Ečka

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Village in Vojvodina, Serbia

Ečka Ечка
Village (Selo)
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
45°19′04″N 20°26′20″E / 45.31778°N 20.43889°E / 45.31778; 20.43889
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	Central Banat
Elevation	71 m (233 ft)
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	3,406
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23203
Area code	+381(0)23
Car plates	ZR

Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, pronounced [êtʃka]; Romanian: Ecica, Hungarian: 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)

The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).

Serbs = 2,483 (55.02%)
Romanians = 1,325 (29.36%)
Hungarians = 196 (4.34%)
Yugoslavs = 123 (2.73%)
Romani = 72 (1.60%)

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

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.^[2]^[3]

There are three churches in Ečka:^[3]

Serbian Orthodox Church of Sveti Nikola built in 1711
Romanian Orthodox Church built in mid 19th century
The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist built in 1864

References

^ "POPIS 22 - EXCEL TABLE". Republic of Serbia. October 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Kaštel kroz vreme | Kaštel Ečka". kastelecka.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Ečka". Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture Zrenjanin. Retrieved 26 July 2024.