The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-
Bogdanovci-Vukovar[4] and its position was strategically important during the 1991
Battle of Vukovar.[5][6]
Marinci were built on the foundations of an older
Roman settlement. A
Catholic church of the
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary was built in the center of the village in 1855, demolished in 1992 and rebuilt in 2005. [7]
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^Tus, Anton (2001). "The war up to the Sarajevo Ceasefire". In Magaš, Branko; Žanić, Ivo (eds.). The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995. London: Frank Cass Publishers.
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