Skorenovac

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Скореновац
Skorenovac
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Skorenovac (Serbia)
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Basic data
State : Serbia
Province : Vojvodina
Okrug : Okrug Južni Banat
Opština : Opština Kovin
Coordinates : 44 ° 46 '  N , 20 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 45 '53 "  N , 20 ° 54' 16"  E
Height : 73  m. i. J.
Residents : 2,354 (2011)
Telephone code : (+381) 013
Postal code : 26228
License plate : KO
Structure and administration
Community type: settlement
Others
Patron saint : Saint Stephen
City Festival : 20th of August

Skorenovac ( Serbian - Cyrillic Скореновац ; German : Skorenowatz ; Hungarian : Székelykeve ) is a village in the Opština Kovin in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina .

geography

The next larger towns are Kovin (approx. 6 km), Smederevo (approx. 17 km), Pančevo (approx. 30 km) and Belgrade (approx. 46 km).

history

General story

Skorenovac

Until 1887 there was a village located southwest of Pločica directly on the Danube called Djurdjevo or Đurđevo (Hungarian: Gyurgyova ) as an independent municipality. In 1869 396 people lived there. In 1880 the village had 66 houses and 298 inhabitants. In 1882 the first Hungarian Szeklers came to the village. In 1887 the population of the village was relocated to what is now Skorenovac and Ivanovo . The reason for the relocation was a devastating flood with almost complete destruction of the village. The village Djurdjevo or Đurđevo was named on the maps of the Franzisko-Josephinische Landaufnahme .

The village Skorenovac, at that time Székelykeve called, was established in 1887 at the time of Franz Joseph I founded. At the time of the village settlement, the area was in the Temes County of the Kingdom of Hungary . In 1890 Skorenovac had 531 houses and in 1910 it had 685 houses. The majority of the original settlers were Szeklers who came from Bukovina . Several German families from Plandište and Pločica and some Bulgarian families from Dudeştii Vechi also settled in Skorenovac during the same period. Since 1918 the village belonged to the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , which was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929 .

Historical names of the village and the area

Standard map of Skorenovac

Historical names of the area:

  • Zkorenovetz Terra (1412)
  • Zkorenocz Puszta
  • Villa Regalis (1428)

Historical names of the village:

  • Székelykeve (1886–1922)
  • Skorenovac (since 1922)
  • Skorenowatz (outdated in German )

Economy, religion and school pan

In 1885 the first permanent teacher came to the village of Gyurgyova and in 1886 to Skorenovac. His name was János Mischel. In 1886 the first judge and mayor of Skorenovac was Ágoston Kollár (1886-1890).

Construction of the school was completed in 1889. The teachers in the school were: Johan Steiner (headmaster and teacher), János Mischel (teacher), Ottlilia Müller (teacher) and Etelka Somogyi (teacher). In the school year 1905/1906 the school had 561 students. During this time, elementary school went up to 6th grade. The school board members in the 1930s were Imre Lászlo, Mihály Feher, Francz Wintergerst, Bóna Boszilkov, József Medgyessy and András Varga.

On December 18, 1892 a church (Roman Catholic) was built. The first pastor was Ferenc Deleme (1892–1898). On November 25, 1894, the peasant-creditors' association was founded; it had 71 members; The president was Br. Ferenc Deleme. On October 6, 1895, a library was established with 50 members. The president was Ferenc Deleme, although János Hajagos was the librarian. In 1898 the first doctor in the village was Dr. József Klein. A year later, in 1899, the volunteer fire brigade was founded; its president was Kirchgäsner Johan and the fire chief was Johan Mischel. The fire brigade had 60 members. Another year later, in 1900, Dr. Edét Urbanek, the first permanent doctor in the village.

In 1906 the Jägerbund was established with 14 members. Gyula Szabatka and Dezsö Töry were the founders. In 1912 the first motorized large mill was opened , owned by Katalin Rüger. The mill ran until the mid-1970s when it closed. On April 27, 1913, the consumer association was founded. The president was Wikel Aladár and the union had 128 members. In the same year a goods store opened.

The Red Cross began humanitarian work in 1924, but the organization was officially established in 1931. The organization had 57 members; its president was Dr. Imre László. In 1925 the Kulturbund (ung .: Kultúrszövetség) was founded. Until 1948 he was known as KUD Petofi Sándor . In 1932 the Association of Craftsmen was founded with Bircsák András, a shoemaker, as president.

On June 14, 1932, the soccer club Kék Duna ( Cyrillic  Plavi Dunav ) was founded. President was Milivoj Durkin and Vice-President Dr. Imre László. The players were: Antal Fazekas, János Szirák, Stanko Erdeljan, József Borsós, János Brasnyó, József Boszilkov, Hubert Pubi, István Kiss, Imre Galac, Tamás Jung, Dezsö Kovacevic, István Urbán, Imre Komáromi, Jáno Mánoslavléic, Jáno Stanoslavlé and Slavko Ivkov.

Population and ethnic groups

Table 1

1910 4541 Hungary 73.31% German 11.94% Bulgarians 9.69% Slovaks 2.53% Serbs 1.26%
1921 4195 Hungary 81.83% Bulgarians 10.27% German 7.34% Serbs 0.36% Slovaks 0.05%
1948 4465 Hungary 84.46% Bulgarians 11.22% Serbs 3.18% German 0.70% Slovaks 0.05%
1991 3213 Hungary 80.36% Serbs 9.40% Yugoslavs 3.36% Bulgarians 2.53% German 0.15%
2002 2501 Hungary 86.71% Serbs 5.47% Bulgarians 2.99% Yugoslavs 1.04% German 0.07%

Table 2

year 1869 1875 1880 1900 1910 1915 1921 1931 1936
Residents 396 ND 298 3399 4541 4486 4195 4099 4366
households ND 265 ND 664 853 ND 847 927 ND
year 1939 1942 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2002
Residents 4271 4464 4465 4403 4306 4021 3731 3213 2501
households ND 1020 1069 1105 1143 1119 1328 1086 ND

Graphics

Development of the population

Origin of the Székely settlers

Vineyard, Skorenovac

The names of the villages in Bucovina, from where the Székely settlers came, are (in Hungary with their Romanian equivalence): Istensegits (Rum .: Țibeni), Fogadjisten (Rum .: Iacobeşti), Hadikfalva (Rum .: Dorneşti), Józseffalva (Rum .: Vornicenii Mici) and Andrásfalva (Rum .: Măneuți). Today the villages belong to the Romanian district of Suceava ; the next largest towns are Rădăuți and Botoșani.

The Szeklers , who settled in Skorenovac, Ivanovo and Vojlovica , were originally from the village of Madéfalva (rum: Siculeni) in the district of Csik (Harghita), (Transylvania), today in Romania.

Famous villagers

Zoltán Dani , the ethnically Hungarian commander of a Serbian anti -aircraft battery who shot down a camouflaged United States Air Force F-117 Nighthawk , the only F-117 ever lost in combat.

Picture gallery

Illustration of the village

Different pictures of traditional everyday life

Web links

Commons : Skorenovac  - collection of images, videos and audio files

credentials

  • Gyula Szabadka: Skorenovac története , R. Oberlaender, Kovin 1936.
  • Jovan Erdeljanović, Srbi u Banatu , Novi Sad 1992.
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine , Novi Sad 1996.
  • Mgr. Erős Lajos, Adalékok a Zrenjanini-Nagybecskereki Egyházmegye történetéhez , 1993. (Additamenta ad historiam Diocesis Zrenjaninensis-Nagybecskerekensis)