Official Name: | Sarvaš |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia#Europe |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 45.5333°N 68°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Osijek-Baranja County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 19.4 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1658 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Sarvaš (German: Sarwasch-Hirschfeld, Hungarian: Drávaszarvas) is a village in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, east of Osijek. It has a population of 1,658 (census 2021). It is administratively within the area of the city of Osijek. Szarvas means "deer" in Hungarian.
One Scordisci archaeological site in Sarvaš dating back to late La Tène culture was excavated in the 1970s and 1980s as a part of rescue excavations in eastern Croatia.[2] Archaeological site was a part of the settlement network of Scordisci in the area of Vinkovci.[2]
According to the 1931 census in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the town's population included 1157 Danube Swabian Germans (the majority).[3] These folk were almost all expelled by the Communist regime of Josip Broz Tito after 1945.[4]
The local Catholic church was completely destroyed in the country's War of Independence.[4] By 2006 the church was restored.[5]