Bapska Explained

Official Name:Bapska
Settlement Type:Village (Selo)
Pushpin Map:Croatia Vukovar-Srijem County#Croatia#Europe
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:45.1972°N 19.2625°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Ilok
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:26.5
Elevation M:147
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:658
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:32235 Bapska
Area Code:+385 0(32)

Bapska (Hungarian: Bábafalva, German: Bapskau) is a village in Croatia.

Geography

It is located south of Šarengrad (at the D2 highway) and north of Šid, Serbia.

History

In 1664 the village was raided by the Ottoman forces but was subsequently resettled.[2] The old village of Bapska was in 1730s located about two kilometres south from the contemporary village in the location know today as the Stara Bapska (Old Bapska).[2]

During the Croatian War of Independence the village became a part of the self proclaimed SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia. During the war special operations unit Crvene Beretke was stationed in the village where they often confronted local dissatisfaction and resistance due to their attitude towards civilian population.[3]

Demographics

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Bapska had 1,642 inhabitants (in that time in two independent settlements: Bapska with pop. of 794 and Novak with pop. of 848), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Note: Together with former settlement of Novak.

Language

settlementtotalGermanSlovakSerbianSloveneRusynothers
Bapska7945141279119162061
Novak848549221242525align="right"-31

Religion

settlementtotalEast. orthodoxCalvinistsLutheransJewish
Bapska79476520531align="right"-
Novak848814261322

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Mirko Marković . Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja . Naklada Jesenski i Turk . 9532221239 . 53 . 2003 . Zagreb.
  3. Book: Nikolić, Kosta . 188-189 . 2023 . Krajina: 1991.–1995. . Serbo-Croatian . Zaprešić & Zagreb. . 978-953-358-654-0.
  4. Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998.,, ;
  5. Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998.,, ;