Markovac (Vršac)
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Марковац Markovac |
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| State : | Serbia | ||||
| Province : | Vojvodina | ||||
| Okrug : | Okrug Južni Banat | ||||
| Opština : | Vršac | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 9 ' N , 21 ° 28' E | ||||
| Height : | 156 m. i. J. | ||||
| Area : | 29.4 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 329 (2002) | ||||
| Population density : | 11 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+381) 013 | ||||
| License plate : | VŠ | ||||
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| Community type: | Village | ||||
Markovac ( Serbian - Cyrillic Марковац , Romanian : Marcovăţ) is a village in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina with about 330 inhabitants. Markovac is located in the municipality of Vršac , in the southern Banat district (Serbian: Okrug Južni Banat ).
location
The village is 156 m above sea level in the southeast of the Pannonian Plain, about 10 km northeast of Vršac . It is about 2 km to the Romanian border in the east. The Mesić Monastery is 5 km to the southwest .
population
The village has a Romanian majority, due to the border location with Romania . Besides Romanians , Serbs , Hungarians , Czechs , Croats , Slovenes and Roma also live in Markovac . In 2002 Markovac had 329 inhabitants, while in 1991 there were 570 inhabitants. The majority of the population is Christian Orthodox , but Greek Catholic Christians also live in Markovac. The village consists of 127 households.
history
Markovac village has had different names throughout history . In the 15th century the village was called Markteleke . In 1743 the place was given the name Markovac for the first time . In 1911 the place was given the Hungarian name of Márktelke . And from 1919 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia his current name Markovac .
The village was part of the Caraș-Severin district . The district lies in the Banat of Romania . The village was deserted at the time of the Ottoman rule . During the First Austrian Turkish War from 1526/27 to 1533, the place was repopulated by Serbs and Romanians . In 1734 an orthodox wooden church was built. In 1751 the village consisted of 126 houses. In the same year the Markovac post office is described, which reached from Denta to Oravița . During the Turkish war of 1788, the Romanian defenders of Markovac make peace with the Ottomans . The Turkish commander Abdulah Mehmed Meniš paša deploys the Romanian Batoš Butan from Markovac as commanders of 22 villages around Markovac. With the task of controlling the area around Markovac in a peaceful manner. In addition, the Romanian commander should also recruit farmers from the area. The population was mainly involved in viticulture , so that in 1835 the most prominent oenologist at the time, Franz Schams, praised the wines from Markovac. In 1843 the estimated wine yield in Markovac was 9000 liters. In 1872 the Romanian Orthodox Church was built. In 1890 the Serbs built their Serbian Orthodox Church next to the rectory . In 1897 Mihalo Čipić was the last Serbian priest in Markovac. After that, all of Markovac's Serbian residents became Romanians. Only later did Serbs settle in the village again.
Population in the past
In 1896 there were 1529 people in the village. In 1880 there were 1,400 residents. In 1890, however, 1491 inhabitants again. In 1900 there were 1527 people in Markovac. In 1910 there were 1438 inhabitants. In 1921 Markovac had a population of 1323 residents. Of these: 35 Serbs , 14 Slovaks , 1209 Romanians , 42 Germans and 23 Hungarians .
Demographics
| year | population |
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| 1948 | 1125 |
| 1953 | 1129 |
| 1961 | 1042 |
| 1971 | 817 |
| 1981 | 717 |
| 1991 | 570 |
| 2002 | 329 |
