Ečka ( sr-cyr, Ечка, ; hu, Écska) is a village located in the

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbi ...

municipality, in the

Central Banat District The Central Banat District ( sr, Средњобанатски округ, Srednjobanatski okrug, ; hu, Közép-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geogr ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...

. It is situated in the autonomous province of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

Name and history

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

, the village is known as ''Ečka'' (Ечка), in

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania ** Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...

as ''Ecica'' or ''Ecica Română'', in German as ''Deutsch-Etschka'', and in Hungarian as ''Écska'' (until 1899: ''Német-Écska''). The village was merged with former settlement known as ''Mala Ečka'' (Мала Ечка) in

, ''Alt Etschka'' in German, and ''Román-Écska'' or ''Olahécska'' in Hungarian.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The village has a

Serb The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census). *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of ...

= 2,483 (55.02%) *

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Romania ...

= 1,325 (29.36%) *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the ...

= 196 (4.34%) *

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has b ...

= 123 (2.73%) *

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

= 72 (1.60%)

Historical population

*1900: 4,892 *1931: 5,207 *1948: 3,934 *1953: 4,188 *1961: 4,323 *1971: 4,621 *1981: 5,293 *1991: 5,172

Trivia

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

played piano at Kaštel castle as a nine-year-old boy.

References

#Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

About Ečka (ADF/USAID)

Additional pictures

Image:Ečka,_Romanian_Orthodox_church.jpg, The Romanian Orthodox Church File:Catholic church in Ecka.jpg, The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist, built in 1864 as the third church Image:Ecka grb-Lazar.jpg, Blazon of counts Lazar in Ečka Image:Ečka,_main_street_and_the_Catholic_Church.jpg, Main street and the Catholic Church Image:Kaštel Castle, Ečka, Vojvodina, Serbia - 20070706.jpg, The Kaštel castle, built in 1820, by count

Lukács Lukács () is a Hungarian surname, derived from the given name Lukács, which is the Hungarian equivalent of Lucas. Alternative spellings and derivative forms in neighboring languages include Lukacs, Lukáč, Lukač, Lukach, Lucaci and Lukači� ...

Image:Tower in Ečka 2007.jpg, Tower in Ečka File:Ecka-bridge-church-sheep 1995.jpg, Old wooden bridge over

Begej The Bega or Begej ( ro, Bega; sr, / ; german: Bega; hu, Béga, formerly ''Kistemes''), is a 244 km (152 mile) long river in Romania (169 km; 105 mi.) and Serbia (75 km; 47 mi.). It rises in the Poiana Ruscă Mounta ...

1995, built 1889, renovated 1894 and later 2005 File:Ecka-bridge-church 1995.jpg, Old bridge over

1995 with sheep and church in background {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecka Populated places in Serbian Banat Zrenjanin