Čeminac (Hungarian: Laskafalu, Serbian Cyrillic: Чеминац, German: Laschkafeld) is a village and municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are 2,856 inhabitants in the municipality. Čeminac is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[3]

Čeminac
Municipality
Municipality of Čeminac Općina Čeminac
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Coordinates: 45°41′11″N 18°40′3″E
Country	Croatia
Region	Baranya (Podunavlje)
County	Osijek-Baranja
Government
• Mayor	Damir Rešetar
Area [1]
• Total	47.02 km2 (18.15 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,909
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

Čeminac is located in the central part of Croatian Baranja and it is surrounded by the municipalities of: Jagodnjak, Beli Manastir, Kneževi Vinogradi, Bilje, and Darda.

The municipality of Čeminac includes the following settlements:

• Čeminac
• Grabovac
• Kozarac
• Mitrovac
• Novi Čeminac

History

This Village was established by the Danube Swabians (Schwowe) in 1720 from Fulda and Eisfeld, locally also called Stifolder.[4] The Čeminac area was home to a sizeable Danube Swabians population before the end of World War II.[5] With the Red Army's crossing of the Danube at Batina most of these Germans left, and their property was confiscated by Communist Yugoslavia's government.[5]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2011 census):[6]

• 88.24% Croats
• 5.91% Serbs
• 3.09% Hungarians
• 0.93% Germans

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Čeminac is Azure a Lion rampant double-queued Or holding a Plough-share Argent.[7]

References

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