Borovo Naselje ( sr-Cyrl, Борово Насеље) is a

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borough located on the right bank of the

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river in the

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, 4 kilometers northwest of Vukovar town centre; elevation 90 m. The economy is based on rubber and shoe industries. The routes D2, D55 and D519 intersect in Borovo Naselje, connecting Vukovar to Osijek,

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and

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, respectively. The suburb originally developed as a part of Borovo village and its

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but was subsequently separated and incorporated as a part of the town of Vukovar in 1980's.

History

Borovo Naselje sprung up around the Borovo rubber products factory, built and owned by

Tomáš Baťa Tomáš Baťa () (3 April 1876 – 12 July 1932) was a Czech entrepreneur and founder of the Bata shoe company. His career was cut short when he died in a plane accident due to bad weather. His half-brother Jan Antonín Baťa took over his comp ...

before

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. The entire town was built around the factory to provide housing and other necessary institutions for the employees. The town grew and finally merged with the neighboring town of Vukovar. After Borovo Naselje merged with Vukovar, it shed its name and became a part of Vukovar, but it's still known as Borovo Naselje among the locals. Borovo was established on the outskirts of

by a

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Tomaš Bata on 7 June 1931 to begin with the manufacture of footwear.

Sport

* HNK Borovo

References

Sources

* https://web.archive.org/web/20061212155050/http://www.borovo.hr/edanas.htm

External links

Blog about history of Borovo NaseljeVukovar Official siteVukovarac - Vukovar Unofficial siteBorovo factoryHNK Radnicki Borovo N. - VukovarHNK Borovo - Unofficial
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