Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia

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Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Land to the Crown of St. Stephen ←   ← 1868–1918 → Flag Coat of arms Croatia-Slavonia in pink Capital Zagreb Language(s) Croatian or Serbian Religion Roman Catholic Government Monarchy Historical era Austria-Hungary  - 1867 Compromise May 29, 1867  - Established 1868  - Joined the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs October 29, 1918 Area  - 1910 42,534 km² (16,422 sq mi) Population  - 1910 est. 2,621,954       Density 61.6 /km²  (159.7 /sq mi) Currency Gulden Krone (from 1892)

Croatia-Slavonia within Austria-Hungary (number 17)

Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (Croatian: Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; Hungarian: Horvát-Szlavón Királyság; German: Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was an autonomous kingdom within Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Imperial officials referred to it simply as the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. It was autonomous part of the Hungarian part of the Monarchy and included parts of present-day Croatia and Serbia (eastern part of Syrmia). Togerher with the Kingdom of Dalmatia, it was considered a part of Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia.

[edit] History

The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was created in 1868, when the former kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia were joined into one single kingdom. The kingdom existed until 1918 when it joined the newly formed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which together with the Kingdom of Serbia formed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

The new Serb-Croat-Slovene Kingdom was divided into counties between 1918 and 1922 and into oblasts between 1922 and 1929. With the formation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, most of the territory of the former Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia became a part of the Sava Banate.

[edit] Counties

The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was divided into eight counties or comitatus (with county seats in parentheses):

• Bjelovar-Križevci (Bjelovar)
• Lika-Krbava (Gospić)
• Modruš-Rijeka (Ogulin)
• Požega (Požega)
• Syrmia (Vukovar)
• Varaždin (Varaždin)
• Virovitica (Osijek)
• Zagreb (Zagreb)

[edit] Demographics

At the 1910 census, the population of the Kingdom numbered 2,621,954 people and included speakers of the following languages^{[citation needed]}:

• Croatian: 1,638,354 (62.5%)
• Serbian: 644,955 (24.6%)
• German: 133,418 (5%)
• Hungarian: 105,047 (3%)
• Slovak: 20,884 (1%)
• others (2%)

[edit] See also

• Kingdom of Croatia
• Kingdom of Slavonia
• Kingdom of Dalmatia

[edit] External links

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