Banatski Karlovac () is a town located in the

Alibunar Alibunar (; ro, Alibunar; hu, Alibunár) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Alibunar town and Alibunar municipality have a population of 2,883 and 19,780 respectively. ...

Municipality, in the

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of

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. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbers 5,820 people (2002 census). The nearby settlement of

Devojački Bunar Devojački Bunar () is a small settlement in Serbia. It is situated in the Alibunar municipality, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. Officially, Devojački Bunar is not classified as a separate settlement, but as part of the town of Banatski ...

is also officially part of Banatski Karlovac.

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as ''Banatski Karlovac'' (Банатски Карловац), in

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as ''Karlsdorf'', and in Hungarian as ''Nagykárolyfalva''. Adjective "Banatski" (i.e. "Banatian") was given to differentiate the town from the city of

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History

This area was inhabited by humans during the

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, as well as in the 3rd and 4th century AD. During the Ottoman administration, settlement named ''Hoča'' or ''Oča'' existed at this location. Settlement named ''Oča'' was also mentioned in 1764. During the 18th century, the settlement was populated by

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.Dr Slobodan Ćurčić, Naselja Banata, geografske karakteristike, Novi Sad, 2004. Ethnic

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settled in the settlement starting in 1803, and in the same year some Slavic Krašovani settlers from eastern Banat settled here as well. In 1921, name of the settlement was ''Karlovo Selo'', and in 1926, it was officially named ''Banatski Karlovac''. In the same year, the reading room was founded and monument dedicated to Serbs killed in 1848 revolution was built. Before the end of World War II, most of the inhabitants of this town were ethnic Germans. After the war, their property was confiscated by the state and Germans were expelled or killed in concentration camps run by Yugoslav

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authorities. A German Lutheran church was razed off soon after the expulsion of Germans. After the war, 615 (mostly Serb) families with 3,775 family members settled in the town. They originated from Central Serbia,

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and

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, mostly from area around

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and

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. Some settlers were not satisfied with life conditions in the town, so about 80 families returned to their place of origin. In 1949, town was named ''Banatsko Rankovićevo'', and this name was in use until 1956, when old name ''Banatski Karlovac'' was returned.

Historical population

Notable citizens

Rock musician

Nikola Čuturilo Nikola Čuturilo ( sr-cyr, Никола Чутурило; born 9 July 1962), also known as Čutura ( Чутура, literally "canteen") is a Serbian rock musician. He is known as a guitarist for the band Riblja Čorba, as well as for his solo wor ...

was born in Banatski Karlovac.

Climate

References

External links

Unofficial WebsiteLEADER+BK WebsiteMunicipality of Alibunar
{{Authority control Populated places in Serbian Banat Populated places in South Banat District Alibunar Towns in Serbia