Stajićevo (; hu, Óécska) is a village in

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. It is 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,

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province. The village has a

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ethnic majority (96.29%) and its population numbering 1,999 people (2002 census).

Name

Names in other languages: hu, Óécska, german: Alt-Etschka.

History

Stajićevo was founded in 1922 and was settled by Serb families from Elemir, Aradac, Farkaždin,

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, and

Orlovat Orlovat (; hu, Orlód) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (95.52%) and its population numbering 1,789 people (2002 cens ...

Whole families came in a new village, which is founded in park of count Lazar d’Echka, respectively it of his successor Felix d’Harnoncourt; the streets received those names, where they came from: Elemirski sokak (Elemir’ corner), Aradački sokak, Farkaždinski sokak, Taraški sokak, Kumanovski and Botoški sokak. Them guided orthodox priest with name Sava Stajić, Stajić from village Taraš and from him became name this new village. He is buried in Stajićevo on cemetery. Until 1925, about 200 houses was built, which were populated by 1,000 inhabitants of Serb ethnicity. In 1991, a notorious concentration camp was created by Serbs for Croatian POWs and civilians from Vukovar known as the

Stajićevo camp The Stajićevo camp (''Logor Stajićevo'') was an agricultural farm in Stajićevo near Zrenjanin, Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia, then FRY) where Croatian prisoners of war and civilians were kept by Serbian authorities. The camp also acted a ...

(Logor Stajićevo). Former prisoners from Vukovar visited this place on farm Livade on 22. April, 2009.

Historical population

*1961: 1,413 *1971: 1,607 *1981: 1,993 *1991: 2,058 *2002: 1,999

References

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

External links

Stajićevo
{{CentralBanatRS-geo-stub Populated places in Serbian Banat Zrenjanin