Ečka

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::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Ečka
native_name	Ечка
image_skyline	Srpska pravoslavna crkva Svetog Nikole u Ečki.jpg
image_caption	Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Serbia
settlement_type	Village (Selo)
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Vojvodina
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Central Banat
subdivision_type3	Municipalities
subdivision_name3	Zrenjanin
population_as_of	2022
population_footnotes
population_total	3406
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
coordinates
elevation_m	71
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	23203
area_code	+381(0)23
blank_name	Car plates
blank_info	ZR
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Ečka (Ечка, ; , ) 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

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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.

In 1870, after the death of the last male member of the Lazar family and the castle owner, Sigismund Lázár de Ecska (d. 1870), his widow, Viktoria Edelspacher de Gyorok (1841-1895) inherited the castle. In 1871, due to her second marriage to Prince Egon Maximilian (1832-1892), the castle becomes the property of the House of Thurn und Taxis, later owned by the families of Harnoncourt and Pallavicini until the end of the WWII.

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.
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.
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.

References

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

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

References

(October 2022). "POPIS 22 - EXCEL TABLE". Republic of Serbia.
"Kaštel kroz vreme {{!}} Kaštel Ečka".
"Ečka".
https://www.topsrbija.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9723:raanje-i-uspon-dinastije-lazar-od-eke&catid=320:manastiri&Itemid=563
"Споменици културе у Србији, Српска Православна црква Св. Николе".
"Ечка".
"Споменици културе у Србији, Румунска Православна црква".
(2024-12-15). "Istorijat školstva u Ečki – OŠ ''DR ALEKSANDAR SABOVLJEV'' EČKA".

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