THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE CITY OF OSIJEK, A SPECIAL REVIEW OF THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

U drugoj polovici devetnaestoga i početkom dvadesetoga stoljeća Osijek je bio drugi grad u Hrvatskoj po demografskim pokaza- teljima i gospodarskim potencijalima. U navedenome razdoblju otvoreno je nekoliko vrlo respektabilnih, među najvećim gospo- darskim subjektima na hrvatskome nacionalnom prostoru pivova- ra i tvornica žigica, tvornica kože, plinara, tvornica namještaja, tvornica lana, tvornica šećera, tvornica čokolade, tvornica sapu- na, tvornica keksa i dr. gospodarskih subjekata. Autorica u radu na temelju arhivskoga gradiva i relevantne literature prikazuje industrijalizaciju grada Osijeka tijekom prvih dviju faza indu- strijskoga razvoja, i to obrtno-manufakturnu od 1853. do 1870. i željezničku fazu od 1870. do 1918. godine, pri čemu je istaknula značenje grada na Dravi kao ekonomskoga središta Slavonije i cijele istočne Hrvatske.In the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Osijek had been ranked as second in Croatia by the demographic indicators and the economic potenitials. In the period stated there had been several respectable companies founded, that were among the greatest companies in the Croatian national territory ( the brewery, the match factory, the leather factory, the gasworks, the furniture factory, the flax factory, the sugar factory, the chocolate factory, the soap factory, the biscuit factory and other companies). Based on the archives and the relevant literature, in this paper the authoress presents the industrialization process in the city of Osijek in the course of the first two phases of the industrial development, referring to the craft and manufa- cture phase, lasting from 1853 to 1870, and to the railway stage, lasting from 1870 to 1918. Thereby the significance of the city on the Drava River is pointed out as being the economic center of Slavonia and the whole Eastern Croatia