Zmajevo (; ) is a

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. It is situated in the Vrbas

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, in the

South Bačka District The South Bačka District (, ) is one of administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Bačka and northern part of Syrmia. According to the 2022 census, the South Bačka District has a population of 607,178 inhabitants. The ...

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province. The village has a

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ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people (2002 census). It has lakes that are full of carp (Zmajevacka jezera) and a large hunting ground with many wild animals. Anglers from all over Serbia come to Zmajevo to fish the carp in Vojvodina.

Name

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, the village is known as ''Zmajevo'' (Змајево), in

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as ''Alt-Keer'' or ''Altker'', and in Hungarian as ''Ókér'' (Kér was the name of one of the Hungarian tribes that occupied this territory). Older Serbian names (that were given to the village only after the end of the First World War) were: ''Pašićevo'' (Пашићево), ''Stari Ker'' (Стари Кер), ''Ker'' (Кер), and ''Bačka Dobra'' (Бачка Добра). The current name, ''Zmajevo'', derived from nickname of Serbian poet

Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Јовановић Змаj, pronounced ; 24 November 1833 – 1 June 1904) was a Serbian poet, translator and physician. Jovanović worked as a physician; he wrote in many poetry genres, including Lo ...

History

It was recorded first in 1267. During Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), the village of Kér was populated by

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settled in the village in 1787, but after

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, as a consequence of the war events, the German population (approximately 2,500 people) was exiled from the village by the communist government. The German Evangelical church was torn down and the German cemetery turned into a pheasant-farm.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

= 3,177 (72.85%) *

Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...

= 435 (9.98%) *

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= 306 (7.02%) *others.

Historical population

*1961: 5,212 *1971: 4,859 *1981: 4,773 *1991: 4,548 *2002: 4,361

References

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

External links

Zmajevo (ADF/USAID)

Gallery

Image:Zmajevo,_Catholic_Church.jpg, Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church. Image:Oker2.jpg, Pharmacy in the village. Places in Bačka South Bačka District {{SouthBačkaRS-geo-stub