Vinkovci are the eastern slawonian town with 35.000 the inhabitant which settles on the river Bosut. Area has been settled yet from the ancient Neolithic, and firstly the significant settlement in written monuments mentions the Roman town Colonia Aurelia Cibalae. Today's Vinkovci emerge on the middle-aged settlement St. Ilija. The Austro-Hungarian time Vinkovci has left the very beautiful baroque essence.
Throughout three centuries cultural lives in the area of today's Vukovar-Syrmian county and town of Vinkovci becomes richer different names from who many permanent have been registered in Croatian cultural and artistic history, from "Satires or divji covik" M. A. Reljkovic, "Idle cash's" Josip Kozarac, "Concubines" Jozos Ivakica, "Duka Begovic" Ivan Kozarac, then M. S. Madera, Dionizije Svagelj, Josip Bognera, Josip Runjanin, Vanja Radaus and many more.
Economy of town of Vinkovci come from his very the favorable geographical location. Vinkovci had been from the beginning on the crossway of ways, population of different nationalities from many other ends have brought on this area miscellany agriculture and artisan's experiences. Rich finding places of quality clay, gravel and sand and other natural resources have enabled the development of industry of construction material, chiefly the building constructions entirely (e.g. IGM "Dilj", "Vibrobeton").
In last a few year growing representation in the structure economies to the detriment of agriculture, food and processing industries has the trade, handicrafts and service trades.
Economy of Vinkovci is extraordinary example of persistence's and diligences our man Vinkovcanian, especially in today's times where the resourcefulness and listed virtues comes to the expression.
Town knows along numerous sport societies, these state manifestations just as are "Vinkovci autumns", "Drawing room of comic", "Festival actor".
Welcome to Vinkovci, in the town which overlies coasts of Bosut in luxurious fertile and wooded Slavonian plain. Welcome in the town enrich historical and cultural heritages, are settled are continued 7,5 the thousand year, resists earthquakes civilization, wars and climatic disorders.
Bases town take care tracks pre histories, city-center is and now is placed inside thick walls Roman "Coloniae aureliae Cibalae" where born two Roman emperors Valens and Valentinijan.
In III to the century town is the headquarters of early Christian bishopric. The medieval name of town St. Ilija pushes the popular name Vinkovci in evidence that ruins of the ancient "Cibala" have settled Croatians. After becoming the center of military Krajina, Vinkovci suddenly urbanize these acquire the current appearance with rows of baroque buildings of town core.