Nijemci
Nijemci is a place and a municipality in eastern Croatia on the border with Serbia in the historic region of Slavonia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has 4,705 inhabitants, 87.78 % which are Croats.
Administratively belongs to the municipality of Vukovar- Syrmia Nijemci to ( kroat. Vukovarsko - srijemska županija ).
Name
Nijemci means " German " in Croatian. This derives from the fact that the municipality before 1945 had a large German population. These were also prominently involved in the founding of the town.
Community
The following places belong to the community Nijemci ( Census 2011):
- Apševci, 305
- Banovci, 432
- Donje Novo Selo, 498
- Đeletovci, 511
- Lipovac, 814
- Nijemci, 1605
- Podgrađe, 371
- Vinkovački Banovci, 169