Bršadin ( sr-Cyrl, Бршадин, hu, Borsod) is a Settlement (Croatia), village in the Trpinja, Trpinja Municipality in Croatia, Croatian easternmost Vukovar-Syrmia County. Bršadin is located north of the Vuka (river), Vuka river and west of the town of Vukovar on the main road to Vinkovci.

Geography

Bršadin is third-largest settlement in the municipality, after Trpinja and Bobota, Croatia, Bobota. It is located on the D55 (Croatia), D55 highway between the towns of Vukovar and Vinkovci. Bršadin is surrounded by a villages Bogdanovci and Marinci, Croatia, Marinci on south, Pačetin on west, Lipovača, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Lipovača on the north and city Vukovar on the east. Agricultural land and forests are the main characteristics of the surrounding area. Bobota Canal is located next to the village.

History

Before the 20th century

Bršadin is first mentioned in historical sources in 1279 under the name Boršod. Boršod was located on an elevated area known as the "Old Village", about two kilometers west of the present day settlement.> Boršod decays after 1526 Ottoman Empire breakthrough into Syrmia and Slavonia. After 1529, Suleiman the Magnificent colonized place with first Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox families, Vlachs from north Serbia and north-eastern Bosnia, and after 1543 people from the central part of the Balkans peninsula.

Since 1900

World War I

In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Military of Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian military command mobilization. Bršadin people disliked mobilization aside Triple Entente and they Desertion, deserted in large numbers and taught to Imperial Russian Army, Russian army at Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern Front or join Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian army at Salonika front. During the war, a military hospital with 7000 beds, colloquially known as "Wooden Vienna", was located in the village. From 27 December 1920 (when they arrived in Vukovar) soldiers and families of the White émigrés, White Russian émigrés who were followers of Pyotr Wrangel settled in Bobota, Croatia, Bobota, Pačetin, Bršadin, Trpinja and Vera, Croatia, Vera.

World War II

In first days of occupation, Đurđević family were sentenced to death and shot on January 17, 1942 in Dudik, location near Vukovar where 455 victims were executed. In the spring of 1944, Vaso Đurđević-Turčin, the last of Đurđević brothers, leader of Bršadin Yugoslav Partisans, partisan and Order of the People's Hero, People's hero. In his honor, today at the center of village stands remembrance monument.

Croatian War of Independence

During the Croatian War of Independence Bršadin was within self-proclaimed Serb political entity SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia. In the final stages of conflict United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium, United Nations Mission conducted peaceful reintegration Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995-1998), this region into Croatian jurisdiction.

Languages

Serbian language

Serbian Language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is the second official language in most of the villages of the Municipality of Trpinja (except Ćelije) alongside the Croatian language which is official at the national level. Both Serbian and Croatian language are standardized varieties of the pluricentric language, pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language. According to the Municipal Statute, individuals who are members of the Serbian national minority are ensured the freedom of expression of national belonging and freedom to use their language and script in public and private use on the whole territory of the Municipality including the village of Bršadin. The statute guarantees that the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet will be used in the same font size as the Latin alphabet in the text of the local seals and stamps, on official plates of public representatives, executive and administrative bodies, as well as on those of legal persons with public authorities. According to the municipal Statute, bilingual signs of the same font are used for written traffic signs and other written traffic markings, street and squares names and names of settlement and geographical localities on the entire territory of the Municipality. Equal public use of Serbian language is required on the basis of the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia and relevant national laws and the country is a party to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Education

Elementary school

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brsadin Populated places in Vukovar-Syrmia County Joint Council of Municipalities Populated places in Syrmia Serb communities in Croatia