Military frontier settlements along the Drava river on the territory of the Đurđevec regiment at the end of the 18th century

U radu su predstavljeni rezultati komparativne analize nekoliko naselja u koprivničkom i đurđevečkom dijelu Podravine koja su u drugoj polovini 18. stoljeća bila smještena u neposrednoj blizini rijeke Drave. Istraživački fokus usmjeren je na položaj naselja u odnosu na rijeku Dravu i na stanovništvo, odnosno demografske prilike u naseljima Torčec, Botovo, Drnje i Brod. Za demografsku analizu korišteni su podaci iz crkvenih matičnih knjiga, a za proučavanje okoliša kartografski i narativni izvori krajiške provenijencije te dosadašnje spoznaje istraživača. Posebna pažnja posvećena je uređenim prijelazima preko rijeke Drave koji su utjecali na kretanje stanovništva u ovome dijelu Podravine. Usporedbom je utvrđeno je da su kretanja stanovništva u promatranim naseljima pratila tada uobičajene trendove. U slučaju naselja u koprivničkoj Podravini rijeka Drava najviše je utjecala na izgled naselja i prometnu infrastrukturu. Uređeni riječni prijelaz kod naselja Brod u Đurđevečkoj krajiškoj pukovniji očito je povoljno utjecao na gospodarske i demografske prilike u tome naselju.This paper presents the results of a comparative analysis of several settlements in the Koprivnica and Đurđevac areas of Podravina which were located near the Drava river in the second half of the 18th century. The research is focused on the position of settlements in relation to the river Drava and on the population, i. e. the demographic situation in the villages Torčec, Botovo, Drnje and Brod. The data from the church registers were used for demographic analysis while cartographic and narrative sources of the Military Frontier provenience and the findings of other researchers were used for the study of the environment. Particular attention is paid to the well-maintained crossings over the river Drava which have affected population movements in this part of Podravina. Comparing with other settlements of that time period, it is established that the trends of population in the observed settlements were usual. In the settlements of Podravina near Koprivnica the river Drava had the greatest impact on settlement features and traffic infrastructure. The well-maintained river crossing at the Brod settlement in the Đurđevec Frontier regiment obviously had a favorable impact on economic and demographic conditions in that settlement