Virovitica County | |||||||
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County of the Kingdom of Slavonia, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |||||||
12th–16th century 1718–1920/1922 | |||||||
Location of the County (yellow) within the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (green) | |||||||
Capital | Osijek | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• Coordinates | 45°33′N 18°41′E / 45.550°N 18.683°E | ||||||
• 1910 | 4,867 km2 (1,879 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1910 | 272,430 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 12th century | ||||||
• Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | ||||||
1922 | |||||||
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Today part of | Croatia |
History of Slavonia |
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Virovitica County (Croatian: Virovitička županija; Hungarian: Verőce vármegye) was an administrative subdivision (županija) of the Medieval Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within both Croatia and Hungary, themselves within the Habsburg Monarchy/Austrian Empire; Croatia-Slavonia, its successor, was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania), the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. Its territory is now in eastern Croatia. The name of the county comes from the town of Virovitica (Hungarian: Verőce). The capital of the county moved from Virovitica to Osijek (Croatian; Hungarian: Eszék) in the late 18th century.