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Novo Miloševo () is a village located in the Novi Bečej municipality, in the
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of
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. It is situated in the Province of
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. The village has a Serb majority (76.09%) with an ethnic Hungarian minority (14.57%). Its population is 6,763 people as of the 2002 census.


Name

The village was formed after the
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when former villages of Beodra and Dragutinovo were joined into one single village known as ''Novo Miloševo''. Before 1918, Dragutinovo was known as ''Karlovo''.


History

The former village of Beodra was first mentioned in 1331. It was established at present-day location from 1742–53, and was settled by
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from Potisje and Pomorišje. The village of Karlovo was established in 1751 by former Serb frontiersmen. In 1918, the name of the village was changed from Karlovo to ''Dragutinovo'', after Dragutin Ristić, a colonel in the Serbian army, whose unit occupied the village. In 1946, Dragutinovo and Beodra were joined into one single village known as ''Novo Miloševo'', after Miloš Popov Klima, a noted Partisan who was born in Dragutinovo.


Culture

Cultural monuments in Novo Miloševo include: * Karačonji Castle built in 1842-46 * Saint Magdalena Catholic Church built in 1838-41 * Serbian Orthodox Church of St Archangel built in 1842 * Iconostasis in the Serbian Orthodox Church of St Stefan from 1778 Cultural event Dani Teodora Pavlovića was established in 2000, in honor of the prominent writer and editor from Novo Miloševo. It has been held annually since then, with corresponding literary awards.


Historical population

*1961: 9,276 *1971: 8,548 *1981: 7,805 *1991: 7,308 *2002: 6,763


People

* Teodor Pavlović, writer and editor *
Ranko Žeravica Ranko Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national ...
, Yugoslav and Serbian basketball coach * Mikhail Rodzianko, Russian politician.


See also

*
List of places in Serbia This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as " urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is ...
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References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.


External links


Novo Miloševo - Official Internet PresentationNovo Miloševo - Website by a private enthusiastThe Karačonji (Karácsonyi) Castle - Article in Serbian


Gallery

Image:Novo_Miloševo,_Catholic_Church.jpg, The Saint Maria Magdalena Catholic Church. Image:Novo_Miloševo,_Karačonji_Castle.jpg, The Karačonji (Karácsonyi) Castle. {{DEFAULTSORT:Novo Milosevo Populated places in Serbian Banat Novi Bečej