Editing Slavonski Brod (section)

=== Modern history ===
The [[Slavs]] settled in the area of the city in the 6th century. The name of the town is mentioned for the first time in [[Béla IV|Bela IV of Hungary]]'s charter, dated 1224. The Vukovac fortress was built in the 15th century, subsequently damaged by the Turks. The [[Ottoman Empire]] controlled the settlement from 1536<ref>Treasures of Yugoslavia, published by Yugoslaviapublic, Beograd, available in English, German and Serbo-Croatian, 664 pages, 1980</ref> until 1691, when it was ceded to the [[Empire of Austria]], as confirmed by the [[Treaty of Karlowitz]] in 1699. Until 1918, Brod (named ''Brood'' before 1850)<ref>Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.</ref> remained in the [[Austrian monarchy]] ([[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]] after the [[compromise of 1867]]), in the [[Slavonian Military Frontier]], under the administration of the ''Brooder Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°VII'' until 1881. A huge [[Vauban]] type fortress was built east of Vukovac.

Alongside its defence role the city saw steady development of crafts and commerce. The education and culture were strongly dominated by the [[Franciscans]]. The 20th century was a period of strong economic growth of the city, with the 1920s being called "the Golden Age of Brod". The city's current name dates from 1934 when it was changed from Brod na Savi.

From 1941 to 1945 the city was part of the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. The town was heavily bombed by the Allies in 1944 and 1945. The bombing resulted in damage to 80% of the buildings in Slavonski Brod.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacional.hr/articles/view/13720/5/|title=Ne može se utvrditi koliko su Hrvata ubili saveznici|work=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]]|language=hr|trans-title=It cannot be determined how many Croats were killed by the Allies|author=Saša Kosanović|date=27 January 2004|access-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728161825/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13720/ne-moze-se-utvrditi-koliko-su-hrvata-ubili-saveznici|archive-date=28 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The bombing resulted in 897 civilian deaths, 244 military deaths, 208 wounded civilians, and 28 military wounded in Slavonski Brod and [[Bosanski Brod]].<ref name="Obradov">[http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/11332 Saveznička bombardiranja Slavonskog i Bosanskog Broda i okolnih mjesta tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata]</ref> [[State Archives in Slavonski Brod|Historical Archive of Slavonski Brod]] was established in the city in 1959.<ref name="Arhinet">{{cite web |url=http://arhinet.arhiv.hr/details.aspx?ItemId=3_8100 |title= Državni arhiv u Slavonskom Brodu |publisher=Arhinet - National Archival Information System |access-date=2 August 2024 }}</ref>

In 1990 democratic reforms legalised the formation of political parties other than the League of Communists of Croatia. In Slavonski Brod, the first parties formed were the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] and the [[Croatian Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/12748|title=Demokratske promjene u općini Slavonski Brod (1990.)|website=srce.hr|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>