Slakovci (german: Zlaakowcz, hu, Szlakóc) is a
village in
Stari Jankovci
Stari Jankovci ( sr-Cyrl, Стари Јанковци, hu, Ivanóc) is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia
The village is located to the northeast of the M104 railway route. The village is connected with the rest of ...
municipality of
Vukovar-Syrmia County
Vukovar-Srijem County ( hr, Vukovarsko-srijemska županija), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian county. It includes the eastern parts of ...
in eastern
Croatia. It is connected by the
D46 state road. The village is physically connected with the village of
Srijemske Laze
Srijemske Laze ( sr-Cyrl, Сремске Лазе) is a village in Stari Jankovci municipality of Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The village is physically connected with the village of Slakovci. According to 2011 census there is 566 ...
. The village is connected with the rest of the country by the
D46 state road connecting it with the town of
Vinkovci and continuing into
Serbia as the
State Road 120 to the nearest town of
Šid.
Name
The name of the village in
Croatian is plural.
History
Slakovci were first mentioned in 1491. They got their name from the
weed "slak" or the
Hungarian word "slavok" which means
Slavs
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...
. The feudal family of Gorjanski built a fort in Slavkovci for defense against the
Turks. The Turks ruled the Slakovci from 1526 to 1691, and after that the Slakovci belonged to the military territory.
See also
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Slakovci railway station
*
Church of Saint Anne, Slakovci
References
External links
Aerial view of the village on the Stari Jankovci Municipality You-Tube Page
Populated places in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Populated places in Syrmia
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