Ečka
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| name = Ečka
| native_name = Ечка
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| image_skyline = Srpska pravoslavna crkva Svetog Nikole u Ečki.jpg
| image_caption = Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Vojvodina}}
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Central Banat
| subdivision_type3 = Municipalities
| subdivision_name3 = Zrenjanin
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| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title= POPIS 22 - EXCEL TABLE |date=October 2022 |url=https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/sr-Latn/popisni-podaci-eksel-tabele/ |publisher=Republic of Serbia |access-date=14 August 2024}}
| population_total = 3406
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| postal_code = 23203
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Ečka ({{lang-sr-cyr|Ечка}}, {{IPA|sr|êtʃka|pron}}; {{langx|ro|Ecica}}, {{langx|hu|Écska}}) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina on the Begej river.
Name and history
In Serbian, the village is known as Ečka (Ечка), in Romanian as Ecica or Ecica Română, in German as Deutsch-Etschka, and in Hungarian as Écska (until 1899: Német-Écska).
The village was merged with former settlement known as Mala Ečka (Мала Ечка) in Serbian, Alt Etschka in German, and Román-Écska or Olahécska in Hungarian.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
Historical population
- 1900: 4,892
- 1931: 5,207
- 1948: 3,934
- 1953: 4,188
- 1961: 4,323
- 1971: 4,621
- 1981: 5,293
- 1991: 5,172
- 2002: 4,513
- 2011: 3,999
- 2022: 3,406
Culture
File:Kaštel Ečka and the Church of St. John Baptist.jpg
Kaštel Ečka is a historic hunting castle and a cultural monument. The estate was purchased by the Lazar Family in 1781 and developed over the following decades. At the Castle's grand opening ceremony in 1820, Franz Liszt played piano as a nine-year-old boy. Kaštel Ečka estate includes the main building, horse stables, and the water tower.{{Cite web |title=Kaštel kroz vreme {{!}} Kaštel Ečka |url=https://kastelecka.com/kastel-kroz-vreme/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=kastelecka.com |language=sr-RS}}{{Cite web |title=Ečka |url=https://www.zrenjaninheritage.com/kulturna-dobra/naseljena-mesta-u-okviru-grada-zrenjanina/ecka |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Zrenjanin |language=en-US}}
There are three churches in Ečka:
- Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Nikola was built in 1711. The iconostasis is the work of Teodor Popović from 1786.{{Cite web |title=Споменици културе у Србији, Српска Православна црква Св. Николе |url=http://spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=1067 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs}}{{Cite web |title=Ечка |url=https://www.eparhijabanatska.rs/parohije/perlesko-namesnistvo/ecka/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Српска Православна Епархија банатска |language=sr-RS}}
- Romanian Orthodox Church was built in mid 19th century. The interior is equipped with an iconostasis and a throne of the Virgin brought from the church in Crepaja.{{Cite web |title=Споменици културе у Србији, Румунска Православна црква |url=http://spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=1068 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs}}
- The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist was built in 1864 and financed by the Lazar Family. It is located at the place of an older church, adjacent to Kaštel Ečka.
Education
The first school in Ečka was established in 1711, within the Serbian Orthodox Church. New school was built in 1894, with initial classes in Romanian language and classes in Serbian added at a later date. Today's school "Dr Aleksandar Sabovljev" was established in 1957, and still has classes both in Romanian and Serbian.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-15 |title=Istorijat školstva u Ečki – OŠ ,,DR ALEKSANDAR SABOVLJEV'' EČKA |url=https://osecka.edu.rs/o-skoli/istorijat-skolstva-u-ecki/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |language=sr-RS}}
See also
References
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- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110530021133/http://www.adf.org.rs/crdaserbia/Projects/Communities/10-06.html About Ečka (ADF/USAID)]
Additional pictures
Image:Ečka,_Romanian_Orthodox_church.jpg|The Romanian Orthodox Church
File:Catholic church in Ecka.jpg|The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist, built in 1864 as the third church
Image:Ecka grb-Lazar.jpg|Blazon of counts Lazar in Ečka
Image:Ečka,_main_street_and_the_Catholic_Church.jpg|Main street and the Catholic Church
Image:Kaštel Castle, Ečka, Vojvodina, Serbia - 20070706.jpg|Kaštel Ečka built in 1820, by Lazar Lukács
Image:Tower in Ečka 2007.jpg|Tower in Ečka
File:Ecka-bridge-church-sheep 1995.jpg|Old wooden bridge over Begej 1995, built 1889, renovated 1894 and later 2005
File:Ecka-bridge-church 1995.jpg|Old bridge over Begej 1995 with sheep and church in background
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