Vinkovački Banovci ( sr-Cyrl, Винковачки Бановци,
hu, Bánóc) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in
Croatia
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in the region of
Syrmia. The village is a part of the
Nijemci Municipality.
Serbian community constitute majority of the local population. The word Vinkovački in the name is an adjective derived from the name of the city of
Vinkovci
Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surround ...
used to distinguish the village from the adjacent village of
Banovci. Two villages are closely intertwined, sharing some local institutions and postal code. Banovci village itself developed as the new village of Vinkovački Banovci and in local vernacular they are known as Stari Banovci (Old Banovci for Vinkovački Banovci) and Novi Banovci (New Banovci for ''Šidski'' Banovci).
Name
The name of the village in
Croatian or
Serbian is plural.
History
The village was mentioned for the first time in 15th century.
In 1473 the village under the name of Zavrakinci is mentioned to be on the small uplift just northwest of the village.
First Serb settlers settled in Banovci during the reign of
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
Serb settlers at that time came from modern day
Montenegro
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and from the region around
Peć
Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipality and Peja District. It is situated in the region of Rugova on the eastern section of the Accursed Moun ...
in
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
.
In 1745
Slavonian Military Frontier
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was established in the region.
Education
The village hosts a local branch of the Ilača-Banovci Elementary School ( hr, Osnovna škola Ilača-Banovci). Vinkovački Banovci branch school organizes classes between the first and the fourth grade, after which most of the pupils continue their education either in Banovci (entirely in Serbian language and with additional Serb cultural curriculum) or in
Ilača
Ilača ( hu, Illyefő) is a village in eastern Croatia, southeast of Vinkovci. The village is connected with the rest of the country by the D46 state road connecting it with the town of Vinkovci and continuing into Serbia as the State Road 120 ...
(in Croatian language and without additional curriculum).
Languages
Due to the local minority population, the Nijemci municipality allows the use of not only
Croatian as the official language, but the
Serbian language
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and
Serbian Cyrillic
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...
alphabet as well in Vikovački Banovci.
Gallery
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Image:NOB spomenik V. Banovci 04.JPG
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References
Populated places in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Populated places in Syrmia
Serb communities in Croatia
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