Baranjsko Petrovo Selo - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Baranjsko Petrovo Selo is a settlement in the region of Baranja

Baranya (region)

Baranya or Baranja is a geographical region between the Danube and the Drava rivers. Its territory is divided between Hungary and Croatia...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac

Petlovac

Petlovac is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia.-Demographics:Municipality of Petlovac has 2,743 inhabitants , including: *71.35% Croats...

municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County

Osijek-Baranja County

Osijek-Baranja county is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek; other cities include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, Beli Manastir.-Administrative divisions:Osijek-Baranja county is divided into:...

. Population is 570 people.

History

It was first mentioned in 1349 and its older name was Petarda. According to Ottoman defter

Defter

A Defter was a type of tax register in the Ottoman Empire. The information collected could vary, but tahrir defterleri typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads , ethnicity/religion , and land use.The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax...

s (tax records), the village was also inhabited during Ottoman administration.

History

See also