| Kruščica | |
| Native Name: | Крушчица |
| Pushpin Map: | Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kruščica within Serbia |
| Settlement Type: | Village (Selo) |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vojvodina |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | South Banat |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipalities |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Total Type: | Kruščica |
| Population Total: | 989 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 44.8725°N 21.2531°W |
| Elevation M: | 166 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | +381(0)13 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | VŠ |
Kruščica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bela Crkva municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (71.38%) with a sizable Czech minority (23.35%) and a population of 989 people, according to the 2002 census.
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The first Czechs appeared in Kruščica in 1834. Settlers from the first wave of Czech immigrants came from Czech settlement villages in the mountains of the Romanian Banat – from Gârnic, Ravensca, Șumița and Bigăr. Subsequently, Czechs also started moving to Kruščica directly from the Czech lands, mostly from central and south-western Bohemia.[1] Currently (2022), the Czech association in Kruščica operates in the village, which also manages the local Czech cultural house.[2] In the past, there was a Czech school in Kruščica (it closed in 1964), today Czech language is taught by a teacher sent by the Foreign Cooperation House (of course, he also works in other Czech settlements of the Serbian Banat).[3] [4] The Czechs there are mostly Roman Catholic, in 1912 they were behind the building of the Church of St. Wenceslas, in which mass is celebrated in Czech to this day.[5]