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.
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]