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  1. Slavonski Brod (pronounced [slǎʋoːnskiː brôːd], Slavonian Brod), commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a city in eastern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of Slavonia and Posavina , Slavonski Brod is the 7th largest city in the country, with a population of ...

  2. In May 2009, the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska removed any prefix from the name resulting in the name Brod. Today its official name is just Brod, without either prefix Bosanski or Srpski. The Croatian town of Slavonski Brod is situated on the opposite (northern) bank of the Sava, forming a built-up area of more than 110,000 inhabitants.

  3. It is the seventh-largest city in the country and is based on the site of a Roman settlement that was called Marsonia, meaning marsh. Slavonski means Slavonian (the region of Croatia the city is in) and brod means boat, but the city’s name is thought to come from the word meaning “water crossing”.

  4. Slavonski Brod Travel Guide. Each Slavonian city is tied to its own river – Osijek to the Drava, Vinkovci to Bosut, Vukovar and Ilok to the Danube... But only Slavonski Brod bore the name of its river for a long time – until 1934. It was called A Ship on the Sava River. The Sava River in Slavonski Brod is also a natural border between ...

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  5. Slavonski Brod, the sixth largest city in the Republic of Croatia, is located on the banks of the Sava River and stretches on the gentle slopes of Dilj-mountains. It was built on the site of Roman Marsonia, at the crossroads of the most important international routes connecting the countries of Europe with the Middle East, along the border with ...

  6. Slavonski Brod is located at the very border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its 18th century fortress bears witness to the grand history of fighting off the Turks. The world famous fairy tale writer Ivana Brlić Mažuranić wrote most of her stories in Slavonski Brod and her house is often visited by tourists.

  7. Slavonski Brod is a city in Slavonia on the north bank of the Sava river, which also acts as a border to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Across the river lies the smaller Bosnian town of Brod.

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