Begeč is a village in Serbia

Serbia

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n province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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. It is located in Novi Sad municipality

Novi Sad municipality

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, in South Bačka District

South Backa District

South Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the southern part of Bačka and northern part of Syrmia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 607,835...

. Begeč is situated on the river Danube

Danube

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, approximately 15 km west from Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

, on Bačka Palanka

Backa Palanka

Bačka Palanka is a city and municipality located in Serbia, on left bank of the Danube, at 45.15° North, 19.24° East...

-Novi Sad road. According to 2002 census

Census

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, the village has a Serb

Serbs

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 ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,360 people.

Name

In Serbian

Serbian language

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 Cyrillic, the village is known as Бегеч, in Serbian Latin and Croatian

Croatian language

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 as Begeč, and in Hungarian

Hungarian language

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 as Begecs.

History and culture

In the Roman

Roman Empire

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 times (3rd-4th century), the fort named Castellum Onagrinum existed at this location, as well as pontoon bridge that was used by Romans

Ancient Rome

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 during the war with the Sarmatians

Sarmatians

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.

Begeč was first mentioned in the 16th century and its name derived from the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 ruling title "beg" (or "bey

Bey

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") and word "eč" (meaning "village"), hence the full meaning of the name would be "the village of the beg". There is a Serb Orthodox

Serbian Orthodox Church

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 church from 1838 in the village.

Transport

Village is connected to Novi Sad by a public bus line 56, which operates daily and connect Begeč with Futog

Futog

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, Veternik

Veternik

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 and Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

. Village is also on bus route from Bač and Bačka Palanka

Backa Palanka

Bačka Palanka is a city and municipality located in Serbia, on left bank of the Danube, at 45.15° North, 19.24° East...

 to Novi Sad.

Besides buses and roads, Begeč is connected by river ferry

Ferry

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 to village of Banoštor

Banoštor

Banoštor is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Beočin municipality, in the Vojvodina province. Although, the village is geographically located in Syrmia, it is part of the South Bačka District. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 780 people .-Name:The name...

 in Syrmia

Syrmia

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, across Danube

Danube

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 river. For pedestrians and bicycles it is free of charge, cars pay toll of 200 Serbian dinar

Serbian dinar

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s (approximately 2 Euro

Euro

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s).

Famous residents

The famous residents of Begeč are footballers:

• Vujadin Boškov
  Vujadin Boškov
  Vujadin Boškov is a retired Serbian football player and coach.Boškov was born in the village of Begeč near Novi Sad, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career...
  
  
• Radomir Krstić
• Lazar Vasić