Slavonia (Croatian: Slavonija;
German: Slawonien)
is a geographical and historical
region in eastern Croatia.
It is a fertile agricultural and
forested lowland bordered by the Drava river in the
north,
the Sava river in the south,
the Illova river in the west
and the Danube river in the east, with Syrmia.
While
generally
known as a
lowland,
Slavonia
does
actually
have a
number of
hills. The
main ones
are Psunj,
Papuk,
Požeška Gora,
Ravna gora,
Krndija and
Dilj, which
in turn
encircle the
valley of
Požega.
In the early
medieval
period of
the Kingdom
of Hungary,
Slavonia was
a dependent
province of
the Kingdom,
and included
only the
western part
of
present-day
Slavonia,
but also
parts of
present-day
central
Croatia
(including
Zagreb) and
the western
and northern
parts of
present-day
Bosnia (The
eastern
parts of
present-day
Slavonia
belonged to
Hungary
proper). In
the late
Medieval
period
Slavonia
occupied
territories
between the
rivers Sava,
Drava, Sutla
and Danube.
In the 18th
and 19th
century, the
Kingdom of
Slavonia was
a province
of the
Habsburg
Monarchy,
and included
northern
parts of
present day
regions of
Slavonia and
Syrmia,
while the
southern
parts of
these
regions were
part of the
Habsburg
Military
Frontier (Slavonian
Krajina).
For more specific information
about individual villages, check
the
Village Index.
