The City of Slavonski Brod, seventh city in Republic of Croatia by size has 64.612 inhabitants. It is situated between the rivers Sava and Dilja and surfaces 54,45 square kilometres. It is a very old settlement. 2000 years ago, the Roman Marsonia was on its place. The important geographical position significantly influences its development and economy.

    As it has been already stated in the introduction, the city is geographically situated on important roads railway, highway, the river Sava, and it also has a sport airport. Beside all these characteristics of a traffic and transit centre, it has the characteristics of a borderline city. Precisely that fact had for its consequence the development of the city as multicultural and multiethnic centre in this part of Croatia. The arrival of the ancestors of the present inhabitants of the city and the county enriched this city with culture, tradition, language and knowledge in certain crafts and industrial branches, which had been in the past, and they are still even today, the foundation-stone of this town's industry. Those are: wood industry, agricultural and food industry as well as communal activity.