Parage (Bačka Palanka)

Parage (Параге) is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,039 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as "Parage" (Параге), in Croatian as "Parage", and in Hungarian as " Parrag".

History

Since its foundation, the village was mainly inhabited by Serbs. First historical source citing Parage dates back to 1473. At the end of 18th century village with entire population was moved 4km to north, due to high ground-water levels, but also to make space for expansion of Gajdobra, place colonised with Germans by Austrian monarchy.

Historical population

Trivia

*Prominent Serbian national songs author from 19th century, Filip Višnjić is said to have been visited Parage in 1812.
*Charles Alverson, British-American writer spent almost a decade living in Parage, before moving to Belgrade.
*Railroad connecting Novi Sad and Sombor was made near Parage in 1890.

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
*Dušan N. Petrović, Parage - selo u Bačkoj, Novi Sad, 2004.

ee also

*List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Parage.html Parage]