Ečka
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Ečka Ечка |
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Village | |
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
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Location of Ečka within Serbia | |
Location of Ečka within Vojvodina | |
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Country | Serbia |
Province | Vojvodina |
District | Central Banat |
Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Ečka | 4,513 |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 23203 |
Area code(s) | +381(0)23 |
Car plates | ZR |
Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, Serbian pronunciation: [êtʃka]) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
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Name and history
In Serbian, the village is known as Ečka (Ечка), in Romanian 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 ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).
- Serbs = 2,483 (55.02%)
- Romanians = 1,325 (29.36%)
- Hungarians = 196 (4.34%)
- Yugoslavs = 123 (2.73%)
- Romani = 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 played piano at Kaštel castle as a nine-year-old boy.
See also
References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
Additional pictures
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Ečka, Romanian Orthodox church.jpg
The Romanian Orthodox Church
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Catholic church in Ecka.jpg
The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist, built in 1864 as the third church
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Ecka grb-Lazar.jpg
Blazon of counts Lazar in Ečka
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Ečka, main street and the Catholic Church.jpg
Main street and the Catholic Church
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Kaštel Castle, Ečka, Vojvodina, Serbia - 20070706.jpg
The Kaštel castle, built in 1820, by count Lukács
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Tower in Ečka 2007.jpg
Tower in Ečka
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Ecka-bridge-church-sheep 1995.jpg
Old bridge over Begej 1995, built 1889, renovated 1894 and later 2005
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Ecka-bridge-church 1995.jpg
Old bridge over Begej 1995 with sheep and church in background
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