Editing Vukovar (section)

===Habsburg Monarchy===
[[File:Greetings from Vukovar - View of the Danube (front).jpg|thumb|right|Vukovar seen from the Danube river 1917.]]
After the [[Treaty of Karlowitz]] in 1699, Vukovar was part of the [[Habsburg monarchy]], Slavonia ([[Transleithania]] after the [[compromise of 1867]]), and soon after in the [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]], created when the [[Kingdom of Slavonia]] and the Kingdom of Croatia were merged in 1868.

Vukovar was left with an almost empty town, with only about fifty houses. The indigenous population is returning to the devastated area, as well as new residents. Because of the need for labor, Orthodox Serbs are settling. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a considerable number of [[Germans]], [[Hungarians]], Jews, [[Ruthenians]], [[Slovaks]] and [[Ukrainians]] arrived. Thus, Vukovar becomes a multinational city.<ref name=":1" />

After the end of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] domination (in the 16th and 17th centuries), the [[German nobility|German Counts]] of [[Eltz]] bought a large part of the Vukovar area which was known as the [[Lordship of Vukovar]] and for the next two centuries they would have a great influence on the economy and culture of Vukovar.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Vukovar Street scene.JPG|thumb|left|Townhouses with arches in the center of the city.]]

[[Count]]s [[Eltz]], German nobility, come into possession of the manor in Vukovar. Philip Karl Eltz, Archbishop of [[Mainz]], in 1736 buys this huge property with more than 30 inhabited places.

At the beginning of this period, almost half of the inhabitants of Vukovar were craftsmen and merchants. Crafts, trade, shipbuilding are developing. Goods are shipped to the Danube countries by ship. Numerous [[guild]] organizations were founded to protect craftsmen. Vukovar is the main center of trade for the entire western Srijem.
[[File:Vukovar.jpg|thumb|right|Vukovar in [[Austria-Hungary]], [[Franz Joseph I]] street]]

The Vukovar area has very good conditions for agriculture. Almost 80% of the population lived from agriculture. In addition to basic grain production, viticulture is also important, and horse studs are also famous.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Since 1840, Vukovar has had permanent [[steamboat]] lines on the Danube, and since 1878 it has been connected to the railway. The port of Vukovar is the largest port in Croatia. The industry developed slowly due to lack of capital.

According to the population census from 1900, Vukovar has 10,400 inhabitants, including about 4,000 Croats, 3,500 Germans, about 1,600 Serbs, 950 Hungarians, etc.<ref name=":1" /> In 1905, the first major industrial enterprise, the spinning mill, began operating in Vukovar.<ref name=":1" />

In 1745, Vukovar became the seat of the [[Syrmia County]] of the [[Kingdom of Slavonia]] and from 1868 [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]].<ref name=":0" />