Ledinci ( sr-cyr, Лединци) also known as Novi Ledinci ( sr-cyr, Нови Лединци) is a suburban settlement located in the

Petrovaradin Petrovaradin ( sr-cyr, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants. Lying on the right bank of the Danube, across from t ...

municipality, one of two municipalities of the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, Serbia. It is situated in 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 capital ...

. The village is part of the metropolitan area of Novi Sad.

Name

The name of the settlement in Serbian is plural.

Population

Most of the inhabitants are ethnic

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

Geography

The village is geographically located in

Srem Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the ex ...

, but it is part of

South Bačka District The South Bačka District ( sr, Јужнобачки округ, Južnobački okrug, ; hu, Dél-bácskai körzet; ) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Geographically it lies in the southern ...

. There are two villages with this name: Novi Ledinci (New Ledinci) and

Stari Ledinci Stari Ledinci ( sr-cyrl, Стари Лединци) also known simply as Ledinci ( sr-cyr, Лединци) is a suburban settlement of Petrovaradin, Novi Sad, Serbia. The population of Stari Ledinci numbered 823 people in the 2002 census. Most o ...

(Old Ledinci). Today, the name "Ledinci" is officially used to designate Novi Ledinci, while other village is officially known as Stari Ledinci. Both villages are located in Petrovaradin municipality, on the brows of

Fruška Gora Fruška gora ( sr-Cyrl, Фрушка гора; hu, Tarcal-hegység) is a mountain in Syrmia, administratively part of Serbia with a part of its western side extending into eastern Croatia. The area under Serbian administration forms the countr ...

mountain.

History

The village of Novi Ledinci was founded after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. It was built for inhabitants of Stari Ledinci, since this village was destroyed during the war. Later, the village of Stari Ledinci was rebuilt too.

Family names of the villagers

Some prominent families in the village include: Alimpijević, Antonijević, Arackić,

Arsenijević Arsenijević ( sr-cyr, Арсенијевић) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name '' Arsenije'' (from Greek ''Arsenios''). It may refer to: *Milorad Arsenijević (d. 1987), Yugoslav Serbian footballer * Filip Arsenijevi ...

, Avramović, Bačić, Batajić, Božić,

Čelić Čelić ( sr-cyrl, Челић) is a town and municipality located in Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Čelić was part of the municipality of Lopare prior to the war in Bosnia and Herz ...

, Čerkez, Dešanović, Dikić,

Dimitrijević Dimitrijević (Cyrillic script: Димитријевић) is a Serbian patronymic surname derived from a masculine given name Dimitrije. It may refer to: *Bojan Dimitrijević (actor) (born 1973), Serbian actor * Bojan Dimitrijević (politician) (bo ...

, Doroci, Đermanov, Florić, Isajević, Jeftić,

Jovanović Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Јовановић, ) is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from '' Jovan'', which is comparable to John in English. The part ''ov'' designates possession: ''Jovanov'' means ''John's''. The suffix ''ić'' is a dimin ...

, Kirilović, Kiselica,

Kovačević Kovačević ( South Slavic, Cyrillic: Ковачевић), Kovačevič ( Slovene and Slovak; feminine (Slovak): Kovačevičová) or Kovačovič ( Slovak; feminine: Kovačovičová), is a Slavic surname meaning "lackmith's son". The surname is d ...

Krstić Krstić (, sr-cyr, Крстић) is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name ''Krsta'' or '' Krsto''. It may refer to: * Aleksandar Krstić, Serbian football agent and a former footballer *Bilja Krstić, Serbian singer * Denko K ...

, Lukić, Marinković,

Matić Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Матић, ) is a common Croats, Croatian or Serbs, Serbian surname. It is a patronymic name of Mate (given name), Mate, the Croatian, or Matija, both Croatian and Serbian variants of the Latin name ''Mathaeus'', English ''Matthe ...

, Mikerević, Milinković, Milićević Miloradović, Milošević,

Milutinović Milutinović ( sr, Милутиновић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Milutin''. It may refer to: * Andreja Milutinović (born 1990), Serbian basketball player. * Bora Milutinović (born 1944), Serbian football coach. ...

, Mirković, Nikolić, Ninković, Pavlov , Pantelić,

Petrić Petrić is a South Slavic surname, a patronymic of Petar. Notable people with the name include: * Bojan Petrić, Bosnian football player * Branka Petrić, Serbian actress * Denis Petrić, Serbian football player * Frane Petrić, Croatian philosoph ...

Petrović Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Петровић, ;) is a South Slavic language patronymic surname literally meaning ''Peter's son'', equivalent to the English last name of Peterson. In Eastern Slavic naming customs its counterpart is "Petrovich". The surn ...

, Pisarević, Poguberović, Popović,

Prodanović Prodanović is a Serbian surname, derived from the name ''Prodan''. It may refer to: *Boško Prodanović (born 1943), Former Bosnian footballer * Jaša Prodanović, Former Serbian Minister for Serbia in Yugoslav government * Ilija Prodanović (bor ...

, Prokić, Rakić, Rukavina,

Stanković Stanković ( sr-cyr, Станковић, ) is a common surname derived from the South Slavic masculine given name Stanko. Stanković is the eighth most frequent surname in Serbia, and is also common in Croatia, with 2,842 carriers (2011 census). ...

, Suvajdžić, Teodorović, Teofanović,

Vojnović Voinovich, Voynovich or Vojnović (russian: Войнович) may refer to: *Aljoša Vojnović, Croatian footballer *Dejan Vojnović, Croatian athlete *Đorđe Vojnović, politician from Dalmatia *Emil Vojnović (1851–1927), Austro-Hungarian Army ...

, Vrčinac, Vujković, Zaklanac, Zarić, Zoranović, Vasilić, Vukajlović, Stjepanović, Mršić, Vujinović, etc.

Gallery

Image:Centar ledinaca.JPG, Center of the village Image:Ledinci009.JPG, Ledinci Image:Poplava ledinci.JPG, Flood of the Danube river near Ledinci in 2006

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

{{South Bačka District Suburbs of Novi Sad Populated places in Syrmia South Bačka District