Požega (Hungarian: Pozsega) is a town in western Slavonia, eastern part of Croatia, with a population of 28,948 (census 2001). It is the center of the Požega-Slavonia county.
The city lies on the main road (M1.6) Nova Gradiška — Požega — Našice and the railroad Nova Kapela/Batrina — Požega - Velika and Velika - Požega - Pleternica - Našice
Požega (elevation: 152 m, 499 ft) is located in the south-western part of the Valley of Požega, or Požega ba...
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Požega (Hungarian: Pozsega) is a town in western Slavonia, eastern part of Croatia, with a population of 28,948 (census 2001). It is the center of the Požega-Slavonia county.
The city lies on the main road (M1.6) Nova Gradiška — Požega — Našice and the railroad Nova Kapela/Batrina — Požega - Velika and Velika - Požega - Pleternica - Našice
Požega (elevation: 152 m, 499 ft) is located in the south-western part of the Valley of Požega, or Požega basin, in Croatian: Požeška kotlina (lit. ravine). This fertile valley was important since the antiquity - its Roman name was Vallis Aurea, meaning "golden valley".
The valley is formed by the Slavonian mountains of Požeška Gora, Psunj, Papuk, Krndija and Dilj.
The first mention of the city of Požega (German: Poschegg, Hungarian: Pozsega) is found in the Gesta Hungarorum, by an anonymous notary of Bela III (1172-1196) where he mentions the conquest of three forts in Slavonia - as the area between rivers Danube and Sutla was then called: Zagreb,...
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