A home to the Whistle
A home to the Whistle is a museum in Vukovar, Slavonia which is located on Ovčara. A home to the Whistle is situated nearby to the locality Grabovo, as well as near the deciduous forest Sotinska Ada.Photo: Modzzak, Public domain.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: info@mcdrvu.hr
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Ovčara Massacre Memorial”
- Address: Ovčara 24, Vukovar, 32000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Memorial Cemetery of The Victims of Homeland War in Vukovar.
National Memorial Cemetery of The Victims of Homeland War in Vukovar
Cemetery
Photo: Tromber, CC BY-SA 4.0.
National Memorial Cemetery of The Victims of Homeland War in Vukovar is situated 3½ km north of A home to the Whistle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grabovo and Negoslavci.
Grabovo
Locality
Grabovo is a settlement south of Vukovar, Croatia. The location was established as a pustara, a Pannonian type of hamlet. It consists of two hamlets, Ovčara and Jakobovac, in the north, which are administratively part of the city of Vukovar, and have a total population of 47, and an uninhabited section in the south which is administratively under the municipality of Tompojevci. Grabovo is situated 2½ km southeast of A home to the Whistle.
Negoslavci
Village
Photo: MirkoS18, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Negoslavci is a village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. It is located south of the town of Vukovar, seat of the county. Negoslavci is situated 4½ km southwest of A home to the Whistle.
Vučedol
Locality
Photo: Darkobilandzic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vučedol in Croatia, is an archeological site, an elevated ground on the right bank of the River Danube, which also forms the border with Serbia. Vučedol became the eponym of the eneolithic Vučedol culture. Vučedol is situated 4½ km north of A home to the Whistle.
A home to the Whistle
- Categories: memorial, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Vukovar, Vukovar-Srijem County, Slavonia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.29691° or 45° 17′ 49″ northLongitude
19.04603° or 19° 2′ 46″ eastOperator
Memorijalni centar Domovinskog rata VukovarOpen location code
8FQX72WW+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 183088597OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q15181197
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Swedish—“A home to the Whistle” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Spomen dom Ovčara”
- German: “Ovčara-Gedenkhaus”
- German: “Ovčara-Gedenkstätte”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Spomen dom Ovčara”
- Swedish: “Ovčaras minnescentrum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vinogradarska kuća Goldschmidt and Sotinska Ada.
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