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
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