Syrmia (disambiguation)
Syrmia can refer to:
In geography
- Syrmia, a geographical region in Croatia and Serbia.
- Vukovar-Syrmia County, a county in Croatia.
- Syrmia District, a district in Serbia.
- Śrem, a town on the Warta river in central Poland (and other places in Poland called Śrem).
- Śrem County, a powiat (county) in Poland.
In history
- Sirmium, influential ancient city founded by Illyrians and Celts before 300 BC, capital of Illyricum, destroyed by the Avars in 582 AD. Site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia.
- Theme of Sirmium (1018-1071), Byzantine administrative unit
- Syrmia (former county) (12th century-1521, 1745-1848, 1860-1924), initially an administrative unit of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, and later administrative unit of several Habsburg lands (Kingdom of Slavonia, Kingdom of Croatia, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary), as well as administrative unit of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Covered historical Upper Syrmia.
- Kingdom of Syrmia (1282-1325), an independent Serb kingdom centered in historical Lower Syrmia (today known as Mačva). According to some sources, it also included Upper Syrmia.
- Sanjak of Syrmia (1541-1699), an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire. Covered Upper Syrmia.
- In the past, term Lower Syrmia was a designation for the region of Mačva in Serbia. Northern part of Mačva is now located within modern Srem District.
In sport
- FK Srem, a Serbian football club from the city of Sremska Mitrovica.
See also
- Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia, a Serbian autonomous region (oblast) in Croatia from 1991 to 1997.
- United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia, a UN peacekeeping mission in eastern parts of Croatia.
- Eparchy of Srem, an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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