Ernestinovo

Ernestinovo (Hungarian: Ernőháza, German: Ernestinenhof, Serbian Cyrillic: Ернестиново) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

Ernestinovo
Municipality
Ernestinovo Power Station
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Coordinates: 45°27′N 18°40′E / 45.45°N 18.66°E / 45.45; 18.66
Country	Croatia
Region	Slavonia (Podunavlje)
County	Osijek-Baranja
Area ^[1]
• Municipality	32.0 km^2 (12.4 sq mi)
• Urban	10.9 km^2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]
• Municipality	1,948
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	996
• Urban density	91/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
Website	ernestinovo.hr

The municipality of Ernestinovo was founded in 1884, before that Ernestinovo was part of the municipality of Čepin.^[3]

There are a total of 2,189 inhabitants, 78% of whom are Croats, 19% are Hungarians, and 7% are Serbs.^[4] The municipality consists of the settlements of Divoš (pop. 63), Ernestinovo (pop. 1,047), and Laslovo (pop. 1,079).^[5]

Ernestinovo also has some people of German descent, although most of the German inhabitants were expelled in 1944.^[6]

North of Ernestinovo lies the major HEP Substation TS Ernestinovo, which was originally built in 1977 as the first 400 kV station in Croatia. It is connected with long-distance power lines to TS Tumbri/Žerjavinec (Zagreb) and Pécs, Hungary. It had been destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991,^[7] but was fully repaired in 2003.^[8] Bobota Canal passes next to the village.

Ernestinovo is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.^[9]

Politics

Minority councils

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.^[10] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Hungarians and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Ernestinovo Municipality but the elections for Serb council were not held due to the lack of candidates.^[11]

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Kronološki pregled povijesti – Ernestinovo" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-02-04.
4. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Ernestinovo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
6. . Ernestinovo Municipality. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
7. "Obnova trafostanice u Ernestinovu" (PDF). Građevinar (in Croatian). 55 (1). 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
8. "Povijest". hops.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-01-28.
9. Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). . Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
10. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
11. "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 27. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

 

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