Vera, Croatia

Vera Вера (Serbian)[1]
Village
Vera Location of Vera in Croatia
Vera Location of Vera in Vukovar-Srijem County
Coordinates: 45°25′N 18°54′E / 45.417°N 18.900°E
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Srijem
Municipality	Trpinja
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	453
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	32 225
Area code(s)	+385 (0)32
Vehicle registration	VU

Vera (Serbian Cyrillic: Вера^[3]) is a village in Croatia, municipality Trpinja, Vukovar-Srijem County.

Name

Villages Trpinja, Bobota and Vera share a common toponymic legend, according to which the ancestors of today's inhabitants, who had settled in the villages during the Great Serb Migrations under Arsenije III Čarnojević, were called Bobe. They were fleeing from the Ottoman Empire conquest to preserve their faith. A local proverb goes "Bobe suffer for faith" (Bobe trpiše za veru); Bobota was named after Bobe, Trpinja after trpiti (sr. "to suffer"), and Vera from vera (sr. "faith").^[4]

Education

Branch school of Elementary school Bobota is located in Vera. Education at local school in is implemented in Serbian language.^[5] The first school in Vera was opened in 1789.

Sports

• NK Hajduk Vera, football club

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See also

• Trpinja municipality

References

1. "Statut Općine Trpinja" (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Vera". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
3. "Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-08.
4. http://www.trpinja.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=26&lang=hr
5. Popis osnovnih i srednjih škola s nastavom na jeziku i pismu nacionalnih manjina po modelu A, školska godina 2011./2012., Ministarstvo znanosti obrazovanja i sporta