Ečka

Ečka (Ечка) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).

Name and history

In Serbian, the village is known as "Ečka" (Ечка), in Romanian as "Ecica Română", in Croatian as "Ečka", in German as "Deutsch-Etschka", and in Hungarian as "Écska" (until 1899: "Német-Écska").

The village was merged with former settlement known as "Mala Ečka" (Мала Ечка) in Serbian, "Alt Etschka" in German, and "Román-Écska" or "Olahécska" in Hungarian.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 2,483 (55.02%)
*Romanians = 1,325 (29.36%)
*Hungarians = 196 (4.34%)
*Yugoslavs = 123 (2.73%)
*Roma = 72 (1.60%)

Historical population

*1900: 4,892
*1931: 5,207
*1948: 3,934
*1953: 4,188
*1961: 4,323
*1971: 4,621
*1981: 5,293
*1991: 5,172

Trivia

*Franz Liszt played piano at Kaštel castle as a nine-year-old boy.

References

#Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
#Msgr. Erős Lajos, Adalékok a Zrenjanini-Nagybecskereki Egyházmegye történetéhez, 1993. (Additamenta ad historiam Diocesis Zrenjaninensis-Nagybecskerekensis)

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Ecka.html Ečka]
* [http://www.adf.org.yu/crdaserbia/Projects/Communities/10-06.html About Ečka]

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