Danube Banovina Explained

Native Name:Dunavska banovina
Дунавска бановина
Conventional Long Name:Danube Banovina
Common Name:Danube Banovina
Subdivision:Banovina
Nation:the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
P1:Banat, Bačka and Baranja
Flag P1:Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg
S1:Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
Flag S1:Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg
S2:Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1945–1963)
Flag S2:Flag of SR Serbia.svg
S3:People's Republic of Serbia
Flag S3:Flag of SR Serbia.svg
S4:People's Republic of Croatia
Flag S4:Flag of SR Croatia.svg
Year Start:1929
Date Start:3 October
Year End:1941
Date End:17 April
Image Map Caption:The Danube Banovina in 1941.
Capital:Novi Sad
(1929–1941)

Smederevo
(1941)[1]
Today:Croatia
Serbia

Danube Banovina or Danube Banate (separator=" / "|Dunavska banovina|Дунавска бановина), was a banovina (or province) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of the geographical regions of Syrmia, Bačka, Banat, Baranya, Šumadija, and Braničevo. The capital city of the Danube Banovina was Novi Sad. The province was named after the Danube River.

Population

According to the 1931 census, the Danube Banovina had 2,387,495 inhabitants. The population of this region was composed of:

Borders

According to the 1931 Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,

History

In 1931, Mitrovica and Šid districts were transferred from Drina Banovina to Danube Banovina.

In 1939, when the new Banovina of Croatia was formed, Šid and Ilok districts were transferred from the Danube Banovina to that of Croatia.

In 1941, the World War II Axis Powers occupied the Danube Banovina. Bačka and Baranja regions were attached to Hungary, while Syrmia was attached to the Independent State of Croatia. The remainder of the former Danube Banovina (including Banat, Šumadija, and Braničevo) were part of the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia. However, Banat had autonomy as a region ruled by its ethnic German minority.

In 1945 the region was restored as a province of Serbia within a federal Socialist Yugoslavia. The province was officially renamed as Vojvodina, its historical name, with the capital at the city of Novi Sad. The new province consisted of Syrmia, Banat and Bačka regions. Baranja was included in the People's Republic of Croatia, while Šumadija and Braničevo were included in Serbia Proper.

Cities

Some large cities of the Danube Banovina were:

Bans of Danube Banovina (1929–1941)

See also

References and further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MONOGRAFIJA MODOŠKE PAROHIJE - NMR Info. 9 August 2018 .