Croatia-Slavonia

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Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It belonged to the Hungarian part of the Monarchy and included parts of present-day Croatia and Serbia. The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was created in 1868, when former kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia were joined into one single kingdom. The kingdom existed until 1918 when it joined the newly formed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which subsequently joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Counties

The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was divided into eight counties or comitatus (with county centers in the parenthesis):

• Belovár-Körös (Bjelovar)
• Lika-Krbava (Gospić)
• Modrus-Fiume (Ogulin)
• Pozsega (Požega)
• Szerém (Vukovar)
• Varasd (Varaždin)
• Verőce (Osijek)
• Zágráb (Zagreb)

See also

• Kingdom of Croatia
• Kingdom of Slavonia
• Croatia in the Habsburg Empire

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