Marinci, Vukovar-Syrmia County Explained

Official Name:	Marinci
Pushpin Map:	Croatia Vukovar-Srijem County#Croatia#Europe
Coordinates:	45.3399°N 18.9002°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Croatia
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Nuštar
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	13.3
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	437
Population Density Km2:	auto

Marinci is a village in the Nuštar municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia located northeast of Vinkovci and southwest of Vukovar. The population is 670 (census 2011).

The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-Bogdanovci-Vukovar^[2] and its position was strategically important during the 1991 Battle of Vukovar.^{[3] [4]}

Marinci were built on the foundations of an older Roman settlement. A Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in the center of the village in 1855, demolished in 1992 and rebuilt in 2005. ^[5]

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.

Notes and References

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2. News: . Croatian . Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads . February 17, 2010.
3. Book: Central Intelligence Agency Office of Russian and European Analysis. Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995: Volume 1. Central Intelligence Agency. 2000. Washington, D.C.. 978-0-16-066472-4.
4. Book: Tus, Anton. Anton Tus

   . Anton Tus. Magaš. Branko. Žanić. Ivo. The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995. The war up to the Sarajevo Ceasefire. 2001. Frank Cass Publishers. London. 0-7146-8201-2.

5. Web site: 2021-04-07 . Marinci - Općina Nuštar . 2023-02-04 . hr.