Nemetin Explained

Official Name:Nemetin
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:45.5397°N 18.7739°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Osijek
Unit Pref:metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:7.0
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:77
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:31000 Osijek
Area Code:031
Registration Plate:OS

Nemetin (Hungarian: Drávanémeti) is a village in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located near Osijek. It has a population of 139 (census 2011). It is administratively located in the City of Osijek.

History

The village was the site of the largest prisoner exchange in the Croatian War of Independence when on August 14, 1992, 662 Croatian soldiers and civilians were returned from Yugoslavian custody.[2] Most of the prisoners had been incarcerated in the Sremska Mitrovica camp in Serbia.[2] A group of citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina were also freed as part of the transfer, including Sulejman Tihić.[3] A memorial to the event was unveiled on its fifteenth anniversary.[3]

During the war the area was mined. In 2006, a business zone in the area was officially demined.[4]

References

45.5333°N 64°W

Notes and References

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  2. http://www.jutarnji.hr/clanak/art-2007,8,14,kosor_zarobljenici,86087.jl 15. obljetnica razmjene ratnih zarobljenika u Nemetinu
  3. http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=48&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11152&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=90&cHash=900ace86d5 Spomen-obilježje u Nemetinu
  4. News: Razminirana poslovna zona Nemetin . Croatian . Poslovni dnevnik.