Nova Pazova

The temporary Orthodox church.

The new Orthodox church under construction.

Building in the settlement. The razed Evangelical church stood here until the end of the 1940s.

Nova Pazova (Нова Пазова, pronounced [nɔ̂ʋaː pâzɔʋa]) is a settlement in Serbia, founded by German settlers.It is situated in the Stara Pazova municipality, in the region of Syrmia (Srem District), in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The settlement's population is currently 18,214 (2002 census), of which 17,421 are ethnic Serbs.

History

Nova Pazova was created 1791 as Neu-Pasua for Evangelical Protestant Danube Swabians in a marshy area. The village grew from 51 initial settlers – including folk from Benningen, Marbach am Neckar, Schopfheim, Schorndorf, Tübingen, Bulkes (Serbian Maglić in the Backa), in the Palatinate and Hesse). By 1944 there were over 6,000 residents, mostly Danube Swabian farmers and their Serb labourers. The early German settlers had to serve in the Militärgrenze Wachdienst (military border watch guard) for the first few decades in the territory.

On 6 October 1944, the German-speaking inhabitants fled before the advancing Soviet army on a massive horse trek to Upper Austria. The Communist regime brought in many new settlers from Serbia after 1945 and there is now an ethnic Serb majority. The Communists also destroyed or obscured much of the Danube Swabian heritage.

Historical population

• 1961: 10,990
• 1971: 10,658
• 1981: 15,488
• 1991: 16,016

See also

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

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

• Sremski Oglasi
• Artistic Society Mladost Nova Pazova

Coordinates: 44°57′N 20°13′E / 44.95°N 20.217°E / 44.95; 20.217