Karavukovo

Karavukovo ( Serbian - Cyrillic Каравуково ; Hungarian Bácsordas ; German (outdated): Wolfingen or Karpok, Karbok ) is a place in Serbia that belongs to the municipality of Odžaci , in the okrug Zapadna Bačka , in Vojvodina . Karavukovo is located approx. 10 km west of the main town Odžaci, the municipality extends right up to the Danube, which also forms the border with Croatia there .

population

According to the 2011 census, the population of Karavukovo was 4,233 and has therefore been declining for decades (a maximum of 6,472 inhabitants was counted in 1961; 1981: 5682; 2002: 4991). According to the 2002 data, 97.6% of the population were Serbs, 0.5% Hungarians, 0.3% Croatians; the small remainder were spread over 12 other ethnic groups.

History and name of the place

In late antiquity, the section of the Danube in this area formed the border of the Roman Empire ( Pannonian Limes ), on what is now the Serbian side the people of the Jazygens settled . Both domains fell apart at the beginning of the fifth century. In Karavukovo, archaeologists have found a richly decorated woman's grave from this period, from which the changes during the migration period can be read; it is presumably attributable to the Ostrogoths. (See also the article in the Teutoburgium Castle ).

In the Middle Ages, Hungarians and, from the 13th century, also Kipchaks settled in this area . In local history it is assumed that the place name originated from a Cuman family name "Karabuk"; this was later reinterpreted when Serbs settled down around the 16th century and attached to a Serbian "karavuk" (black wolf). The place was initially called Karavukova, first mentioned in 1543. The Hungarian name Bácsordas was officially introduced in 1902 when a change in the law in Austria-Hungary ordered the Magyarization of all place names in the area. From 1918 the official name was Karavukovo.

After the settlement of Hungarians and later Serbs mentioned above, there was an influx of German-speaking colonists from 1764, due to a settlement patent from Empress Maria Theresa. The Serbian inhabitants of the area should then be resettled further into the interior of the Batschka, the German colonists formed a community of Neu-Karawukowa. Both this new and the old settlement were completely destroyed by a flood in 1770, after which a German village Karawukowa was rebuilt in a slightly higher location.

In the course of the 19th century, many swamp and reed areas were drained and converted into arable land. The cultivation and processing of hemp played a major role .

After the First World War, the place, like most of the Batschka, fell to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , but during the Second World War, in 1941, it returned to Hungary. In 1944, when Russian troops were already approaching, the authorities, after a long hesitation, ordered the evacuation of the village, which initially only about a third of the residents followed. A trek of about 1000 people left the place in mid-October 1944 and reached Austria after a month. Of the remaining German population, some later fled under less organized circumstances, while many others perished in the chaos of war and internment camps. After the war, settlers from southern Serbia came to the entire area around Odžaci, to Karavukovo in particular from the Vranje basin and the upper Pčinja .

photos

Catholic Church of St. Martin

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia September 30, 2011 (Serbian and English)
↑ Anton Pollinger: Heimatbuch Karavukova. Griesheim 1975. p. 22
↑ Pollinger 1975, p. 27
↑ Pollinger 1975, p. 177
↑ Website of the Odžaci municipality: "History" (English)

[1] 2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia September 30, 2011 (Serbian and English)

[2] Anton Pollinger: Heimatbuch Karavukova. Griesheim 1975. p. 22

[3] Pollinger 1975, p. 27

[4] Pollinger 1975, p. 177

[5] Website of the Odžaci municipality: "History" (English)