Odžaci
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Оџаци Odžaci |
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Province : | Vojvodina | ||||
| Okrug : |
Zapadna Backa |
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| Coordinates : | 45 ° 30 ' N , 19 ° 16' E | ||||
| Height : | 84 m. i. J. | ||||
| Residents : | 9,940 (December 31, 2002) | ||||
| License plate : | SO | ||||
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| Mayor : | Milan Ćuk | ||||
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Odžaci ( Serbian - Cyrillic Оџаци ; Hungarian Hódság ; German (outdated): Hodschag ) is a town in the Serbian okrug Zapadna Bačka , Vojvodina . It is located about ten kilometers from the Danube at a sea level of 80 to 88 meters. The city has almost 10,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Opština Odžaci with a total of 34,366 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2004).
Surname
The name Odžaci is the Slavic plural form of Odžak. Odžak has a twofold meaning; the Serbian word, borrowed from Turkish, means chimney and the Turkish military term Odžak denotes border occupation.
Places of the community
The following are the places in the municipality with their Serbian, Hungarian and (if available) German names:
| Serbian | Hungarian | German | |
| Odžaci (opština) | Hódság község | Hodschag | |
| Backi Brestovac | Szilberek | Ulmenau | |
| Backi Gračac | Szentfülöp | Filipsdorf or Filipowa | |
| Bogojevo | Gombos | ||
| Deronje | Dernye | Dornau | |
| Karavukovo | Bácsordas | Wolfingen or Karbok | |
| Lalić | Liliomos | ||
| Odžaci | Hódság | Hanfhausen or Hodschag | |
| Ratkovo | Paripás | Parabutsch | |
| Srpski Miletić | Ráczmilletics | Milititsch or Berauersheim | |
history
founding
The city was first mentioned in 1522 under the Hungarian name Kéménd (with stove). As a result of the Battle of Mohács (1526) , it belonged to the Ottoman Empire for almost 200 years . In 1579 a village named Tatar Ocak is mentioned in Ottoman sources.
In 1687 the city came under Habsburg rule. In 1755, Maria Theresa brought Swabian settlers from the Black Forest into the country. A total of around 300 German families were settled in this area. In 1767 they built a Catholic church (St. Michael) in the baroque style .
In 1813 it is reported that there were 4,344 inhabitants in 704 houses. Of these, 3,798 spoke German, 460 Hungarian, 45 Slovak and 29 Serbian. 4,224 were Catholic, 37 Calvinist, 34 Lutheran, 32 Greek Orthodox and eight Jewish.
Between the world wars
By the Treaty of Trianon Odžaci came as a result of the First World War in 1920 to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , the later Kingdom of Yugoslavia . In 1919 the first local football club was founded.
Second World War
After the end of the Second World War , most of the German-speaking population was expelled, murdered in the Hodschag massacre or interned in prison camps. Hodschag itself was also used as an internment camp at times.
After the Second World War
The ethnic composition has changed significantly since the war; there was an influx of Serbian settlers from the south of Serbia into the areas abandoned by residents of German origin.
In 2006, a memorial for the murdered Danube Swabians of Hodschag was inaugurated on the outskirts . The old cemetery and the associated chapel were also restored with donations from former citizens from Germany and Austria.
ethnicities
Composition of the population by ethnic origin according to the 2002 census:
Personalities
- Branislav Trajković (* 1989), football player
