Riđica

Riđica Риђица
Village
The Orthodox church
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Population  (2002)
• Total	2,590
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Riđica (Serbian Cyrillic: Риђица) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,590 people (2002 census).

Geography

Riđica is the northernmost settlement of the Sombor municipality; it is 2 km away from the border with Hungary. The closest neighbouring settlements are Stanišić, Kruševlje and Rastina.

History

There are remains of the Celtic fort in this area. The earlist historical record of the village dates from 1535, which mentions it as a possession of Katarina Orlović. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), Riđica was populated by Serbs. During Habsburg rule, Hungarians, Slovaks and Germans settled here as well. While Slovaks were mostly magyarized, Germans left from the village after the Second World War as a consequence of war events. As part of the post-WWII colonization.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 2,165 (83.59%)
• Hungarians = 217 (8.38%)
• Yugoslavs = 83 (3.21%)
• Croats = 63 (2.43%)
• Others.

Historical population

• 1961: 4,291
• 1971: 3,663
• 1981: 3,186
• 1991: 2,806
• 2002: 2,590

Sport

There are volleyball club "Dalmatinac" and football club "Graničar" in the village.

See also

Sombor

Kljajićevo

Čonoplja

Svetozar Miletić

Telečka

Bački Monoštor

Bezdan

Kolut

Bački Breg

Gakovo

Kruševlje

Stanišić

Aleksa Šantić

Rastina

Riđica

Stapar

Doroslovo

Municipality
of Sombor
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• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

• Riđica
• Castle of Imre Kovac, Ridjica

Gallery

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