Bela Crkva, Banat

Bela Crkva
Бела Црква
Municipality and Town

Bela Crkva street

Coat of arms
Bela Crkva

Location of Bela Crkva within Serbia

Coordinates: 44°53′51″N 21°25′01″E / 44.89750°N 21.41694°E / 44.89750; 21.41694Coordinates: 44°53′51″N 21°25′01″E / 44.89750°N 21.41694°E / 44.89750; 21.41694
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District South Banat
Elevation 78 m (256 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Bela Crkva 8,868
 • Metro 17,285
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 26340
Area code(s) +381(0)13
Car plates VŠ
Website www.belacrkva.rs
Map of Bela Crkva municipality

Bela Crkva (Serbian Cyrillic: Бела Црква [pronounced [bɛ̂ːlaː tsr̩̂ːkv̞a]], German: Weißkirchen, Hungarian: Fehértemplom, Romanian: Biserica Albă) is a town and municipality in the South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 8,868, while the Bela Crkva municipality has 17,285 inhabitants.

Bela Crkva lakes at the outskirts of the town are a popular summer tourist destination.

Name

The name of the town Bela Crkva means "white church" in Serbian. In Romanian, the town is known as Biserica Albă (formerly Albești), in German as Weißkirchen, in Hungarian as Fehértemplom (formerly Fejéregyház[1]), and in Turkish as Aktabya.

History

Neolithic findings of ceramics and burial with Greek-style pots dating to late 5th century BC are founded in the area.[2]

The town was founded in 1717 when this region was included into the Habsburg Monarchy. It was part of the Banatian Military Frontier of the Monarchy and, since 1774, was a seat of the Illyrian (Serbian) section of the Banatian Frontier. Briefly, in 1787-1788, the town was controlled by the Ottomans. In 1848-1849, the town was part of autonomous Serbian Vojvodina, but in 1849 it was again placed under military administration. With the abolishment of the Military Frontier, the town was included into Temes county of the Kingdom of Hungary, one of two autonomous parts of Austria-Hungary. The town was also a seat of the district since 1867.

According to the 1910 census, the town itself was mainly populated by Germans, but its surrounding municipal area was mainly populated by Serbs. Census recorded 11,524 citizens in the town, of whom 6,062 spoke German language, 1,994 Serbian, 1,806 Romanian, and 1,213 Hungarian. The municipal area numbered 36,831 inhabitants, of whom 20,987 spoke Serbian, 8,234 Romanian, and 4,791 German. The total population of the town and its municipal area counted together was 48,355, of whom 22,981 spoke Serbian, 10,853 German, 10,040 Romanian, and 2,122 Hungarian.[3]

Since 1918, Bela Crkva was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states. In the 1920s it was a center of Russian emigration in Yugoslavia.

Inhabited places

Bela Crkva municipality includes the town of Bela Crkva and the following villages:

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Bela Crkva municipality:

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Bela Crkva, Banatska Palanka, Banatska Subotica, Vračev Gaj, Dupljaja, Jasenovo, Kajtasovo, Kaluđerovo, Kruščica, Kusić, and Crvena Crkva. The settlement with Romanian ethnic majority is Grebenac. The settlement with Hungarian ethnic majority is Dobričevo. The settlement with Czech ethnic majority is Češko Selo.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ Apor (23 April 2014). Metamorphosis Transylvaniae. Routledge. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-317-85664-1.
  2. ↑ The Illyrians-John Wilkes
  3. ↑ http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=Temes Archived March 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.

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