Beška () is a village in
Serbia
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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of
Vojvodina
Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...
, in the region of
Syrmia
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(
Syrmia District), in
Inđija municipality. The village has a
Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 6,239 people (2002 census).
History and Archeology
Roman tombs with rich decorative paintings dating back to the third or the fourth century were discovered in Beška.
It was first mentioned in 1564. During
Ottoman rule (16th-17th century) the village of Beška was populated by
Serbs
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. During
Habsburg
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rule, ethnic
Germans
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settled there. Following
World War II
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in
Yugoslavia
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, the German population fled the village, while new inhabitants mostly from
Croatia
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settled in the village in place of the Germans.
The archeological site of Kalakača includes findings of Early
Bosut culture with traits of
Gava culture dating to the 9th century BC. The site is part of the
Cultural Heritage of Serbia list, inscribed in 1995.
Demographics
Ethnic groups
*4,766 (76.39%)
Serbs
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*506 (8.11%)
Croats
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*208 (3.33%)
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...
*137 (2.20%)
Hungarians
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*89 (1.43%)
Romani
*others.
Historical population
*1961: 5,378
*1971: 6,351
*1981: 6,377
*1991: 6,166
*2002: 6,239
Gallery
Beska bridge.jpg, Beška bridge
Beška 005.jpg, City center
Споменик стрељаним мештанима у Бешки.JPG, Monument to citizens killed in WW2
See also
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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. Stanimirović i Kosovac Starćević familia Stanimirović podreklom .
*Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.
References
External links
BeškaBeška - www.upoznajsrbiju.co.rs
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Populated places in Syrmia