Vojlovica ( sr-cyr, Војловица) is a neighborhood of the city of Pančevo,

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. Formerly, it was a separate village that was joined with Pančevo in the second half of the 20th century. Vojlovica's centre is located 3,32 kilometers away from the Pančevo's centre. The geographical

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of the settlement is 44° 50' 41.48" North, while the

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is 20° 40' 21.69" East.

Name

In Serbian the neighborhood is known as ''Vojlovica'' or Војловица, in Hungarian as ''Hertelendyfalva'', and in

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as ''Wojlowitz''. Vojlovica was founded on 21 July 1883 and was named ''Hertelendyfalva'' in Hungarian, after Hertelendy József. Today's name exists from 1922, and the village got it after the nearby

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of Vojlovica (which was founded in 1404). In the time of the village foundation, there was only one forest which belonged to the monastery.

History

Bronze Age graves of south Russian steppe nomads was found in the village. In period between 1856 and 1869, the Habsburg monarchy started a project of colonization of an uninhabited area of of land near the

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. That area reaches across the three

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; the municipality of

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, the municipality of Pančevo and the municipality of

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. The area was known under the name of Marianfeld / Máriaföld. Seven villages were founded in the area. In Titel and Pančevo, four villages were founded: Königsdorf, Gisellaheim, Eisemhaim and Rudolfsgnad. In Pančevo and Kovin, three villages were founded: Marienfeld (Vojlovica), Ivanovo and Đurđevo. The total number of settlers for this project was 8,638. The settlers were of

, Hungarian, Slovak and

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origin. A problem started after a large flood of the river

in year 1869, and continued floods in 1870, 1871 and 1876, when the flood reached its peak and destroyed all of the villages. The village's population abandoned their habitats and moved to safer places. In 1883, the population of Marienfeld, jointly with 200 Székely families from Andrásfalva (

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), moved to the location, on that time known under the name Vojlovica Forest, between Pančevo and Starčevo. The new village was founded under name Hertelendyfalva. The new founded village accommodated the population which contained three different nationalities:

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, Slovaks and

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. The village had three streets, each nationality got one. In the beginning, the population survived by working on river dam during the summer and in the forest in the winter. During the following years when they got more agricultural land, the population started to sell their farm products in the town, and became one of the main income factors. On 21 September 1902 a Reformated church was erected, where Tomka Károly became the first priest. In this newly founded

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, all treasured documents and data (which had been brought from Andrasfalva in 1883) are kept.

Ethnic groups

In the 1971 census, the last census before settlement was united with Pančevo, population of Vojlovica was mixed with a Hungarian plurality. Today, population of Vojlovica is about 8,500, with a mix of

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and Slovaks.

Culture

*Two of the cultural associations in Vojlovica, Slovak and Hungarian, have annual festivals dedicated to harvesting products originating from wheat. *The village population is annually celebrating archangel Michael day, which occurred on 29 September. It is held on the nearest Sunday.

Notable residents

* Biszák Júlia, folk singer * Katarína Kalmárová, folk singer

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