Ečka
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Ečka
Ечка | |
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Coordinates: 45°19′04″N 20°26′20″E / 45.31778°N 20.43889°E | |
Country | Serbia |
Province | Vojvodina |
District | Central Banat |
Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Ečka | 4,513 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 23203 |
Area code | +381(0)23 |
Car plates | ZR |
Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, pronounced [êtʃka]; Hungarian: Écska) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.
Name and history[edit]
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)[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Franz Liszt played piano at Kaštel castle as a nine-year-old boy.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links[edit]
Additional pictures[edit]
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The Romanian Orthodox Church
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The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist, built in 1864 as the third church
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Blazon of counts Lazar in Ečka
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Main street and the Catholic Church
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The Kaštel castle, built in 1820, by count Lukács
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Tower in Ečka
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Old wooden bridge over Begej 1995, built 1889, renovated 1894 and later 2005
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Old bridge over Begej 1995 with sheep and church in background
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