Ečka

Ечка
Ečka

Basic data

State :

Serbia

Province :

Vojvodina

Okrug :

Srednji Banat

Opština :

Zrenjanin

Coordinates :

45 ° 19 ' N , 20 ° 27' E Coordinates: 45 ° 19 '7 " N , 20 ° 26' 34" E

Height :

71 m. i. J.

Area :

25.5 km²

Residents :

3,997 (2011)

Population density :

157 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

(+381) 023

Postal code :

23203

License plate :

ZR

The Kaštel Ečka , built around 1820 by Count Lazar Lukács

Ečka ( Serbian - Cyrillic Ечка , Romanian : Ecica Română, Hungarian : Écska (until 1899 Német-Écska), German : Deutsch-Etschka) is a place in the Serbian Banat and belongs to the administrative area of the city of Zrenjanin .

history

Attila, King of the Huns , set up a tent camp on the site of today's village of Ečka during the campaign against the Roman Empire . The name Ečka is derived from Atilla's wife, and according to legends even from the name of one of his daughters who died at a young age in this tent camp. According to historical documents, Magyars founded the village, followed by Serbs and Romanians .

The development of the village began with the settlement of the Transylvanian Count Lazar Lukács , who had the hunting lodge Kaštel Ečka built on the English model on his large estate in the 19th century . At the opening ceremony on August 29, 1820, the then nine-year-old composer Franz Liszt played a piano. Today the hunting lodge, renovated in the original style, serves as a hotel , comprises 14 rooms and three apartments and is surrounded by a park . Emperor Franz Josef I and Count Esterházy were among the most renowned guests of the Kaštel .

Today Ečka is a typical Banat village with a neo-Romanesque Roman Catholic and a Romanian Orthodox church. The Sveti Nikola Church , built around 1711, is one of the oldest Serbian Orthodox churches in Vojvodina .

Demographics

According to the 2011 census , 3,997 people lived in 1,498 households in Ečka . Another 361 people have permanent residence in Ečka but live permanently abroad. Compared to the 2002 census, the number of inhabitants has decreased by 519 people and 66 households.

Demographic development since the 20th century