

It is one of Europe's best preserved fortresses, and also one of the biggest on the former. It is in the style, named after one of the best European experts in the building of fortifications in 17th and 18th centuries. Faculty of Engineeringfrom the period, was constructed during the to serve as a stronghold against the, which was situated on the other bank of the river. The city has an important cultural heritage, including a and a monastery with a rich library.Cultural heritage. The consortium is capable of producing:, tramways, wagons, bridges, industrial plants, nuclear reactors, car parts, heavily armed vehicles, including and vehicles, agricultural machinery, etc.Service industries are becoming rapidly important, especially tourism.

Slavonski Brod agricultural fairThe city's is based on farming, viticulture, growing, metal-processing, timber (furniture wood, ), textiles (ready-made), leather, foodstuffs (brewery), building material, and printing industries.Slavonski Brod is also home to some of the most important metal companies in Southeastern Europe, the consortium, consisting of a number of factories producing very diverse products, mainly for export. The alignment of this highway is approximately at a 19 km (12 mi) distance from the center of the town. The ship port 'Brod' on the river is under construction.There is also a new modern highway under construction, on the Pan-European, which will connect Northern Europe and Hungary with Croatia (through the region of Slavonia), and Bosnia and with Croatia (through the coastal region of ). The Bosnian city was called Bosanski Brod until 2009.Slavonski Brod is an important intersection of the part of the highway and a railway junction, since it is located on the highway linking –– (, A3) and the –– railway. It developed at the strategically important crossing over the river toward in. River promenadeThe city is located 197 kilometres (122 miles) southeast of and at an elevation of 96 metres (315 feet).

Contents.Names Although brod means 'ship' in modern, the city's name bears witness to an older meaning - 'water crossing', '.Among the names historically in use: Marsonia in the, Brood (in Slawonien) in the German speaking Austrian period, Brod na Savi after 1934.The ancient name 'Marsonia' probably comes from the Proto-Indo-European word.mory (marsh), and the same root is seen in the nearby toponyms such as 'Mursa' and 'Mariniana'.
