Obrovac () is a village located in the

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municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,177 people (2002 census).

Name

Name ''Obrovac'' is of

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origin (there is a town in Croatian

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with same name, see:

Obrovac, Croatia Obrovac (; it, Obrovazzo) is a town located in northern Dalmatia, in the Zadar County of Croatia. The Obrovac municipality has a total population of 4,323 people. The town is located in the canyon of the river Zrmanja. Geography Obrovac is a t ...

). Germans and Hungarians also used modified versions of this Serbian name: Obrowatz (in German) or Boróc, previously Obrovácz (in Hungarian).

History

Serbs established it in 1308. It was destroyed by

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

in 1526, after The

Battle of Mohács The Battle of Mohács (; hu, mohácsi csata, tr, Mohaç Muharebesi or Mohaç Savaşı) was fought on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary, between the forces of the Kingdom of Hungary and its allies, led by Louis II, and those ...

. Growth of the village starts at the end of the 16th century. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), Obrovac was mostly populated by ethnic Serbs. In 1698, people who left Metković (now

Nova Gajdobra Nova Gajdobra () is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina at 45.20° North, 19.27° East. The population of the village numbering 1,409 ...

) settled in Obrovac. In 1757, Orthodox church and school were built. In 1786, 138 Serb families lived in the village. At the same time, many German people came here from Bavaria (after 1768). In 1825, Catholic church and school for German children were built. In 1904, 1,985 Germans and 1,072 Serbs lived in Obrovac. Today, village has many cultural and sports manifestations.

Historical population

* 1880: 2,730 * 1910: 2,930 * 1921: 3,039 * 1961: 3,512 * 1971: 3,174 * 1981: 3,245 * 1991: 3,242 * 2002: 3,177

References

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

Gallery

Image:Obrovac,_Catholic_Church.jpg, The Saint Ferdinand the Bishop Catholic Church in Obrovac. Image:Steeple_of_the_Saint_Ferdinand_the_Bishop_Catholic_Church,_Obrovac,_Vojvodina,_Serbia_-_20060602.jpg, The steeple of the Catholic Church. Image:Sculpture_in_front_of_the_Saint_Ferdinand_the_Bishop_Catholic_Church,_Obrovac,_Vojvodina,_Serbia_-_20060602.jpg, Sculpture in front of the Catholic Church. Image:Inscription_at_base_of_sculpture_in_front_of_the_Saint_Ferdinand_the_Bishop_Catholic_Church,_Obrovac,_Vojvodina,_Serbia_-_20060602.jpg, Inscription on the bottom of the sculpture.