- Banatski Brestovac
Banatski Brestovac (Банатски Брестовац) is a
village located in thePančevo municipality , in theSouth Banat District ofSerbia . It is situated in the Autonomous Province ofVojvodina . The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,517 people (2002 census).Name
Village name refers to the stands of elm trees that surrounded the village. The name of the village is of Serbian origin, and the legend about origin of the name claim that the village was first settled by the Serb settlers from village
Brestovik located on the southern bank of theDanube .In Serbian, the village is known as "Banatski Brestovac" or Банатски Брестовац, in Hungarian as "Beresztóc" ("until 1898 Bresztóvácz") or "Temes-Aga", and in German as "Banat Brestowatz" or "Rustendorf".
Geography
The closest bigger places are
Pančevo (21km), andBelgrade (38km). TheLatitude of the village is: N 44° 43' 44.3", and theLongitude is: E 20° 48' 49.52".History
In the year of 1717 Banatski Brestovac is mentioned for first time in an
Latin document under name Praestowatz. In that time, the population of the village numbered 12 families. In the year 1763, 130 German families are settled and also 104 Serb families existed in village in that time. The Serbs had their Orthodox Church and mill. In 1766 Catholic Church is erected (in 1945 it was demolished by communists).Historical population
Gallery
ee also
*
List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Banatski_Brestovac.html Banatski Brestovac]
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