Markovac ( sr-Cyrl, Марковац; ro, Marcovăț; hu, Márktelke) is a
village in
Serbia. It is situated in the
Vršac municipality, in the
South Banat District
The South Banat District ( sr, Јужнобанатски округ, Južnobanatski okrug, ; hu, Dél-bánsági körzet; ) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The administrative center of ...
of the Autonomous Province of
Vojvodina
Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capita ...
. The village has a
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
** Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
ethnic majority. Over the last half a century, the village's population has steadily declined from 1042 in 1961 to less than a quarter of that, 249 people in the 2011 census.
Name
Village is known under several names: sr-Cyrl, Марковац or sr-Latn, Markovac; ro, Marcovăț, hu, Márktelke, german: Markowatz.
Geographical information
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Area
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: 29 km²
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Altitude
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above
sea-level: 156 m
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Population: 249
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Postcode
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:
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Telephone prefix
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: +381 13
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Autocode
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: VŠ
History
12th century BC ornitho-morphic pendants were found in
Markovac-Grunjac.
[http://sehumed.uv.es/revista/numero16/SEHUMED_colecc131.PDF ]
The village was first time recorded in 1749. In that time it was part of the
Banat of Temeswar
The Banat of Temeswar or ''Banat of Temes'' was a Habsburg province that existed between 1718 and 1778. It was located in the present day region of Banat, which was named after this province. The province was abolished in 1778 and the follow ...
, which was a separate province of the
Habsburg monarchy. According to 1753 data, it was mainly populated by
Romanians. In 1778, the Banat of Temeswar was abolished and village was included into
Temesch County within the
Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary. In 1848-1849, the village was part of autonomous
Serbian Vojvodina and in 1849-1860 part of the
Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar
, conventional_long_name = Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banate
, common_name = Serbia and Banat
, subdivision = Crownland
, nation = the Austrian Empire
, year_start = 1849
, date_start = 18 November
, year_end = 1860
, date_end = ...
. After the abolition of the voivodeship in 1860, the village was again included into
Temesch County. In 1918, following the end of
World War I, Markovac (as part of the
Banat, Bačka and Baranja
Banat, Bačka and Baranya ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Banat, Bačka i Baranja, Банат, Бачка и Барања) was a province of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes between November 1918 and 1922. It ...
region) became part of the
Kingdom of Serbia and subsequently part of the
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...
(known as
Yugoslavia since 1929). During
World War II, from 1941 to 1944, the German
Wehrmacht occupied the village. During this time, the village was part of the
Banat
Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of ...
region, which had special autonomous status within the German-occupied puppet state of
Serbia. After World War II, Markovac was included into the new socialist Yugoslavia. Since 1944, it is part of autonomous Yugoslav Vojvodina, which was included into socialist Yugoslav Serbia in 1945. Since 2006, Markovac is part of an independent Serbia.
Ethnic groups
In 2002, the population of Markovac was 329, by self-description 251 Romanians (76%); 33 Serbs (10%); 10 Hungarians; 2 Yugoslavians; 2 Czechs; 2 Croats; 2 Slovenians; 2 Gypsies.
Historical population
*1961: 1,042
*1971: 817
*1981: 717
*1991: 570
*2002: 329
*2011: 249
Notable people
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Romulus Gaita (b 1922 - d May 1996), father of Australian philosopher
Raimond Gaita
Raimond Gaita (born Raimund Gaita; 14 May 1946) is a German-born Australian philosopher and award-winning writer. He was, until 2011, foundation professor of philosophy at the Australian Catholic University and professor of moral philosophy at ...
, lived in Markovac until 1935 when at the age of 13 he fled the village
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Darien Banda, Famous football player in Sweden
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
See also
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List of places in Serbia
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List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
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Populated places in Serbian Banat
Populated places in South Banat District
Vršac
Romanian communities in Serbia