Building in the village. The razed Evangelical church stood here until the end of the 1940s.
Beška (Бешка) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the region of Srem (Srem District), in Inđija municipality. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 6,239 people (2002 census).
[edit] History
In the archeological site of Kalakača findings of Early Bosut culture (Bosut-Basarabi) with traits of Gava culture dating to the 9th century BC[1]
It was first mentioned in 1564. During Ottoman rule (16th-17th century) the village of Beška was populated by Serbs. During Habsburg rule, ethnic Germans settled here as well. As a consequence of World War II events in Yugoslavia, German population fled from the village after this war, while new inhabitants mostly originating from Croatia settled in the village instead of the Germans.
[edit] Ethnic groups
[edit] Historical population
- 1961: 5,378
- 1971: 6,351
- 1981: 6,377
- 1991: 6,166
- 2002: 6,239
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.
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Coordinates: 45°08′N 20°04′E / 45.133°N 20.067°E / 45.133; 20.067
