1536Treasures of Yugoslavia, published by Yugoslaviapublic, Beograd, available in English, German and Serbo-Croatian, 664 pages, 1980 until 1691, when it was ceded to the Empire of Austria, as confirmed by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. Until 1918, Brod (named Brood before 1850)Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961. remained in the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Slavonian Military Frontier, under the administration of the Brooder Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°VII until 1881. A huge Vauban type fortress was built east of Vukovac.

Alongside its defence role the city saw steady development of crafts and commerce. The education and culture were strongly dominated by the Franciscans. The 20th century was a period of strong economic growth of the city, with the 1920s being called "the Golden Age of Brod". The city's current name dates from 1934 when it was changed from Brod na Savi.

From 1941 to 1945 the city was part of the Independent State of Croatia. The town was heavily bombed by the Allies in 1944 and 1945. The bombing resulted in damage to 80% of the buildings in Slavonski Brod.{{cite web|url=http://www.nacional.hr/articles/view/13720/5/|title=Ne može se utvrditi koliko su Hrvata ubili saveznici|work=Nacional|language=hr|trans-title=It cannot be determined how many Croats were killed by the Allies|author=Saša Kosanović|date=27 January 2004|access-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728161825/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13720/ne-moze-se-utvrditi-koliko-su-hrvata-ubili-saveznici|archive-date=28 July 2012|url-status=dead}} The bombing resulted in 897 civilian deaths, 244 military deaths, 208 wounded civilians, and 28 military wounded in Slavonski Brod and Bosanski Brod.[http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/11332 Saveznička bombardiranja Slavonskog i Bosanskog Broda i okolnih mjesta tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata] Historical Archive of Slavonski Brod was established in the city in 1959.{{cite web |url=http://arhinet.arhiv.hr/details.aspx?ItemId=3_8100 |title= Državni arhiv u Slavonskom Brodu |publisher=Arhinet - National Archival Information System |access-date=2 August 2024 }}

In 1990 democratic reforms legalised the formation of political parties other than the League of Communists of Croatia. In Slavonski Brod, the first parties formed were the Croatian Democratic Union and the Croatian Democratic Party.{{cite web|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/12748|title=Demokratske promjene u općini Slavonski Brod (1990.)|website=srce.hr|access-date=6 April 2018}}

=During the Croatian War of Independence=

During the Croatian War of Independence, Slavonski Brod came under heavy bombardment from Bosnian Serb forces, positioned across the border in Bosanska Posavina, between April and October 1992, during Operation Corridor 92. A total of 11,651 artillery shells and fourteen 9K52 Luna-M rockets were fired against the city, and 130 bombs were dropped from the air, resulting in the deaths of 116 civilians,{{cite book |title=Rat u Bosanskoj Posavini 1992. |language=hr |trans-title=War in Bosnian Posavina 1992 |isbn=978-953-6357-86-4 |publisher=Posavska Hrvatska |location=Slavonski Brod, Croatia |first=Jerko |last=Zovak |year=2009 |pages=515, 520}} including 27 children.{{cite web|title=Daliborka Mikulić|url=https://www.civilnezrtve.documenta.hr/faces-of-campaign/daliborka-mikulic-en/|access-date= 8 May 2023}}

Politics

=Minority councils=

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=2 May 2023}} At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the City of Slavonski Brod while Bosniaks of Croatia elected individual representative.{{cite web | url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z12_BRODSKO_POSAVSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XII. BRODSKO-POSAVSKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=6-7 | language=hr | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603121446/https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z12_BRODSKO_POSAVSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | url-status=dead }}

Economy

File:Sajam Slavonski Brod 2013..jpg

The city's economy is based on farming, viticulture, fruit growing, metal-processing, timber (furniture wood, parquetry), textiles (ready-made), leather, foodstuffs (brewery), building material (lime), and printing industries.

Slavonski Brod is also home to some of the most important metal companies in Southeastern Europe, the Djuro Djakovic consortium, consisting of a number of factories producing very diverse products, mainly for export. The consortium is capable of producing: locomotives, tramways, wagons, bridges, industrial plants, nuclear reactors, car parts, heavily armed vehicles, armoured fighting vehicles, including main battle tanks and mine warfare vehicles, agricultural machinery, etc.

Service industries are becoming rapidly important, especially tourism. The city has an important cultural heritage, including a fortress and a Franciscan monastery with a rich library.

Cultural heritage

File:Franjevački samostan.jpg

File:Strojarski fakultet (SB).jpg

The Brod Fortress from the Baroque period, was constructed during the Austro-Hungarian Empire to serve as a stronghold against the Ottoman Empire, which was situated on the other bank of the Sava river. It is in the Vauban style, named after one of the best European experts in the building of fortifications in 17th and 18th centuries. It is one of Europe's best preserved fortresses, and also one of the biggest on the former Austro-Hungarian Military Frontier. In a way, it is the continental obverse of Diocletian's Palace in Split, by its monumentality.

The city's Franciscan monastery dates from the 18th century, and is also Baroque in style, with exceptional architecture, especially of the church yard, and monastery church interior, with its beautiful altar and paintings.Slavonski Brod Tourist Board, [http://www.tzgsb.hr/index.php?page=franjevacki_samostan&lang=en The Franciscan Monastery (baroque)], accessed 2 September 2017 In 1720, a faculty of philosophy was opened here.

The most important annual cultural event in the town is the children's festival 'In the World of the Fairy Tales of Writer Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić', in April and May. The Brodsko kolo, an annual show of original folklore, is held in mid-June, while the Festival of Patriotic Folk Songs takes place in May. The artistic 'Sava' colony {{cite web |url=http://www.sbonline.net/sava/ |title=Akvarelisticka kolonija Sava, Slavonski Brod 1998 |language=hr |access-date=2005-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317071819/http://www.sbonline.net/sava/ |archive-date=2006-03-17 }} cherishes the tradition of watercolour painting.

File:Hrvatski dom u Slavonskom Brodu.jpg

One of the attractions of Slavonski Brod is a beautiful central town square, one of the two or three biggest in all of Croatia, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić square, named after a popular children's writer, whose house is on the square. This square is also home to numerous cultural events and has a perfect view of the beautiful Sava river. The square is also dotted with galleries, book stores, cafes, night clubs, and shops, making it a center for entertainment. Close to the square, another attraction is the romantic promenade next to the Sava river - 'Kej' as it is called by citizens of town.

Slavonski Brod Synagogue, destroyed during World War II, was among the largest and most prestigious synagogues in Croatia.

Slavonski Brod is home to monuments to bishop Josip Stadler and Croatia's first president Franjo Tuđman.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbonline.net/vijesti/clanak1001-38-1690.htm|title=Memorial to Josip Stadler unveiled|website=sbonline.net|access-date=6 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/u-sredistu-slavonskog-broda-otkriven-spomenik-franji-tudzmanu.html|title=U središtu Slavonskog Broda otkriven spomenik Franji Tuđmanu|website=dnevnik.hr|access-date=6 April 2018}} Slavonski Brod and its rail station are featured in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express as the place near which the Orient Express train breaks down.

Sports

The local chapter of the HPS is HPD "Diljgora", which had 125 members in 1936 under the Eugen Šrepel presidency. At the time, it had a ski section.{{cite magazine |date=1936 |orig-date=1936-05-15 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title="Diljgora" — Sl. Brod |page=234 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=32 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193607.pdf |language=hr}} Membership fell to 105 in 1937.{{cite magazine |date=1937 |orig-date=1937-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=221–252 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=33 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193707.pdf |language=hr}}{{rp|240}} Membership rose to 119 in 1938.{{cite magazine |date=1938 |orig-date=1938-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=222–254 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=34 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193807.pdf |language=hr}}{{rp|240}}

Education

Slavonski Brod has very well developed educational institutions in pre-school, primary, secondary and higher education.

The city also hosts the University of Slavonski Brod, and the Primary School Teacher Training College. Some other faculties are expected to be opened soon.

In October 2006. an associate-degree college has been founded with several other faculties.

Transportation

File:Željeznički kolodvor Slavonski Brod - Железничка станица Славонски Брод.jpg

Slavonski Brod has a train station on M104 railway corridor - it serves as a stop for all trains on international routes which passes through the town (such as Vinkovci - Villach or Zagreb - Belgrade), also being directly connected by a large number of domestic local and limited-stop services running between the capital city of Zagreb and Vinkovci/(Tovarnik, state border with Serbia).{{Citation |title=Slavonski Brod railway station |date=2022-03-07 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slavonski_Brod_railway_station&oldid=1075664619 |work=Wikipedia |language=en |access-date=2022-06-17}}

By regular bus lines from various companies, Slavonski Brod bus station is well connected with the surrounding villages, municipalities and cities in Slavonia, such as: Đakovo, Požega and Nova Gradiška, as well as with all major cities throughout Croatia: Pula, Rijeka, Umag, Poreč, Rovinj, Osijek, Zagreb, Karlovac, Zadar, Split, Šibenik, etc. From the international lines there are regular departures in the direction of Germany and Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Autobusni Kolodvor Slavonski Brod, kontakt, vozni red i radno vrijeme {{!}} Arriva Hrvatska |url=https://www.arriva.com.hr/hr-hr/zagreb-i-kontinentalna-hrvatska/slavonski-brod |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.arriva.com.hr}}

Surroundings

In the immediate surroundings of the town there are interesting hunting grounds (Migalovci), fishponds (Jelas Polje), and a lake (Petnja). There are pleasant orchards and vineyards, Dilj mountain (or 'Dilj Gora'), and swimming opportunities.

Climate

Slavonski Brod has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb).

Since records began in 1963, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at an elevation of {{convert|88|m|ft}} was {{convert|40.5|C|F}}, on 6 August 2012.{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |author=DHMZ |title=Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}} The coldest temperature was {{convert|-27.8|C|F}}, on 24 January 1963.{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}

{{Weather box

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|location= Slavonski Brod (1971–2000, extremes 1963–2014)

|Jan record high C = 19.4

|Feb record high C = 24.1

|Mar record high C = 27.4

|Apr record high C = 31.4

|May record high C = 35.2

|Jun record high C = 37.0

|Jul record high C = 39.5

|Aug record high C = 40.5

|Sep record high C = 36.5

|Oct record high C = 30.2

|Nov record high C = 26.4

|Dec record high C = 23.0

|year record high C = 40.5

| Jan high C = 3.5

| Feb high C = 6.9

| Mar high C = 12.5

| Apr high C = 17.1

| May high C = 22.2

| Jun high C = 25.2

| Jul high C = 27.4

| Aug high C = 27.2

| Sep high C = 23.1

| Oct high C = 17.0

| Nov high C = 9.5

| Dec high C = 4.8

|year high C = 16.4

|Jan mean C = −0.2

|Feb mean C = 1.9

|Mar mean C = 6.5

|Apr mean C = 11.0

|May mean C = 16.1

|Jun mean C = 19.3

|Jul mean C = 21.0

|Aug mean C = 20.4

|Sep mean C = 16.1

|Oct mean C = 10.6

|Nov mean C = 5.0

|Dec mean C = 1.1

|year mean C = 10.7

| Jan low C = -3.8

| Feb low C = -2.6

| Mar low C = 0.9

| Apr low C = 4.9

| May low C = 9.4

| Jun low C = 12.7

| Jul low C = 14.0

| Aug low C = 13.7

| Sep low C = 9.9

| Oct low C = 5.4

| Nov low C = 1.0

| Dec low C = -2.4

|year low C = 5.2

|Jan record low C = −27.8

|Feb record low C = −25.5

|Mar record low C = −14.6

|Apr record low C = −8.4

|May record low C = −1.7

|Jun record low C = 1.7

|Jul record low C = 6.0

|Aug record low C = 4.7

|Sep record low C = -3.1

|Oct record low C = −7.4

|Nov record low C = −13.7

|Dec record low C = −22.0

|year record low C = −27.8

|precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 47.3

| Feb precipitation mm = 38.5

| Mar precipitation mm = 45.8

| Apr precipitation mm = 55.9

| May precipitation mm = 69.4

| Jun precipitation mm = 82.4

| Jul precipitation mm = 87.8

| Aug precipitation mm = 67.9

| Sep precipitation mm = 62.9

| Oct precipitation mm = 68.3

| Nov precipitation mm = 68.4

| Dec precipitation mm = 53.4

|year precipitation mm = 748.1

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 12.0

| Feb precipitation days = 11.1

| Mar precipitation days = 12.1

| Apr precipitation days = 13.4

| May precipitation days = 12.5

| Jun precipitation days = 13.8

| Jul precipitation days = 10.4

| Aug precipitation days = 10.1

| Sep precipitation days = 9.7

| Oct precipitation days = 11.0

| Nov precipitation days = 12.4

| Dec precipitation days = 13.7

|year precipitation days = 142.2

|unit snow days = 1.0 cm

|Jan snow days = 11.2

|Feb snow days = 7.3

|Mar snow days = 1.8

|Apr snow days = 0.2

|May snow days = 0.0

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.0

|Oct snow days = 0.0

|Nov snow days = 2.7

|Dec snow days = 7.4

|year snow days = 30.6

|Jan humidity = 87.1

|Feb humidity = 80.9

|Mar humidity = 73.1

|Apr humidity = 72.0

|May humidity = 73.6

|Jun humidity = 74.7

|Jul humidity = 73.7

|Aug humidity = 75.6

|Sep humidity = 79.6

|Oct humidity = 82.4

|Nov humidity = 86.3

|Dec humidity = 88.6

|year humidity = 79.0

|Jan sun = 55.8

|Feb sun = 90.4

|Mar sun = 142.6

|Apr sun = 174.0

|May sun = 223.2

|Jun sun = 237.0

|Jul sun = 269.7

|Aug sun = 254.2

|Sep sun = 189.0

|Oct sun = 130.2

|Nov sun = 66.0

|Dec sun = 49.6

|year sun =

| source 1 = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service{{cite web

| url = http://klima.hr/k1/k1_2/slavonski_brod.pdf

| title = Slavonski Brod Climate Normals

| access-date = 2 December 2015

| publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}{{cite web

| url = http://klima.hr/klima.php?id=k1¶m=srednjak&Grad=slavonski_brod

| title = Mjesečne vrijednosti za Slavonski Brod u razdoblju1963−2014

| language = hr

| access-date = 3 December 2015

| publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}

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Environment

The European Environment Agency reported in 2023 that Slavonski Brod has the poorest outdoor air quality of 372 European cities, based on average concentration levels of fine particulate matter, (or PM2.5) over the past two calendar years. The two-year average concentration of PM2.5 was reported to be 26.5μg/m3, which is considered as "very poor" in the categories laid out in Directive_2008/50/EC.{{cite web | title=European city air quality viewer | author=European Environment Agency | date=2024-08-21 | url=https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in-depth/air-pollution/european-city-air-quality-viewer | publisher=European Environment Agency | language=en | access-date=2024-09-06}}

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia}}

=Twin towns — Sister cities=

Slavonski Brod is twinned with:

  • {{flagicon|SVN}} Celje, Slovenia

Honorary citizens

  • Josip Stadler (2023) [https://www.slavonski-brod.hr/vijesti-2/13311-predsjednik-milanovic-na-svecanoj-sjednici-povodom-dana-grada-slavonskog-broda Predsjednik Milanović na svečanoj sjednici povodom Dana grada Slavonskog Broda] slavonski-brod.hr. City of Slavonski Brod. Published 16 May 2023.

See also

References

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