Obrovac () is a village located in the

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municipality, in the

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of

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. 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

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with same name, see:

Obrovac, Croatia Obrovac () 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 town on the Zrmanj ...

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

History

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established it in 1308. It was destroyed by

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in 1526, after The

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. 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) settled in Obrovac. In 1757,

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church and school were built. In 1786, 138 Serb families lived in the village. At the same time, many German people came here from

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(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.

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