Zmajevo

Zmajevo (Змајево) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as "Zmajevo" (Змајево), in German as "Alt-Keer" or "Altker", and in Hungarian as "Ókér". Older Serbian names of the village were: "Pašićevo" (Пашићево), "Stari Ker" (Стари Кер), "Ker" (Кер), and "Bačka Dobra" (Бачка Добра). The current name, "Zmajevo", derived from nickname of Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.

History

It was recorded first in 1267. During Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), the village of Ker was populated by Serbs. Germans settled in the village in 1787, but after World War II, as a consequence of the war events, the German population (approximately 2,500 people) fled from the village.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 3,177 (72.85%)
*Montenegrins = 435 (9.98%)
*Hungarians = 306 (7.02%)
*others.

Historical population

*1961: 5,212
*1971: 4,859
*1981: 4,773
*1991: 4,548
*2002: 4,361

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/Zmajevo.html Zmajevo]
* [http://www.adf.org.yu/crdaserbia/Projects/Communities/04-02.html Zmajevo]

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