Retfala

Retfala Gradska četvrt Retfala
City district of Osijek
Strossmayerova Street
Country	Croatia
City	Osijek
First mention	End of 17th century
City district	From 1947
Government
• President of Council	Željko Lijić (HDZ)
Population (2001)
• Total	14,123

Retfala is a city district in the western part of Osijek, Croatia. It has 14,123 inhabitants distributed in 5,200 households.

Day of the city district is on 14 September, on Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Its name in Hungarian literally means "village in meadow".

History ^[1]

Retfala is first mentioned in the end 17th century.

From 1750 it was estate of the family of Pejačević.

From 19th century it was independent municipality.

From 1947 it is a city district of the City of Osijek.

Osijek

History	History of Osijek Tvrđa Croatian War of Independence Mayors

Districts	Donji grad Gornji grad Industrijska četvrt Jug II Novi grad Retfala Tvrđa

Suburbs	Brijest Briješće Josipovac Klisa Nemetin Podravlje Sarvaš Tenja Tvrđavica Višnjevac

Buildings and landmarks	Ante Starčević Square City Guard County palace Eurodom European Avenue Franjo Tuđman Bridge Pedestrian bridge Pejačević Castle Portanova Normann Palace Slavonian Command Palace Statue of the Holy Trinity

Churches	Co-cathedral St. Roch's Church (Gornji grad) St. Roch's Church (Donji grad) St. Michael's Church Glorious Name of Mary's Church St. Family's Church St. Joseph the Worker's Church St. Cross Tump's Church St. Leopold Bogdan Mandić's Church St. Osijek Martyrs's Church Sts. Cyril and Methodius's Church Martyrdom of John the Baptist's Church St. Luke's Church

Culture	Croatian National Theatre in Osijek Branko Mihaljević Children's Theatre City and University Library

Galleries and museums	Gallery of fine arts Gallery Waldinger Gallery Vernissage Archaeological museum Museum of Slavonia

Education	University of Osijek Art Agriculture Civil Engineering Economics Electrical Engineering Food Technology Law Medicine Philosophy Teacher Education

Sports venues	Gradski vrt Hall Zrinjevac Sport Hall Jug Sport Hall Gradski vrt stadium

Transport	Osijek Airport Railway station Bus station Osijek tram

Festivals	Urban Fest

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