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Stari Banovci is a village in 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 located in the Stara Pazova

Stara Pazova

Stara Pazova is a town and municipality in Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 18,645, while Stara Pazova municipality has 67,576 inhabitants.-Name:...

municipality, in the region of Srem

Syrmia

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(Srem District

Srem District

Syrmia or Srem District is a northwestern district of Serbia. It lies in the regions of Syrmia and Mačva, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 309,981...

), 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 population of the village is 5,488 people (2002 census), including 5,034 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...

History

In ancient times, Roman

Roman Empire

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fortress named Burgene existed at this location. The village of Banovci existed here since the 16th century, and perhaps even before that. Another two villages, Darinovci and Tusa, were situated at this location, but both were later resettled.

According to 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...

census from 1566/7, most of the inhabitants of Banovci were Serbs

Serbs

. In 1734, the population of the village was composed of 53 houses. In 1756, population numbered 211 houses.

During the Axis

Axis Powers

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occupation in World War II

World War II

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, 158 villagers were murdered, 52 were sent to concentration camp Sajmište

Sajmište concentration camp

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, 38 were sent to forced labour, and 104 were held as war prisoners.

Family names of the villagers

Some of the prominent families in the village include: Azlen, Ašćerić, Babić

Babic

Babić is a common Bosniak, Croatian and Serbian family name. Among the population of the Republic of Croatia it is 3rd most frequent surname. It may refer to:- Family names :* Safet Babic, German politician...

, Bajić

Bajic

Bajić is a South Slavic surname, may refer to:*Brana Bajic*Branimir Bajić*Branislav Bajić*Isidor Bajić*Marko Bajić*Mane Bajić*Mladen Bajić*Nedeljko Bajić Baja*Robert Bajic...

, Barišić, Bošković, Damjanac, Dražeta

Dražeta

Dražeta , in some English sources also Drazeta, is a Serbian and Croatian surname and personal name. This surname is fairly rare, and originally could be found in five places on the territory of former Yugoslavia: Mošorin , Stari Banovci , Ivoševci , Hodilje , and Jajce...

, Drljača, Đorđević, Đurić, Gojković, Grabovica, Gugleta, Ilić

Iliç

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, Jekić, Jojić, Jovanović

Jovanovic

Jovanović is a common Serbian surname. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation...

, Knežević

Kneževic

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, Korlat

Korlát

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, Korolija, Kovačević

Kovacevic

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, Kristić, Lazarević, Levnajić, Malbaša, Malenić, Maljković, Marković

Markovic

Marković is a common Serbian and Croatian family name. It is a patronym of Marko, the local variant of the common European name Marcus or Mark.- People with last name Marković :...

, Mijačević, Mijatović, Miljković, Mirilovic, Mrđić, Nikolić

Nikolic

Nikolić is a Christian Croatian Serbian and Montenegrin surname and may refer to the following people:*Aleksandar Nikolić, basketball player and coach...

, Ostojić, Petrović

Petrovic

Petrović is a slavic last name,found in countries with slavic population.Examples of souch countries are : Croatia,Serbia,Montenegro,Bosnia and Hercegovina,Slovenia,Macedonia,Russia,this surename or last name is not tied to nationaliti,some people tie this last name to Serbian and Montenegrian...

, Pražić, Preočanin, Prtina, Purić, Radojčić, Riđošić, Sasin, Savić

Savić

Savić, Savic , Savich or Savitch is a surname that can be found among Serbians, Russians, or Jews. It is related to the name Sava...

, Skerletović, Slavik

Slávik

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, Srebro, Sovilj, Stanković

Stankovic

-Notable individuals:*Aca Stanković, Serbian pole vaulter*Borisav Stanković, early 20th century realist writer*Borislav Stanković, basketball administrator, longtime FIBA chairman, retired basketball player*Branko Stanković, late footballer and coach...

, Šaula

Saula

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, Šimunović, Tišma

Tisma

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, Tomašević, Ušljebrka, Večerinac, Vezmar, Vidaković

Vidakovic

Vidaković is a South Slavic surname derived from Vida and Vidak family names. It is associated with Serbs, Croats, Bunjevci and Montenegrins ethnic groups and is commonly found in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.It may refer to the following people:*Albe Vidaković Croatian...

, Vojnović, Vujasinović, Vukadinović, Zeljug, Zorić, etc.

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History

Family names of the villagers

See also

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