Bačko Novo Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачко Ново Село ⓘ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a Bosniak minority. Its population numbering 1,228 people (2002 census). The village was formally known as Batsch Neudorf prior to World War Two.[1] The etymology of the village comes from Slavic languages meaning new village, Novo Selo and Bačko from the region it’s in Bačka.
Bačko Novo Selo
Бачко Ново Село (Serbian) | |
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  Bačko Novo Selo  Bačko Novo Selo  Bačko Novo Selo | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′N 19°08′E / 45.300°N 19.133°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Region | Bačka (Podunavlje) |
| District | South Bačka |
| Municipality | Bač |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 1,228 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History edit
Bačko Novo Selo was historically populated by Danube Swabians. Following the end of the Second World War, the Yugoslav Communist authorities displaced the German population of the village and resettled families from Bosnia. The Yugoslav Communist authorities aimed to develop Bačko Novo Selo into a Muslim colony of Vojvodina, however, by the spring of 1947, only an estimated 138 out of an expected 320 Muslim families settled in Bačko Novo Selo.[2]
Geography edit
Neighbouring places are Plavna and Mladenovo (both located in Bačka), as well as Sotin and Opatovac, which are situated across the Danube in the Croatian part of Syrmia.
Historical population edit
- 1961: 2,236
- 1971: 1,665
- 1981: 1,522
- 1991: 1,365
Famous residents edit
- Refik Memišević, wrestle champion, born in 1956 in Bačko Novo Selo[3]
- Refik Kozić, footballer, born in 1950 in Bačko Novo Selo
Gallery edit
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Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Bačko Novo Selo. -
See also edit
References edit
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- ^ Pencz, Rudolf (2009). For the Homeland The 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division in World War II. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9781461751038.
- ^ Attila Hoare, Marko (2014). The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War. Oxford University Press. p. 340. ISBN 9780199365432.
- ^ "Refik Memišević". Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
External links edit
45°18′N 19°08′E / 45.300°N 19.133°E
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