About us

THE MUNICIPALITY OF KNEŽEVI VINOGRADI – is a unit of local government within the County of Osijek-Baranja established by the Law on Areas of Counties, Towns and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia on 30 December 1992 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia issue 90/92). Untill then it was a part of the former Municipality of Beli Manastir.
The MuncipaIity is an area of 248.77 km2 and it makes 6% of the total territory of the County of Osijek-Baranja and 22% of the territory of Baranja.
The Municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi is situated in the outermost north-eastern part of the Republic of Croatia, more precisely in Baranja, a natural geographical unit. Within the territory of Baranja the Municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi is situated in the eastern part. The border in the east is extended to the left bank of the river Danube.
Municipal centre, Kneževi Vinogradi, is situated 25 km far from Osijek, 10 km from Beli Manastir, 5 km from the main road E-73, 26 km from the border with the Republic of Hungary, 15 km from the border with Serbia and approximately 10 km from the Nature park Kopački rit.

Population:

Croats (called Sokci), Hungarians and Serbs (once called Raci) have been living in this area for a long time.  Germans and Jews used to live here until World War II.
This area has been an intersection of different cultures and people from time immemorial.
Nowadays, after all migrations (World War II, Croatian War for Independence) there have been living 34% of Croats, 41% of Hungarians, 18% of Serbs and 6% of other people.
The chart of the ethnic structure of the population of the villages of the Municipality according to the censuses held in 1991 and 2001::