Bolman ( sr-Cyrl, Болман, ) is a settlement in the region of Baranja,

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. Administratively, it is located in the

Jagodnjak Jagodnjak ((Croatian and Serbian pronunciation: ) sr-cyrl, Јагодњак, , ) is a village and a municipality in the Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. Landscape of the Jagodnjak Municipality is marked by the Drava river with surrounding wetland ...

municipality within the

Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja County (, , ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranya (region), Baranja which is defined part of the Pannonian Plain. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Val ...

. Population is 450 people.

History

From March 6 till March 24, 1945, during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, near Bolman was waged

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between Yugoslav Army and

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on one side and

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on the other side.

Demographics

1991

*Serbs: 586 (79,08%) *Croats: 86 (11,60%) *Yugoslavs: 33 (4,45%) *Hungarians: 5 (0,67%) *Others, unknown: 31 (4,18%)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County Baranya (region) Joint Council of Municipalities Serb communities in Croatia

History

Demographics

1991

See also

References