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, Serbia ...
municipality, in the
Central Banat District of
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 Hung ...
. 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
In
Serbian, 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
Serbian, ''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 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 ...
ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).
*
Serbs
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 ...
= 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 Roman ...
= 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 Ural ...
= 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 be ...
= 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.
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as " urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is gi ...
*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of city, cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia.
List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina
List of urban settlements in Vojvodina
List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with po ...
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 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 with sheep and church in background
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Populated places in Serbian Banat
Zrenjanin