Address: Augusta Cesarca 1, 35000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Telephone: +385 (0)35 446-573
Website: www.dasb.hr
E-mail: dasb@dasb.hr
Territorial jurisdiction: Brod-Posavina County and Požega-Slavonia County
The State Archives in Slavonski Brod preserves archival material relating to the city of Slavonski Brod and numerous surrounding municipalities within Brod-Posavina County. In addition to holding archival records, the Archives supervise creators and holders of archival material within their jurisdiction.
- Nova Gradiška Department
Holds records for the town of Nova Gradiška and surrounding municipalities.
Address: Trg kralja Tomislava 1, 35400 Nova Gradiška
Tel.: +385 (0)35 361-053 - Požega Department
Holds records for the towns of Požega, Pakrac, Kutjevo, Pleternica, Lipik, and related municipalities.
Address: Županijska 13, 34000 Požega
Tel.: +385 (0)34 272-695
Parish Registers (Matične knjige)
The Archives hold original parish registers, duplicate copies (parice), and detailed inventories for multiple religious communities.
Roman Catholic parish registers (baptisms, marriages, deaths) preserved in the State Archives in Slavonski Brod and its departments cover a broad chronological span from the early 18th century to the mid-20th century, depending on parish and series. The ealiest surviving registers are from Velika Kopanica, with baptisms from 1725, burials from 1733, marriages from 1780, and Sikirevci and Šumeće, with registers beginning in the 1790s.
Most parishes preserve registers from 1856–1878, reflecting standardized recordkeeping introduced in the Habsburg period. Extensive duplicate series (parice) exist for most Roman Catholic parishes, generally covering 1886–1946, with gaps during World War I and World War II years. Roman Catholic registers cover parishes including (among others): Bebrina, Donji Andrijevci, Garčin, Gundinci, Kaniža, Klakar, Kruševica, Oprisavci, Podcrkavlje, Podvinje, Sibinj, Sikirevci, Slavonski Brod, Slobodnica, Svilaj, Šumeće, Trnjani, Velika Kopanica, Vrbje, and Vrpolje.
Serbian Orthodox parish registers are primarily from the late 18th and 19th centuries, including baptisms, marriages, deaths, and extensive duplicate series. Serbian Orthodox parish registers preserved under inventory HR-DASB-344 primarily cover the late 18th and 19th centuries, with some continuation into the early 20th century. Earliest records are from Novo Topolje parish, with marriages from 1778, baptisms from 1807, burials from 1807s.
Most parishes have registers beginning between 1875 and 1885, reflecting administrative consolidation after the Military Frontier period. The last original registers generally extend to 1908–1911, depending on parish. Large series of duplicate registers (parice) cover 1886–1941, with documented gaps during wartime years (especially 1914–1919). Orthodox parishes represented include Bodegraj, Gređani, Klokočevik, Medari, Nova Gradiška, Novo Topolje, Okučani, Rogolji, Ratkovac, Slavonski Brod, Slavonski Kobaš, Stara Gradiška, Stari Slatinik, Staro Petrovo Selo, Šumetlica, and Vrbovljani.
Greek Catholic (Uniate) parish registers are preserved for Kaniža and Sibinj, Evangelical (Augsburg Confession) registers for the Evangelical parish in Slavonski Brod, and Jewish community registers for the rabbinates of Slavonski Brod, Cernik, Pakrac, and Požega, documenting births, marriages, and deaths of Jewish families in Brod-Posavina and Požega-Slavonia counties, mainly from the 19th century onward.
Below alphabetical and parish-based PDF lists (in Croatian), indicating which registers are held locally and which are preserved elsewhere (civil registry offices, other archives, or parishes).
BRODSKO-POSAVSKA COUNTY
๏ [PDF] List of church registers from Brodsko-Posavina Count: alphabetical list of civil registers stored in the State Archives in Slavonski Brod and outside it.
๏ [PDF] List of church registers and duplicate series (parice) from Roman Catholic parishes: parishes of Bebrina, Cernik, Davor, Donji Andrijevci, Dubočac, Garčin, Gornji Bogićevci, Gornji Lipovac, Gundinci, Kaniža, Klakar, Kruševica, Mačkovac, Nova Gradiška, Nova Kapela, Odvorci, Oprisavci, Oriovac, Orubica, Podcrkavlje, Podvinje, Sibinj, Sikirevci, Slavonski Brod, Slobodnica, Stara Gradiška, Staro Petrovo selo, Svilaj, Štivica, Šumeće, Trnjani, Velika Kopanica, Vrbje, Vrpolje.
๏ [PDF] List of church registers from Greek Catholic parishes: parishes of Kaniža and Sibinj.
๏ [PDF] List of church registers from Serbian Orthodox parishes: parishes of Bodegraj, Gređani, Klokočevik, Medari, Nova Gradiška, Novo Topolje, Okučani, Rogolji, Ratkovac, Slavonski Brod, Slavonski Kobaš, Stara Gradiška, Stari Slatinik, Staro Petrovo Selo, Šumetlica, Vrbovljani.
๏ [PDF] List of registry books of the Evangelical-Augsburg church community: community of Slavonski Brod.
๏ [PDF] List of registry books of the Jewish community: Slavonski Brod and Cernik rabbinates.
POŽEŠKO-SLAVONSKA COUNTY (Požega Department)
๏ [PDF] List of church registers and duplicate series (parice) of Roman Catholic parishes: parishes of Brestovac, Bučje, Buk, Gaj, Jakšić, Kaptol, Kutjevo, Pakrac, Pleternica, Požega, Požeške Sesvete, Ruševo, Skenderovci, Stražeman, Vetovo, Velika.
๏ [PDF] List of church registers and duplicate series (parice) of Serbian Orthodox parishes: parishes of Bolomače, Gradište, Paka, Pakrac, Sloboština, Smoljanovci, Striježevica, Treštanovci, Vetovo.
๏ [PDF] List of registry books of the Jewish community: Pakrac and Požega rabbinates.
FORMS
๏ [PDF] Request to the State Archives in Slavonski Brod for an extract from a registry book
Research Notes
As elsewhere in Croatia, parish registers in this region are distributed across multiple repositories due to historical administrative changes, duplication practices, wartime losses, and post-1945 civil registration reforms. Researchers are advised to consult the published inventories and verify the current location of specific registers before planning archival visits.
Last edited: 107.01.2026.
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