Đakovo
town and settlement in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia
Đakovo (pronounced [ˈdʑakɔʋɔ]; Hungarian: Diakovár, German: Diakowar, Serbian Cyrillic: Ђаково) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia. Đakovo is the centre of the fertile and rich Đakovo region (Croatian: Đakovština [d͡ʑakǒːʋʃtina]).
Etymology
The etymology of the name is the Greek: διάκος (diákos) in Slavic form đak (pupil). The Hungarian diák word has the same Greek origin and it is uncertain whether the name came directly from Greek, Hungarian, or local Slavic form.
History
In Roman antiquity the settlement Certissia stood on the same spot until it disappeared during the Migration Period.
The settlement's first mention in historical documents dates from 1239 when Béla IV of Hungary granted it to the Diocese of Bosnia (Latin: Dioecesis Bosniensis), and the bishop moved his seat here in 1246. The predecessor to the newer St. Peter's Cathedral was built in 1355. In 1374 the settlement is documented under the name Dyacou. Croatian rebels in 1386 on 25 July captured Queen Mary of Hungary and her mother Elizabeth near the settlement.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Đakovo” as town and settlement in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town and settlement in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q318961. The first chronological checks are 1239, 1246, 1355 and 1374.
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