Savino Selo (; hu, Torzsa), formerly Torschau / Torszà / Torša, is a village in
Serbia
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. It is situated in the municipality of
Vrbas, in the
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 ...
,
Vojvodina
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province.
History
A settlement named Torsza was first mentioned in 1486. After the Turkish wars had ended by the late 17th century, the Bačka was widely deserted. During the reign of Emperor Josef II it was being repopulated by mostly Rhinehessian families, called Švabo (
Danube Swabians
The Danube Swabians (german: Donauschwaben ) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in various countries of central-eastern Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in grea ...
) by their Serbian and Slovak neighbours. The village of Torschau (Hungarian Torszà, Serbian Torža) was built in 1784 by these German Protestant settlers, the first of seven newly founded German villages in the Batschka. 20 other German villages were restored and resettled. Over the years the village became ethnically mixed; until 1944 with a mainly German plus Serbian, Slovak and Hungarian population. In 1934 a monument was erected in remembrance of the village's 150 year long history. The Reformed Protestant church has recently been reconstructed and rededicated as Serbian Orthodox.
Savino Selo literally means "Sava's Village", and is today named after the legendary
Montenegrin Partisan
Partisan may refer to:
Military
* Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon
* Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
Films
* ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film
* ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...
commander and
war hero
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Sava Kovačević
Sava Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Сава Ковачевић; 25 January 1905 – 13 June 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander during World War II, and one of the heroes of the communist Partisan movement.
Early life
Kovačević was ...
. During the last days of
WWII
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, Torschau's German population fled in front of approaching Red Army units, mainly to Hungary, Austria and Germany. In 1945, colonisation of people from Bosnia and Montenegro (especially
Vasojević clan) formed the current ethnic structure of the village.
Ethnic groups today
According to the 2002 census, ethnic groups in the village include:
* 1,280 (38.20%)
Montenegrins
Montenegrins ( cnr, Црногорци, Crnogorci, or ; lit. "Black Mountain People") are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common Montenegrin culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro.
Genetics
Accordin ...
* 1,211 (36.14%)
Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
* 166 (4.95%)
Slovaks
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In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...
* 161 (4.81%)
Hungarians
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* 106 (3.16%)
Croats
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* others.
Population after WWII
*1961: 5,144
*1971: 4,044
*1981: 3,749
*1991: 3,767
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as "urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is giv ...
*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia.
List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina
List of urban settlements in Vojvodina
List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with populati ...
References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
*
:de:Donauschwaben
*
Danube Swabians
The Danube Swabians (german: Donauschwaben ) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in various countries of central-eastern Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in grea ...
*http://www.swabiantrek.com/?page_id=504
Gallery
Image:Savino_Selo,_Evangelical_Church.jpg, The Reformed Protestant Church.
Image:Savino_Selo,_The_steeple_of_the_Evangelical_Church.jpg, The steeple of the Reformed Protestant church.
Image:Monument_in_Savino_Selo.jpg, Monument in the village, commemorating German settlement.
Places in Bačka
South Bačka District
Montenegrin communities
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