Medieval Settlements at the Site of Modern Day Vladislavci Near Osijek

Sa？etak Position of medieval settlements on site of modern day Vladislavci, was in Middle Ages and Ottoman period was surrounded with many waters, besides river Vuka there was also a big swamp named Pala？a. Besides agriculture this area was suitable for fishing, and possibly hunting. This area has low rate of passability from Ancient times so it was very convenient for ambush or hiding. In this article is given possible reconstruction of position of medieval settlements on site of modern day Vladislavci, as also in early Ottoman period. Specifically those settlements are Mosson (Mo？un), Pomochya (Pomo？in) and Korpas (Korpa？), which by toponomastic and onomastic analysis have Hungarian origins .This article gives confessional structure and economical strength analysis for this settlements in 16. Century, also it gives their ubication and geographical description of area where they were settled. First time in history the written name of Mosson was mentioned in document which is dated definitely after 29th January 1296, in that document as one of the witnesses is listed Alexander, son of Alexander from Moson (ma？. Sándor Mosonifia Sándor). In cenzus from 1469 in Mosson there are 7 householders and it was part of the Koro？ estate. The settlement most probably existed until late 17th century when it was desolated due to wars between Austrian army and Ottoman army, the toponym is only thing that have survived to the modern day. Pomochya was also listed in census of the Koro？ estate from 1469 with also seven householders and in Ottoman Defters from 1579, number of households enlarged up to seventeen. In this Ottoman Defters was mentioned mezra, desolated settlement Korpas, which evidently existed in late Middle Ages, settled 850 meters west from modernday Vladislavci. In center of modern day Vladislavci the hoard of medieval coins was founded. The coins are dated mostly to 16th century. The hoard is probably buried in late 16th century, in time of Long Turkish War (1593-1606). This hoard found in Vladislavci needs further more detail numismatic and historical analysis which will be main topic of another article