Stari Mikanovci is a village in eastern Croatia

Croatia

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, located west of Vinkovci

Vinkovci

Vinkovci is a city in Croatia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County. In the 2011 census, the total population of the city was 35,375, making it the largest town of the county...

 and east of Đakovo. The population of Stari Mikanovci municipality is 3,387, of which 2,710 is in Stari Mikanovci itself and another 677 in the adjacent village of Novi Mikanovci. Stari Mikanovci means Old Mikanovci, while Novi Mikanovci means New Mikanovci. 98.79% declare themselves Croats

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

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The village was a fief of the Order of St. John

Knights Hospitaller

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 between the 13th and 15th century, and after that owned by the noble families Horvat and Gorjanski

Gorjanski

Garay or Garai were a Hungarian noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary, a branch of the Dorozsma clan, with notable members in the 14th and 15th centuries. They were lords of Csesznek.-Name and origin:...

. During the Ottoman wars in the region, after the Turks were pushed back, Mikanovci was owned by the Diocese of Đakovo, and the village of Novi Mikanovci was built by the administration of the Military Frontier

Military Frontier

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. The parish church of St. Claire in Stari Mikanovci is dated 1810; the church of St. Bartholomew in Novi Mikanovci is from the early 13th century, and was once at the cemetery of the old Mikanovci.

The people live 2 naselja:

• Novi Mikanovci
  Novi Mikanovci
  Novi Mikanovci is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D46 highway....
  
  
• Stari Mikanovci