Dalj

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Field	Value
official_name	Dalj
native_name	sr-Cyrl
settlement_type	Village (Selo)
image_skyline	{{Photomontage
photo1a	Milutin Milanković Center Dalj.jpg
photo2a	Dalj-Даљ 04.jpg
photo2b	Dalj-Даљ 05.jpg
photo3a	Sjedište općine Erdut.jpg
photo3b	Manastir u Dalj planini-Манастир у Даљској планини 06.jpg
photo3c	Katolička crkva u Dalju.jpg
photo4a	Elementary school in Dalj-Даљ.jpg
photo4b	Srednja škola Dalj.jpg
photo4c	Dalj-Даљ 02.jpg
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spacing	1
color	#FFFFFF
border	1
image_caption	Clockwise, from top: Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković", Danube riverfront, Roman Catholic church, Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja, Dalj High School, Dalj Elementary School, Municipal building, Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj, central image: Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Dalj Planina
pushpin_map	Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia#Europe
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Dalj in Osijek-Baranja County
pushpin_label	Dalj
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Croatia
subdivision_type1	County
subdivision_name1	Osijek-Baranja
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Erdut
governing_body	Local Committee
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	73.7
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2021
population_total	2877
population_density_km2	auto
population_demonym	Daljac (♂) Daljanka (♀)

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Dalj (Даљ, , , ) is a village on the Danube in eastern Croatia, near the confluence of the Drava and Danube, on the border with Serbia. It is located on the D519 road, south of its intersection with the D213 road and the Vukovar–Erdut railway.

Administratively, it is a part of the municipality of Erdut, Osijek-Baranja County. Although the namesake of the municipality is the Erdut village, Dalj is the largest settlement of the municipality and its administrative, cultural and economic center.

History

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Prehistory

One Scordisci archaeological site in Dalj dating back to late La Tène culture was excavated in the 1970s and 1980s as a part of rescue excavations in eastern Croatia. The archaeological site was a part of the settlement network of Scordisci in the area of Vinkovci.

Croatian War of Independence

During the Croatian War of Independence, the village became the site of the Dalj massacre - killing of 39 prisoners of war in August 1991. The prisoners were Croatian policemen, Croatian National Guard troops and Civil defencemen and killed after the Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian paramilitaries captured Dalj on 1 August. Goran Hadžić, Croatian Serb political leader at the time, was charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in relation to these atrocities.

The ICTY also charged Hadžić with illegal detention of hundreds of civilians in Dalj police station and a hangar near village's railway station. The detainees were beaten and otherwise physically abused. After Hadžić was diagnosed with a terminal illness, his trial was discontinued in 2015. He died in July 2016.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census the Erdut municipality (part of which is Dalj) has a population of 7,308. The municipal population consists of Serbs (55.56%), Croats (37.96%) and Hungarians (5.06%).

Education

Secondary

Main article: Dalj High School

Dalj High School is public high school in Dalj. School offers students the following educational programs: Economist, Commercial Officer (in Serbian), Agricultural Technician and Agricultural Technician General.

Notable natives and residents

, professor and newspaper editor
Jovan Isailović Jr., 19th century painter
Milutin Milanković, Serbian scientist
Vasilije Trbić, Serbian Chetnik commander
Časlav Ocić, Serbian economist and academician
Danica Tomić, the first woman pilot in Yugoslavia
Alexander Cvijanović, Yugoslav-American architect

References

Government of Croatia. (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima". [[Council of Europe]].
{{Cite Q. Q119585703
{{Croatian Census 2021. S
"Teutoburgium".
(September 25, 2001). "Statute of the Municipality of Erdut".
(2016). "Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange.". [[Austrian Academy of Sciences Press]].
Branimir Felger. (1 August 2011). "Ni nakon 20 godina od pokolja u Dalju nitko nije stao pred lice pravde". [[Nova TV (Croatia)]].
(21 May 2004). "The Prosecutor of the Tribunal Against Goran Hadžić - Indictment". [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]].
(16 October 2012). "Svjedok na suđenju Hadžiću o mučenju u Dalju: Cigaretom sam palio tetovažu da mi ne odsjeku ruku". [[Novi list]].
Ristic, Marija. (13 July 2016). "Croatian Serb Wartime Leader Goran Hadzic Dies".
Croatian Bureau of Statistics. (2013). "2011 Census - Croatian Bureau of Statistics (Erdut Municipality)".

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