Begeč ( sr-cyr, Бегеч) is a suburban settlement of the city of
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...
in Serbia. It is situated on the river
Danube
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, approximately west of Novi Sad, on the
Bačka Palanka
Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2022 the town had a total ...
-Novi Sad road.
Geography
History
Begeč was first mentioned in the
16th century
The 16th century began with the Julian calendar, Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian year 1600 (MDC), depending on the reckoning used (the Gregorian calend ...
and its name is derived from the
Ottoman ruling title "beg" (or "
bey
Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in ...
") and word "eč" (meaning "village"), hence the full meaning of the name would be "the village of the beg.". There is a
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the populat ...
church dating to 1838 in the village.
Archaeology
The archeological site of Castellum Onagrinum is located on the left shore of the Danube. It includes ruins of a Roman fortress built in the late 3rd century. The site is part of the
Cultural Heritage of Serbia list, inscribed in 1995.
Demographics
Transport
Begeč is connected to Novi Sad by the public
bus
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line 56, which operates daily and connect Begeč with
Futog,
Veternik
Veternik ( sr-cyr, Ветерник) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Over the years, especially in the 1990s, it grew with size and inhabitants thus merging with Futog to the west and Novi Sad to the east.
Name
The set ...
and
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...
. Begeč is also on the bus route from
Bač and
Bačka Palanka
Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2022 the town had a total ...
to Novi Sad.
Begeč is also located on the Euro Velo 6 Bicycle path. People of Novi Sad like to go by bike on weekends, especially the nearby Begečka Jama lake
Begeč is also connected by a river
ferry
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to the village of
Banoštor in
Syrmia
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, across the
Danube
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river. For pedestrians and bicyclists it is free of charge, while cars pay a toll of 200
Serbian dinar
The dinar (, ; paucal: dinara / динара; Currency symbol, abbreviation: DIN (Gaj's Latin alphabet, Latin) and дин (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic); ISO 4217, code: RSD) is the currency of Serbia. The dinar was first used in Serbia in ...
s (approximately 2
euro
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s).
Notable people
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Vujadin Boškov
Vujadin Boškov ( sr-cyr, Вујадин Бошков, ; 16 May 1931 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbian association football, football player and manager (association football), manager.
A midfielder, he played 57 matches for the Yugoslavia nation ...
, footballer
*
Milan Pavkov, footballer
See also
*
List of places in Serbia
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*
List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia
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References
* Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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Suburbs of Novi Sad
Places in Bačka
South Bačka District