Kneževi Vinogradi (; ) is a village and municipality in Croatia. It is situated in the Osijek-Baranja County, on the southern slopes of Bansko Brdo, 11 km southeast of Beli Manastir. Its elevation is 103 m. Chief occupations of villagers include farming, viticulture, livestock breeding (dairy farms) and dairy industry. At the time of 2011 census Kneževi Vinogradi was the only municipality in Croatia with a relative majority of Hungarians of Croatia.
In Roman times, the Donatium colony was located here, so Suljoš, as people call Kneževe Vinograde, is one of the oldest places in Baranja.
Name
The name of the village derived from Croatian words "knez" ("prince" in English) and "vinograd" ("vineyard" in English), hence the meaning of the name is "the prince's vineyards". The name of the village in Serbo-Croatian is plural.
In other languages, the village in German is known as Weingärten or Weingärten i.d.Braunau, in Hungarian as Hercegszöllős (earlier Herczeg-Szöllős) and in Serbian as Kneževi Vinogradi (Кнежеви Виногради).
Geography
The municipality of Kneževi Vinogradi include following settlements: Kneževi Vinogradi Jasenovac Kamenac Karanac Kotlina Mirkovac Sokolovac Suza Zmajevac
Features
Kneževi Vinogradi is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.
Demographics
Municipality
According to the 2001 census, there are 5,186 inhabitants in the municipality, including: Hungarians (40.9%) Croats (34.34%) Serbs (18.43%) Germans (1.95%) others (including Romani, Albanians, Macedonians, Slovenes, etc.).
Village
According to the 2001 census, there are 1,715 inhabitants in the Kneževi Vinogradi village, including: Croats = 844 Serbs = 535 Hungarians = 275 others = 61
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. 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 Kneževi Vinogradi Municipality.
See also
Osijek-Baranja County
Baranja
List of Croatian municipalities with minority languages in official use
References
External links
Official website
Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County
Municipalities of Croatia
Baranya (region) Populated places in Croatia where Hungarian is an official language