Bobota, Croatia
Bobota
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Village | |
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| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Vukovar-Srijem |
| Municipality | Trpinja |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,491 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 32 225 Bobota |
| Vehicle registration | VU |
Bobota (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобота)[3] is a village in the municipality of Trpinja in Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia. The population is 1,491.[2]
Name
Villages Trpinja, Bobota and Vera share common legend about origin of their names. According to legend ancestors of today's inhabitants of villages who settled in Great Serb Migrations under Arsenije III Čarnojević were called Bobe. They were fleeing from Ottoman Empire conquest to preserve their faith. Therefore was formed local phrase which says Bobe suffer for faith or in Serbian Bobe trpiše za veru. From word Bobe was created name Bobota, from word suffer (Serbian:trpiti) was created name Trpinja and from word faith (Serbian:vera) was created name of village Vera.[4]
Geography
Bobota is, with Trpinja, the largest settlement in Trpinja municipality. Bobota is surrounded by a villages Pačetin on south, Ćelije on west, Vera on the north and Trpinja, Lipovača and Bršadin on the east. Agricultural land and forests are the main characteristics of the surrounding area.
History
The earliest historical record of Bobota dates from 1269.[5] Based on data from 1366 it could be viewd that the place is inhabited by Orthodox Serbs.[5]
Population
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| population | 1921 | 2083 | 1945 | 2211 | 2140 | 2194 | 2198 | 2324 | 1852 | 1855 | 1940 | 1959 | 1926 | 1881 | 1651 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
Major ethnic group in Bobota are Serbs.
Economy
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A large proportion of the population are employed in agriculture.
Education
Kindergarten Liliput
Kindergarten Liliput was registered on 29 March 1999.[7] Its center is located in Bobota, with additional two branch kindergartens in Bršadin and Trpinja.[7] Kindergarten bear name of fictional island nation of Lilliput from prose satire Gulliver's Travels by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. Since institution operate in villages where Serbs of Croatia constitute majority, it offer its program in the student native Serbian language with additional mandatory learning of Croatian.[7]
Primary School
Local public Primary School in Bobota provides education up to eighth grade. Institution offer classes in Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic Alphabet. School also operate four branch schools in Pačetin, Vera, Klisa and Ludvinci.[8] Those branch schools offer classes for pupils up to the fourth grade while higher grades student have to attend in Bobota. The school building in Bobota consists of two parts, one of which was built in 1928 and the other in 1975.[8] During the school year 2006/2007 new sports hall was built.[8] The school building has 8 classrooms, 7 specialized cabinets, two offices, library, staff room, toilets and central heating.[8] Furniture and educational equipment do not meet all standards due to deterioration and the lack of teaching resources.[8] School Library has in its possession approximately 5,000 items (books, CD-s, magazines).[9]
Associations and Institutions
In the village exist a volunteer fire department Bobota.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Statut Općine Trpinja" (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Bobota". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Minority names in Croatia: Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-08.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ http://www.trpinja.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=26&lang=hr
- ^ a b http://pravoslavlje.spc.rs/broj/965/tekst/dani-posveceni-vaskrsenju-hristovom/print/lat
- ^ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr
- ^ a b c "Općina Trpinja-Dječji vrtić "Liliput-Trpinja"-O nama". Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Osnovna škola Bobota-o školi". Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Osnovna škola Bobota-Knjižnica". Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ http://www.vukovarsko-srijemska-zupanija.com/upload/paragrafi_upload/2009-4-17_31616186_prilog9popisvatrogpostrnovi.pdf
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