Kljajićevo

Kljajićevo (Кљајићево) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 6,012 people (2002 census).

History

There are traces of human existence in this area from neolithic times. In 1391, a settlement named "Sent Kiraj" ("Sveti Kraj") was mentioned at this location. The town was first listed by the name "Krnjaja" in 1601. During Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), Krnjaja was populated by ethnic Serbs. During the subsequent Habsburg rule, ethnic Germans were settled in the village and they became the municipality's largest ethnic group. During this period the town's German name was Kernei. In the latter stages of World War II the majority of Germans fled the area, and at the conclusion of the war most of the remainder were expelled. Serbs from Croatia (Lika, Gorski Kotar, Žumberak, and Kordun) replaced them. The current name of the village, "Kljajićevo", was introduced in 1949 and derives from Miloš Kljajić, a popular hero who was born in Kordun and was killed on Petrova Gora in 1943.

Historical population

*1961: 6,088
*1971: 5,805
*1981: 5,850
*1991: 5,737

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.kljajicevo.com
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Kljajicevo.html Kljajićevo]
* [http://www.soinfo.org/so_sela.php?selo=kljajicevo Kljajićevo]