Izbište (Serbian Cyrillic: Избиште, pronounced [ǐzbiːʃtɛ]; Hungarian: Izbistye) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (86.74%) and its population is 1,464 according to the 2011 census.

Izbište
Избиште
The Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church
Izbište is located in Vojvodina
Izbište
Izbište
Location of Izbište within Serbia
Izbište is located in Serbia
Izbište
Izbište
Izbište (Serbia)
Izbište is located in Europe
Izbište
Izbište
Izbište (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°01′07″N 21°11′07″E / 45.01861°N 21.18528°E / 45.01861; 21.18528
CountrySerbia
ProvinceVojvodina
DistrictSouth Banat
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Izbište1,464
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26343
Area code+381(0)13
Car plates

Name edit

In Serbian, the village is known as Izbište (Избиште), in Romanian as Pârneaora, in Hungarian as Izbistye, and in German as Izbischte.

The first written evidence edit

The oldest preserved written document in which the mentioned populated place Izbište dates from 1660, and it follows that from 1666 year. In both cases it is a hand written scrapbook of Serbian Orthodox Church priest, who keeps track of the contributions of households. Scrapbook or "Katastig", as was then called, contains a list of financial and commodity contributions, which are, by any obligation or voluntarily, are given to Serbian Patriarchate of Peć. This document is now stored in the Library of Serbian Patriarchate.

Izbište Street Panorama

Famous residents edit

Population edit

The post-war development of Izbište was stop by destruction of brick-field and power plant. Izbište had up to 3500 inhabitants, many of whom were educated and as such, went for Vršac, Bela Crkva, Pančevo, Belgrade and then continued their careers there.

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