Bukovac
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Bukovac is a village in Serbia
. It is situated in the Petrovaradin
urban municipality (one of two municipalities of the City of Novi Sad
), in the Vojvodina
province. The village has a Serb
ethnic majority and its population is 3,595 (2002 census).
, but it is part of South Bačka District
. The village is situated on the brows of Fruška Gora
mountain, and it is part of the metropolitan area of Novi Sad
. It takes 9 kilometers from Novi Sad city center to reach the village. The City bus number 64 drives to the village once every hour or more frequently during rush hours. Bukovački potok (Bukovac Stream) flows through the village.
Bukovac was founded during the Ottoman
rule in the 16th century by the Serb settlers. There is a Serbian Orthodox church
from 1808 in the village.
There is one elementary school (grades 1-8) and kindergarten.
Village's population was boosted throughout late 1950s, '60s and early '70s when settlers from Bosnia came to Vojvodina. With negative natality across Vojvodina and people emigrating to Western Europe, during the Balkan conflicts Serb refugees from former Yugoslav republics Bosnia and Croatia helped boost village's population in the 1990s.
as he used to visit the spring with his wife. Today it's a place where trailers and mountaineers stop by for refreshment while hiking across Fruska Gora. Village's mountaineering society is named 'Vilina Vodica'.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is situated in the Petrovaradin
Petrovaradin
Petrovaradin , is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad in Serbia...
urban municipality (one of two municipalities of the City of 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....
), in the Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
province. The village has a Serb
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
ethnic majority and its population is 3,595 (2002 census).
The name
The name Bukovac is thought to be derived from the word for a tree - 'bukva' ('beech'). The legend says when first settlers settled where now village's center is, there was an old beech so they named the place Bukovac upon that tree. There are also villages named Bukovac in central Serbia and in former Yugoslav republics.Geography
Bukovac is geographically located in SyrmiaSyrmia
Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....
, but it is part of 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...
. The village is situated on the brows of Fruška Gora
Fruška Gora
Fruška Gora is a mountain in north Syrmia. Most part of the territory is located within Vojvodina, Serbia, but a smaller part on its western side overlaps the territory of Croatia...
mountain, and it is part of the metropolitan area of 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....
. It takes 9 kilometers from Novi Sad city center to reach the village. The City bus number 64 drives to the village once every hour or more frequently during rush hours. Bukovački potok (Bukovac Stream) flows through the village.
History, culture and education
Illyrian tumuli and necropolis have been unearthed in the town.Bukovac was founded during 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...
rule in the 16th century by the Serb settlers. There is a Serbian Orthodox church
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
from 1808 in the village.
There is one elementary school (grades 1-8) and kindergarten.
Historical population
- 1961: 1,329
- 1971: 2,012
- 1981: 2,641
- 1991: 3,040
Village's population was boosted throughout late 1950s, '60s and early '70s when settlers from Bosnia came to Vojvodina. With negative natality across Vojvodina and people emigrating to Western Europe, during the Balkan conflicts Serb refugees from former Yugoslav republics Bosnia and Croatia helped boost village's population in the 1990s.
Sports
Most of the village's sports life revolves around its football club, Fruškogorski Partizan. The field is situated in the center of the village.Attractions in and around Bukovac
There is a famous Fruska Gora's spring Vilina Vodica (Fairy's Water) nearby the village mentioned in poems of one of the greatest Serb poets Jovan Jovanović ZmajJovan Jovanovic Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj was one of the best-known Serbian poets. He was a physician by profession, like his literary predecessor writer Jovan Stejić ....
as he used to visit the spring with his wife. Today it's a place where trailers and mountaineers stop by for refreshment while hiking across Fruska Gora. Village's mountaineering society is named 'Vilina Vodica'.
Famous people
- dr Pavle Bugarčić, а professor at the Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad
- Boris KovačBoris Kovac-Biography:Kovač was born in Novi Sad, the capital of the Vojvodina region of Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia. He studied on the accordion as a child and later received one year of instruction on saxophone, but is self-taught on a wide array of instruments....
, a musician from Bukovac - Milica Stojadinović-SrpkinjaMilica Stojadinovic-SrpkinjaMilica Stojadinovic-Srpkinja was arguably the greatest female Serbian poet of the 19th century.-Biography:...
(1830–1878), a writer born in Bukovac