Hrtkovci

Hrtkovci (Serbian: "Хртковци", Hungarian: "Herkóca") is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,428 people (2002 census).

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as "Hrtkovci" (Хртковци), in Croatian as "Hrtkovci", and in Hungarian as "Herkóca". Vojislav Šešelj tried to rename the village to "Srbislavci" (Србиславци) but failed.

History

Before the Croatian War of Independence, the largest ethnic group in Hrtkovci were Croats, while the rest of population were Serbs, Hungarians and Slovaks. During the war, Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj came to the town and delivered a speech in which he said that there was no place for Croats there. [ [http://www.ntvhayat.com/home/vijesti/index.php?sta=3&pid=35151 Hayat.ba ] ] The local branch of the Serbian Radical Party then launched a campaign to move the Croats out of the village. [sr icon [http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?dd=6&mm=5&yyyy=2003&nav_category=16 B92 - Vesti - Godišnjica progona Hrvata iz Vojvodine - Internet, Radio i TV stanica; najnovije vesti iz Srbije ] ] Most of the Croats from Hrtkovci moved to Croatia, and settled in the village of Kula near Požega, while many Serb refugees from that place settled in Hrtkovci.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

*Serbs = 2,396 (69.90%)
*Hungarians = 310 (9.04%)
*Croats = 256 (7.47%)
*Yugoslavs = 67 (1.96%)

Before war in Croatia, there was a 40.24% of Croats in Hrtkovci. hr icon [http://www.glas-koncila.hr/rubrike_izdvojeno.html?news_ID=1389 Glas Koncila] Divan je kićeni Srijem]

In the timespan from October 26 until October 30 1992, as a consequence of various types of ethnic cleansing, 1200 persons have abandoned the Roman Catholic parish of Hrtkovci, mostly Croats. ] .

Historical population

*1961: 3,265
*1971: 3,102
*1981: 2,855
*1991: 2,684

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
*Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.

Personalities

* Miroslav Slavko Mađer, Croatian writer

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Hrtkovci.html Hrtkovci]