Tenja ( sr-Cyrl, Тења, , ) is a village in eastern
Slavonia
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,
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 ...
, located just southeast 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 ...
. The population is 7,376.
History
Croatian War of Independence
During the
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...
, Tenja was under the control of Serb rebel forces. It was a part of the
self-proclaimed
Self-proclaimed describes a legal title that is recognized by the declaring person but not necessarily by any recognized legal authority. It can be the status of a noble title or the status of a nation. The term is used informally for anyone declar ...
SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
The Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srpska autonomna oblast Istočna Slavonija, Baranja i Zapadni Srem, Српска аутономна област Источна Славонија, ...
(1991–1992),
Republic of Serbian Krajina
The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Република Српска Крајина, Republika Srpska Krajina, separator=" / ", ; abbr. РСК / RSK), known as the Serbian Krajina ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српск ...
(1992-1995) and
United Nations protectorate of
Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995-1998).
Between July and November 1991, Serb forces killed at least 29 non-Serb civilians in the
Tenja massacre, while another 3,000 residents were displaced from their homes.
UNTAES peacekeeping mission
Between 1996 and 1998 Tenja was under the
(UNTAES) administration.
Transitional Municipality of Tenja
The UNTAES mission made an executive decision to create the so-called Transitional Municipality of Tenja at the time of transition of the region to the control of the Croatian Government.
In January 1997 Transitional Administrator
Jacques Paul Klein established new municipalities of
Trpinja
Trpinja ( sr-Cyrl, Трпиња, ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and an eponymous municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The village is located on the D55 road (Croatia), D55 road between Osijek and Vukovar. Landscape o ...
,
Negoslavci,
Markušica
Markušica ( sr-Cyrl, Маркушица, , ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. Markušica is located south of the river Vuka (river), Vuka and northwest of the town of Vinkovci. Th ...
,
Šodolovci
Šodolovci ( sr-Cyrl, Шодоловци, ) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County in eastern Croatia. In the seven villages of the Šodolovci Municipality, there were 1,653 inhabitants at the time of the 2011 census.
The landsc ...
and
Jagodnjak with Serb majority which are today part of the
Joint Council of Municipalities
The Joint Council of Municipalities in Croatia (; ; abbr. ЗВО, ZVO) is an elected consultative sui generis body which constitutes a form of cultural Self-governance, self-government of Serbs of Croatia, Serbs in the eastern Croatian Podunav ...
.
In Tenja and
Mirkovci were declared so called transitional municipalities with Serb ethnic majority which were to become part of Vinkovci and Osijek respectively after an additional transitional period of one year.
Notes
Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County
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