Slavonia is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja, Požega-Slavonia, Virovitica-Podravina and Vukovar-Srijem, although the territory of the counties includes Baranya, and the definition of the western extent of Slavonia as a region varies. The counties cover 12,556 square kilometres or 22.2% of Croatia, inhabited by 806,192—18.8% of Croatia's population. The largest city in the region is Osijek, followed by Slavonski Brod and Vinkovci.
Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 108,048 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja County. Osijek is located on the right bank of the river Drava, 25 kilometres (16 mi) upstream of its confluence with the Danube, at an elevation of 94 metres (308 ft).
Tvrđa (Citadel) is the Old Town of the city of Osijek in Croatia. It is the best-preserved and largest ensemble of Baroque buildings in Croatia and consists of a Habsburg star fort built on the right bank of the River Drava. Tvrđa has been described by the World Monuments Fund as "a unique example of an eighteenth-century baroque military, administrative, and commercial urban center".
Nogometni klub Osijek is a professional football club from Osijek in Eastern Croatia. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav First League, and, after the independence of Croatia in 1992, it is one of the four clubs that have never been relegated from the Croatian First League, the others being Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split and Rijeka.
The University of Augsburg is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties.
Ivan Slamnig was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator.
The Faculty of Law is a faculty of the University of Osijek.
The Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek is a Croatian art school affiliated with the University of Osijek.
The Faculty of Agriculture is a faculty of the University of Osijek.
The Faculty of Civil Engineering is a faculty of the University of Osijek.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Osijek is a faculty (Croatian fakultet, meaning college or department of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek.
The Faculty of Food Technology is a faculty of the University of Osijek.
The School of Medicine is a faculty of the University of Osijek.
The Faculty of Teacher Education is a faculty of the University of Osijek.
The Gallery Waldinger is an art museum in Osijek, Croatia. It is located in Tvrđa. It is named after Adolf Waldinger, a Croatian painter from Osijek.
The Croatian Operational Research Society (CRORS) is the professional non-profit society for the scientific field of Operations Research in Croatia. Its main mission is to promote operational research in Croatia and worldwide for the benefit of science and society. Since 1994, CRORS has been recognized by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and its subgrouping, the Association of European Operational Research Societies, as the main national society for Operations Research in Croatia, and CRORS actively participates in international promotion of operational research.
Zvonimir Mikulić is a Croatian professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sheriff Tiraspol.
Jasna Horvat is a Croatian writer, cultural theorist and full professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Osijek. She writes novels, essays and books for children and youth as well as academic works. Most of her works have been assessed as Oulipian.
