Erdut Castle

Erdut Castle is a castle in Erdut, Croatia. The castle lies on a bluff 70 metres above the Danube. The surrounding area below the bluff is completely flat, which provided an excellent view of any marauding hordes invading from the east.

Photo: Marko Jukić -Majkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Castle
Description: Castle
Also known as: “Erdutska utvrda”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erdut and Gombos.

Erdut

Village

Photo: Goran.S2, Public domain.

Erdut is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia some 37 km east of the major city of Osijek. Lying on the border with neighbouring Serbia, it was the site of the signing of the 1995 Erdut Agreement, which initiated the UNTAES transitional administration over the Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia.

Gombos

Village

Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bogojevo is a village located in Odžaci municipality, West Bačka District, Serbia. The village has an ethnic Hungarian majority and its population numbers 1,744 people. Gombos is situated 5 km east of Erdut Castle.

Dalya

Village

Photo: Rocky031, Public domain.

Dalj 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. Dalya is situated 8 km southwest of Erdut Castle.

Erdut Castle

Categories: castle ruin, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Municipality of Erdut, County of Osijek-Baranja, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

45.52654° or 45° 31′ 36″ north

Longitude

19.06415° or 19° 3′ 51″ east

Open location code

8FQXG3G7+JM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 216648647

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q105942806

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Erdut Castle” goes by many names.

Czech: “Erdut”
French: “château d’Erdut”
French: “Château d’Erdut”
German: “Burg Erdöd”
German: “Burg Waldweg”
German: “Erdőd Grad”
German: “Utvrda Erdut, Erdőd grad”
German: “Utvrda Erdut”
Hungarian: “Erdőd vára (Horvátország)”
Hungarian: “Erdőd vára”
Slovak: “Erdut”
Turkish: “Erdut Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Poučna staza značajnog krajobraza Erdut and Crkva svetog Arhanđela Gabrijela.

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