Kruščica, Bela Crkva
Village in Vojvodina, Serbia
Kruščica Крушчица | |
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Village (Selo) | |
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44°52′21″N 21°15′11″E / 44.87250°N 21.25306°E / 44.87250; 21.25306 | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | South Banat |
| Elevation | 166 m (545 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Kruščica | 989 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381(0)13 |
| Car plates | VŠ |
Kruščica (Serbian Cyrillic: Крушчица) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bela Crkva municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (71.38%) with a sizable Czech minority (23.35%) and a population of 989 people, according to the 2002 census.
Name
Names in other languages: Czech: Kruščice, German: Kruschtschitz, Hungarian: Körtéd.
Czech minority
The first Czechs appeared in Kruščica in 1834. Settlers from the first wave of Czech immigrants came from Czech settlement villages in the mountains of the Romanian Banat – from Gârnic, Ravensca, Șumița and Bigăr. Subsequently, Czechs also started moving to Kruščica directly from the Czech lands, mostly from central and south-western Bohemia.[1] Currently (2022), the Czech association in Kruščica operates in the village, which also manages the local Czech cultural house.[2] In the past, there was a Czech school in Kruščica (it closed in 1964), today Czech language is taught by a teacher sent by the Foreign Cooperation House (of course, he also works in other Czech settlements of the Serbian Banat).[3][4] The Czechs there are mostly Roman Catholic, in 1912 they were behind the building of the Church of St. Wenceslas,[1] in which mass is celebrated in Czech to this day.[5]
Historical population
- 1961: 1,738
- 1971: 1,478
- 1981: 1,279
- 1991: 1,185
- 2002: 989
Gallery
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The Saint Wenceslaus Archduke Catholic Church.
See also
References
- ^ a b Kokaisl, Petr. Krajané: Po stopách Čechů ve východní Evropě [Countrymen: Following the footsteps of the Czechs in Eastern Europe]. Praha: Za hranice. p. 271.
- ^ "Srbský Banát – Zanikající nebo ožívající česká enkláva?". ethnologist.info (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "Krajané | Czech Embassy in Belgrade". www.mzv.cz. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ "Srbský Banát – místo, kde žijí čeští krajané a působí český učitel : Migrace Online". migraceonline.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ solidpixels. "Český Banát v Srbsku". VisitBanat.com (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
- Map of the Bela Crkva municipality showing the location of Kruščica
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Cities, towns and villages in the South Banat District
- Banatski Brestovac
- Banatsko Novo Selo
- Glogonj
- Dolovo
- Ivanovo
- Jabuka
- Kačarevo
- Omoljica
- Starčevo
- Banatska Palanka
- Banatska Subotica
- Vračev Gaj
- Grebenac
- Dobričevo
- Dupljaja
- Jasenovo
- Kajtasovo
- Kaluđerovo
- Kruščica
- Kusić
- Crvena Crkva
- Češko Selo
- Vatin
- Veliko Središte
- Vlajkovac
- Vojvodinci
- Vršački Ritovi
- Gudurica
- Zagajica
- Izbište
- Jablanka
- Kuštilj
- Mali Žam
- Malo Središte
- Markovac
- Mesić
- Orešac
- Pavliš
- Parta
- Potporanj
- Ritiševo
- Sočica
- Straža
- Uljma
- Šušara
- Bavanište
- Gaj
- Deliblato
- Dubovac
- Malo Bavanište
- Mramorak
- Pločica
- Skorenovac
- Šumarak
- Banatski Sokolac
- Barice
- Velika Greda
- Veliki Gaj
- Dužine
- Jermenovci
- Kupinik
- Laudonovac
- Margita
- Markovićevo
- Miletićevo
- Stari Lec
- Hajdučica
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