Svetozar Miletić ( sr-Cyrl, Светозар Милетић, hu, Nemesmilitics, hr, Lemeš / Svetozar Miletić, german: Milititsch) is a village located in Sombor municipality in the West Bačka District of Vojvodina,

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. It is situated in

Bačka Bačka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska () is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hungary ...

geographical region. The village is ethnically mixed between

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and

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and its population numbering 2,746 inhabitants.

Name

The village was named after Svetozar Miletić, a political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina from second half of 19th century. In

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* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

, the village is known as ''Svetozar Miletić'' (Светозар Милетић), in Croatian as ''Lemeš'' (since 2009) or ''Svetozar Miletić'' (before 2009), in Bunjevac as ''Svetozar Miletić'' or ''Lemeš'', in

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as ''Milititsch'', and in Hungarian as ''Nemesmillitics''. Before 1925, in

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

, Croatian and Bunjevac the name ''Lemeš'' (Лемеш) was used for the village. The origin of the village name in Hungarian comes from the Hungarian word (''a

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''), while for the word it is believed that it comes from

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(''a

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''). Local Bunjevci people have shortened and transformed the name ''Nemesmilitics'' into ''Lemeš''. During the administration of the

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the village name was changed into '' Svetozar Miletić'' (in 1925).

Demographics

According to the last official census done in 2011, the village of Svetozar Miletić has 2,746 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

According to the 2002 census, ethnic groups in the village included: *

= 1,455 (45.91%) *

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...

= 581 (18.33%) (*) *

= 549 (17.32%) (*) * Bunjevci = 217 (6.85%) (*) *

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has ...

= 149 (4.70%) (*) *others. (*) Total number of

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(Croats, Serbs, Bunjevci, Yugoslavs) that live in the village is 1,496 (47.21%).

Famous persons

* (1883-1944), journalist, writer, author of books for children, novelist * Gaja Alaga (1924–1988), theoretical physicist *

Stevan Horvat Stevan Horvat (7 October 1932 – 28 May 2018)
was a

(1932–2018), Greco-Roman style wrestler, Olympics silver medalist in 1968 * Đuro Kanjurski (1853–1920), professor of Aramaic and Arabic at Royal University in Budapest * Grgo Knezi (1892–1944), priest, biologist * Petar Knezi (1859–1929), priest and writer *

Tereza Kočiš Tereza Kočiš ( sr-cyrl, Тереза Кочиш, born April 27, 1934 in Sombor) is a former Serbian gymnast who competed for Yugoslavia. She represented Yugoslavia at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics. ReferencesTereza ...

(1932), gymnast that participated on several Olympics *

Mirko Vidaković Mirko pl. Vidaković (October 29, 1924 – August 15, 2002) was a Croatian botany, botanist and dendrology, dendrologist and the expert for the genetics of the forest trees. Biography Vidaković was born in Lemeš, Bačka, Lemeš, Bačka. He attai ...

(1924–2002), botanist *dr Pajo Vidaković (1879–1942), priest, ethnologist, author of textbooks, writer

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996. *Antonija Čota: "''Lemeš - u osimu plemenitog ravničarskog drača''"

External links

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History of Svetozar Miletić
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