- Trešnjevac
Trešnjevac (
Serbian Cyrillic : Трешњевац, Hungarian: "Oromhegyes") is a village inSerbia . It is situated in theKanjiža municipality, in theNorth Banat District ,Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,868 people (2002 census).History
Human communities have lived in this area as early as in the
stone age . The first written record about the settlement is from1271 . The record mention it under the name "Fel-Adrian". Modern Trešnjevac was founded around the 1850s.Historical population
*1961: 2,357
*1971: 2,304
*1981: 2,135
*1991: 2,028
*2002: 1,868Features
The inhabitants of the village are mostly farmers; sheep breeding is one of the characteristic features of Trešnjevac.
Politics
During the
Bosnian War , the "Zitzer Club" ("Zitzer Spiritual Republic") was an important gathering place for those, who resisted the ongoing war. The foreign media paid special attention to it.Cultural life
"Gazdag Ág", organized in Trešnjevac, is one of the most important folk events in the municipality. It is a competition between folk organizations. The aim of the event is to give platform to the rich cultural heritage of ethnic Hungarian villages in the region. The German Filmmakers Marc Haenecke and Michael Leuthner shot a full feature length documentary about the zitzer club, which was broadcasted on German TV and was showed on several filmfestivals.
References
* Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
ee also
*
List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Tresnjevac.html Trešnjevac]
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