The Schwendemann family from Brod played an important role in the urban development of Brod na Savi / Slavonski Brod. The authors will present the economic, sports and cultural results of the work of its two most prominent representatives, Karlo (Dragutin) Schwendemann and Stribor Schwendemann (Uzelac). The synthesis of available data will also show a part of the social and political reality of the last 100 years or so, and the influence that the Schwendemann family had on its present day urbanity in Brod (Slavonski Brod). Karlo (Dragutin) Schwendemann was a goldsmith, engraver and jeweler, amateur painter, philanthropist and patron, extremely active in the social, cultural and sports life of Slavonski Brod and the initiator and agile member of many clubs and societies. He is one of the initiators of the founding of the City Museum, to which he gave support and donated to its collections. Stribor Schwendemann worked in Zagreb and Belgrade as a political advisor, secretary of the Constitutional Commission of the SRH Parliament and a diplomat. He was the president of the Croatian Political Science Association and the Center for the Culture of Peace, the initiator of the biweekly "Novi Brodski list" and the Monthly for reflections on the culture of living "Brodski trag". He has published 29 author's books thematically related to civic and urban history of Slavonski Brod, the history of the Jewish community in Slavonski Brod and the culture of living. He was a member of the editorial board of the magazine "Autsajderski fragmenti" and an associate of the magazine "Književna republika ". He is an associate of the Croatian Lexicographic Institute, a member of the Croatian PEN Center, etc. The study should show that material and intellectual legacy of the two most representative members of the Schwendemann family, Karlo and Stribor, are great value for the preservation and construction of the urban identity of the city Slavonski Brod.