Beška () is a village in
Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of
Vojvodina, in the region of
Syrmia
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(
Syrmia District), in
Inđija municipality. The village has a
Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 6,239 people (2002 census).
History and Archeology
Roman tombs with rich decorative paintings dating back to the third or the fourth century were discovered in Beška.
It was first mentioned in 1564. During
Ottoman rule (16th-17th century) the village of Beška was populated by
Serbs. During
Habsburg
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rule, ethnic
Germans settled there. Following
World War II in
Yugoslavia, the German population fled the village, while new inhabitants mostly from
Croatia settled in the village in place of the Germans.
The archeological site of Kalakača includes findings of Early
Bosut culture with traits of
Gava culture dating to the 9th century BC. The site is part of the
Cultural Heritage of Serbia list, inscribed in 1995.
Demographics
Ethnic groups
*4,766 (76.39%)
Serbs
*506 (8.11%)
Croats
*208 (3.33%)
Yugoslavs
*137 (2.20%)
Hungarians
*89 (1.43%)
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 ...
*others.
Historical population
*1961: 5,378
*1971: 6,351
*1981: 6,377
*1991: 6,166
*2002: 6,239
Gallery
Beska bridge.jpg, Beška bridge
Beška 005.jpg, City center
Споменик стрељаним мештанима у Бешки.JPG, Monument to citizens killed in WW2
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. Stanimirović i Kosovac Starćević familia Stanimirović podreklom .
*Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.
References
External links
BeškaBeška - www.upoznajsrbiju.co.rs
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Populated places in Syrmia