The Privileged District of Velika Kikinda ( sr, Великокикиндски привилеговани диштрикт / ''Velikokikindski privilegovani dištrikt''; german: Privilegierten Bezirk Gross Kikinda; la, Regio-privilegiatus Districtus Magnokikindiensis; hu, Nagykikindai kerület) was an administrative territorial entity of the

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between 1774 and 1876. It was an autonomous area centered around the town of

Velika Kikinda Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; hu, Nagykikinda) is a city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia . The city urban area has 38,069 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 59,453 inhabitants. The ...

(today Kikinda,

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), and mainly inhabited by ethnic

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History

It was formed on 12 November 1774 by the decision of Habsburg Empress

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, through the special charter, as the specific feudal governmental administrative unit with headquarters in

(today Kikinda, Serbia). Inhabitants of the District had, for that period, substantial economic, and even political privileges within the

. Until 1778, the District of Velika Kikinda was part of the

Banat of Temeswar The Banat of Temeswar or ''Banat of Temes'' was a Habsburg province that existed between 1718 and 1778. It was located in the present day region of Banat, which was named after this province. The province was abolished in 1778 and the follow ...

(a separate Habsburg land), and then part of the Torontal County within the Habsburg

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. In 1848-1849 it was part of autonomous

Serbian Vojvodina The Serbian Vojvodina ( sr, Српска Војводина / ) was a short-lived self-proclaimed Serb autonomous province within the Austrian Empire during the Revolutions of 1848, which existed until 1849 when it was transformed into the new (o ...

, and from 1849 to 1860 it was part of the

Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar , conventional_long_name = Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banate , common_name = Serbia and Banat , subdivision = Crownland , nation = the Austrian Empire , year_start = 1849 , date_start = 18 November , year_end = 1860 , date_end = ...

, a separate Austrian crown land. After abolishment of the Voivodeship in 1860, territory of the District of Velika Kikinda was again included into Torontal County. The District functioned, with some interruptions, until 1876 when it was abolished, and its territory was allocated both organizationally and administratively to the direct authority of the Torontal County with the headquarters in Veliki Bečkerek (today Zrenjanin, Serbia), which covered most of the territory of the present-day

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Settlements

Beside the town of Velika Kikinda, the district included nine more settlements of the Serb Military Frontier establishments in North and Central

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of ...

: *

Srpski Krstur Srpski Krstur () is a village located in Serbia, in the Novi Kneževac municipality of the North Banat District, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (69.81%) with a present Romani (13.58%) and Hungari ...

* Jozefovo (today part of

Novi Kneževac Novi Kneževac ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Кнежевац, ; hu, Törökkanizsa; german: Neu-Kanischa) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 6,960, ...

) *

Mokrin Mokrin ( sr-cyr, Мокрин) is the largest village in the Kikinda municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (83.47%) with a present ...

* Karlovo (today part of

Novo Miloševo Novo Miloševo () is a village located in the Novi Bečej municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb majority (76.09%) with an ethnic Hungarian minority (14.57%). I ...

) *

Bašaid Bašaid ( sr-cyr, Башаид) is a village located in the Kikinda municipality, in the North Banat District of the Republic of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has an ethnic Serb majority (89.15%) and ...

* Vranjevo (today part of

Novi Bečej Novi Bečej (, hu, Törökbecse) is a town and municipality located in the Central Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 13,133, while Novi Bečej municipality has 23,925 inhabitants. Nam ...

) *

Melenci Melenci (; hu, Melence) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (93.40%) and its population num ...

Kumane Kumane may refer to: * Kumane, Novi Bečej, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia * Kumane, Veliko Gradište, a village in eastern Serbia * Kumane, Istočni Stari Grad, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina See also * Kumani (disambiguation) {{D ...

Taraš Taraš (; hu, Tiszatarrós) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (96.49%) and its population n ...

References

Notes

Sources

*Jovan M. Pejin, Iz prošlosti Kikinde, Kikinda, 2000. *Dr Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 2, Novi Sad, 1990.