Retfala () is a
city district
A city district, also known as an urban district or neighbourhood, is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units.
City districts are used ...
in the
west
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...
ern part of
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-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 ...
. It has 14,123 inhabitants distributed in 5,200 households. It borders
Gornji grad to the east, Tvrđavica to the northeast,
Višnjevac to the west and
Industrijska četvrt to the south.
Day of the city district is on 14 September, on
Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
Its name in
Hungarian literally means ''"village in meadow"''.
History
Source:
Retfala is first mentioned in the end 17th century.
From 1750 it was estate of the family of
Pejačević.
From 19th century it was independent municipality. Colonist settlements of Adolfovac and Brešće were established on the territory of the municipality during the
land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.
From 1947 it is a city district of the City of Osijek.
Notable people
*
Nikola Arsenović
References
Districts of Osijek
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