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Црвенка Crvenka

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Crvenka (Црвенка) is a town located in the Kula

Kula (Vojvodina)

Kula is a town and municipality in the West Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town Kula has a population of 19,293, while the Kula municipality has a population of 48,306.- Name :...

municipality, in the West Bačka District

West Backa District

West Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Bačka, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 215,916...

of Serbia

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 Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

. In 2002, the population of the town numbered 10,315 people.

Name

In Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

, the town is known as Црвенка or Crvenka, in Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

as Cservenka, and in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

as Tscherwenka or Rotweil.

Name of the town derived from the Serbian word "crveno" ("red" in English).

History

Crvenka was firstly mentioned in the 16th century, during 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...

administration. It was populated by ethnic Serbs

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...

and was part of the Sanjak of Segedin and of the Budin Eyalet

Budin Province, Ottoman Empire

Budin Eyalet was an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire in Central Europe and the Balkans...

. In the second half of the 17th century, this area was not populated.

In the end of the 17th century, the region of Bačka

Backa

Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...

was captured by the Habsburg Monarchy

Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...

and in the second half of the 18th century Crvenka was mentioned as a small settlement. It was colonized by Serbs

Serbs

, Hungarians and Germans

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

. Until the middle of the 19th century, the town was part of the Batsch-Bodrog County within the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary

Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary

The term Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary can refer to the following provinces of the Habsburg Empire :*Kingdom of Hungary *Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary...

. In 1848-1849 it was part of the autonomous Serbian Vojvodina

Serbian Vojvodina

The Serbian Vojvodina was a Serbian autonomous region within the Austrian Empire...

and from 1849 to 1860 it was part of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, an separate Habsburg crownland. After abolishment of the voivodeship in 1860, the town was again included into Batsch-Bodrog County. According to 1910 census, most of the inhabitants of the town spoke German language

German language

.

Since 1918, the town was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

). In 1918-1919, it was part of the Banat, Bačka and Baranja

Banat, Backa and Baranja

Banat, Bačka and Baranja was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes between October 1918 and March 1919...

region, and also (from 1918 to 1922) part of the 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....

County. From 1922 to 1929, it was part of the Bačka

Backa

Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...

Oblast, and from 1929 to 1941 part of the Danube Banovina

Danube Banovina

The Danube Banovina or Danube Banate was a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of the geographical regions of Syrmia, Bačka, Banat, Baranja, Šumadija, and Braničevo. The capital city of the Danube Banovina was Novi Sad...

.

From 1941 to 1944, Crvenka was under Axis

Axis Powers

The Axis powers , also known as the Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries, or just the Axis, was an alignment of great powers during the mid-20th century that fought World War II against the Allies. It began in 1936 with treaties of friendship between Germany and Italy and between Germany and...

occupation and was attached to the Horthy's

Miklós Horthy

Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar years and throughout most of World War II, serving from 1 March 1920 to 15 October 1944. Horthy was styled "His Serene Highness the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary" .Admiral Horthy was an officer of the...

Hungary

Hungary during World War II

Hungary during World War II was a member of the Axis powers. In the 1930s, the Kingdom of Hungary relied on increased trade with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany to pull itself out of the Great Depression. By 1938, Hungarian politics and foreign policy had become increasingly pro-Fascist Italian and...

. In 1944, the Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

and Yugoslav partisans expelled Axis troops from the region and Crvenka was included into autonomous province of Vojvodina

Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1945-1963)

The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina was an autonomous province of PR Serbia, within the larger federation of FPR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1963, when it was transformed into the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.-History:The province was formed in October 1944 when Soviet Red Army and...

within new socialist Yugoslavia. Since 1945, Vojvodina is part of the People's Republic of Serbia within Yugoslavia. In the end of the World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Germans

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

left from Crvenka, which was then populated by 4,383 (mostly Serb

Serbs

and Montenegrin) colonists that originated from Bosnia and Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. In 1948, these colonists comprised 63.7% of population.

Ethnic groups

In 2002 the population of Crvenka was 10,163 people, including:

Serbs
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...

= 7,264 (71.48%)
Montenegrins = 1,313 (12.92%)
Hungarians = 493 (4.85%)
Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

= 183 (1.8%)
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

= 156 (1.54%)
others (including Ukrainians
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

, Pannonian Rusyns
Pannonian Rusyns
Rusyns in Pannonia, or simply Rusyns or Ruthenians , are a Slavic minority in Serbia and Croatia...

, Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

, Roma People
Roma people
The Romani, who are known collectively in the Romani language as Romane or Rromane and also as Romany, Romanies, Romanis, Roma or Roms, are an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to the Indian Subcontinent...

, etc)

Historical population

1948: 6,879
1953: 7,797
1961: 9,369
1971: 10,098
1981: 10,629
1991: 10,409
2002: 10,315

Politics

There is an initiative among inhabitants of Crvenka that this settlement should become its own municipality.
Long time Major of Crvenka, Hercen Radonjic - Keka, is running a local Green Party.

Economy

Crvenka is a small town with a very strong economy, especially industry and agriculture.

Here is a list of the most important companies from Crvenka:

Sugar Factory Crvenka (Crvenka Fabrika Šećera a.d. / EBZ) http://www.secerana-crvenka.rs/eng/indexE.htm
The Jaffa Biscuit Company http://www.jaffa.co.rs/en/
Alcohol and Beverage Factory Panon AD http://www.adpanon.co.rs/eng/about.htm
FSH Crvenka AD
Jedinstvo IGM Crvenka http://www.igm-jedinstvo.co.rs/
SIGMA d.o.o
ALTER EGO d.o.o http://www.alterego.rs
DP Zaliv d.o.o. http://www.zaliv.rs/
ZZ Novo
BXB d.o.o
Permak d.o.o http://www.permark.rs/

Sport

Crvenka has a very famous handball club, named RK Crvenka http://www.rkcrvenka.org.rs/. There is also football team, FK Crvenka

FK Crvenka

FK Crvenka is a football club based in Crvenka, Serbia.-History:The club was founded in 1919 as CSK - Crvenački Sportski Klub. In 1945, it changed its name to FK Spartakus. In 1962, Spartakus merged with another club from Crvenka, FK Jedinstvo, becoming FK Crvenka...

, with a long tradition. Crvenka is also well famous by chess (club is SK MILJO VUJOVIC Crvenka) and karate.

Site about sport in Crvenka: http://www.sccrvenka.com/fudbalski-klub-crvenka.php

External links

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