Bačko Novo Selo Explained

Official Name:Bačko Novo Selo
Pushpin Map:Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Bačka (Podunavlje)
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:South Bačka
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Bač
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:1,228
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:45.3°N 27°W

Bačko Novo Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Бачко Ново Село) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a Bosniak minority. Its population numbering 1,228 people (2002 census). The village was formally known as Batsch Neudorf prior to World War Two.[1] The etymology of the village comes from Slavic languages meaning new village, Novo Selo and Bačko from the region it’s in Bačka.

History

Bačko Novo Selo was historically populated by Danube Swabians. Following the end of the Second World War, the Yugoslav Communist authorities displaced the German population of the village and resettled families from Bosnia. The Yugoslav Communist authorities aimed to develop Bačko Novo Selo into a Muslim colony of Vojvodina, however, by the spring of 1947, only an estimated 138 out of an expected 320 Muslim families settled in Bačko Novo Selo.[2]

Geography

Neighbouring places are Plavna and Mladenovo (both located in Bačka), as well as Sotin and Opatovac, which are situated across the Danube in the Croatian part of Syrmia.

Historical population

Famous residents

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45.3°N 27°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pencz . Rudolf . For the Homeland The 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division in World War II . 2009 . Stackpole Books . 9781461751038.
  2. Book: Attila Hoare . Marko . The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War . 2014 . Oxford University Press . 9780199365432 . 340.
  3. Web site: Refik Memišević . 2007-05-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070712222828/http://www.okscg.org.yu/m034.htm . 2007-07-12 .