titel

In Serbian, the town is known as Titel (Тител), in Hungarian as Titel, in German as Titel (and sometimes Theisshügel), and in Latin as Titulium.

The Titel Plateau is an elevated region between the Danube and Tisza rivers, close to the confluence; about {{convert|16|x|7|km|mi|abbr=off}}; roughly {{convert|80|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=off}}. It has an ellipsoid form and is characterized by steep slopes at the margins. It has a substantial loess cover and is often called the Titel Loess Plateau; the loess on the plateau is considered to contain the most detailed terrestrial palaeoclimate records in Europe, with a thick and apparently continuous record extending to the middle and late Early Pleistocene.Belij, S. et al 2009. Geomorphological geoheritage sites of the Titel Loess Plateau. LoessFest'09 Novi Sad abstracts It represents a major archaeological site at the Danube-Tisza confluence with prehistoric and ancient findings.{{cite web|url=http://spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs/spomenik.php?id=696|title=Споменици културе у Србији|website=spomenicikulture.mi.sanu.ac.rs}}

Early medieval sources are scarce. Slavs are mentioned in the area in the late seventh and early eighth century, while Magyars (Hungarians) settled the Pannonian Plain in 896, already in the next century holding the Tisa-Danube confluence. Grand Prince Árpád (r. 895–907) is believed to have defeated the Bulgars (Salan) at Titel. Titel was an important strategical location, and was included in the Bács County. Ladislaus I of Hungary (r. 1077–95) and his brother Lampert founded an Augustinian monastery here. On 17 October 1389 a Clement was inscribed at the Vienna University, who in Titel taught reading and cantillation.

In the 1400s, Titel belonged to the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković. In 1439 Albert II's army awaited in Titel military aid from the county to help Đurađ Branković defend Smederevo, but the aid never arrived.{{cite book|title=Republika|volume=10|issue=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMBpAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Udruženje za jugoslovensku demokratsku inicijativu|page=16}}

From 1526, the town was part of the Ottoman Empire. According to the first Ottoman census from 1546, the town had 87 houses, of which most were Serb, three were Croat, one Hungarian, and one Vlach. The duke of the town was Vuk Radić. That census recorded that five of the citizens were immigrants, meaning that others lived there before Ottomans conquered the town.

In the outset of the Ottoman rule, the town had one Orthodox and one Catholic church. In the first quarter of the 17th century, the town had three mosques, two tekkes and three medreses.

From 1699, the town was part of the Habsburg monarchy. It was included in the Habsburg Military Frontier. Between 1750 and 1763, the town was under civil administration (in the Batsch-Bodrog County of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary), until it was returned to the jurisdiction of the Military Frontier (Šajkaš Battalion). Between 1763 and 1873, it was the headquarters of the Šajkaš Battalion which, using small armed vessels on the Danube, defended the Austrian border from Turkish attack. However, as early as 1750, the riverboat patrols, manned by the Šajkaš regiments, had begun to operate at Titel.

When the Military Frontier was abolished, the Serbs emigrated to Russia in massive numbers. At that time, Banat and the Šajkaš area slowly began to lose its distinctive Serbian character. Hungarians, Germans, Slovaks, Ruthenians and others began to move into the region.

In 1848 and 1849, Titel was part of Serbian Vojvodina, a Serb autonomous region within the Habsburg Empire. Between 1849 and 1872, it was again part of the Military Frontier, and after 1872, it came under civil administration as a part of the Bács-Bodrog County within the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary (part of Austria-Hungary).

In 1910 there were 5,792 inhabitants: 2,413 Serbs and 1,858 Hungarians. By religion, there were 2,353 Serbian Orthodox; 2,479 Roman Catholics; and 89 Jews.

After 1918, the town became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states. During the World War II Hungarian occupation, in a 1942 raid, 51 inhabitants of the town were murdered, of whom 45 were men, 1 child, and 5 old people. By nationality, victims included 49 Serbs, and 1 Jew.

Titel municipality encompasses the town of Titel, and the following villages:

• Vilovo
• Gardinovci
• Lok
• Mošorin
• Šajkaš

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As of 2011 census, the municipality of Titel had a population of 15,738 inhabitants.

{{See also|Serbs in Vojvodina|Hungarians in Vojvodina|Romani people of Vojvodina|List of Hungarian communities in Vojvodina}}

The total population of the Titel municipality was 15,738, including:{{cite web|url=http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/Public/ReportResultView.aspx?rptKey=indId%3d18020101IND01%26102%3d80454%2636%3d0%2623%3d0%26111%3d01%2c02%2c03%2c04%2c05%2c06%2c07%2c08%2c09%2c10%2c11%2c12%2c13%2c14%2c15%2c16%2c17%2c18%2c19%2c20%2c21%2c22%2c23%2c24%2c25%2c26%26sAreaId%3d18020101%26dType%3dIdentificatorAndName%26lType%3dEnglish|title=Population by ethnicity – Titel|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS)|access-date=23 February 2013}}

• 13,615 Serbs (86.51%)
• 822 Hungarians (5.22%)
• 264 Romani (1.68%)
• 1037 other and undeclared.

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):{{cite web|title=ОПШТИНЕ И РЕГИОНИ У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ, 2018.|url=http://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2018/Pdf/G201813045.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|access-date=17 March 2019|language=sr}}

• Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina. He was born in the village Mošorin in Titel municipality.
• Mileva Marić (1875–1948), Serbian mathematician, and Albert Einstein's first wife. She was born in Titel.
• Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), writer. She was born in the village of Mošorin in the Titel municipality.
• Dušan "Duško" Popov, Serb double agent, on whom author Ian Fleming based his character James Bond.
• Dragomir Lalin (1924-2013), was born in Titel. He was a Serbian dissident, under the regime of Josip Broz Tito. Dragomir Lalin was the founder of Milan Vidak wire factory and Garant auto engine parts factory in Futog.

File:038 Titel, Knicanin, Tisa, Danube - Serbia.jpg|Aerial view

File:Titel Orthodox Church.jpg|Serbian Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos

File:Titel Catholic Church.jpg|Catholic Church in Titel

File:Titel4.jpg|Abandoned church in Titel

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• Marko Jovanov, Devet vekova od pomena imena Titela, Titelski letopis, Titel, 2001

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• [http://www.opstinatitel.rs/ Official presentation of Titel municipality]
• [http://www.titel.rs/ Official presentation of Titel Local Community]
• [http://www.ravnica.info/ Ravnica magazine - Titel Current Local News]

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