Ečka
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.
Ečka
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 Serbian Orthodox Church (1711) | |
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| Coordinates: 45°19′04″N 20°26′20″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 |
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.
References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
Additional pictures
The Romanian Orthodox Church
The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist, built in 1864 as the third church
Blazon of counts Lazar in Ečka
Main street and the Catholic Church
The Kaštel castle, built in 1820, by count Lukács
Tower in Ečka
Old wooden bridge over Begej 1995, built 1889, renovated 1894 and later 2005
Old bridge over Begej 1995 with sheep and church in background
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