Trešnjevac

Trešnjevac Трешњевац (Serbian) Oromhegyes (Hungarian)
Village (Selo)
The Saint Michael Archangel Catholic Church
Trešnjevac Location of Trešnjevac within Serbia Trešnjevac Trešnjevac (Serbia) Trešnjevac Trešnjevac (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°58′28″N 19°59′06″E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	North Banat
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Trešnjevac	1,868
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	24426
Area code	+381(0)24
Car plates	KA

Trešnjevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Трешњевац, Hungarian: Oromhegyes) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority (96.19%) and its population numbering 1,868 people (2002 census).

History

Human communities have lived in this area as early as in the Stone Age. The first written record about the settlement is from 1271. The record mention it under the name Fel-Adrian. Modern Trešnjevac was founded around the 1850s.

Historical population

• 1961: 2,357
• 1971: 2,304
• 1981: 2,135
• 1991: 2,028
• 2002: 1,868
• 2011: 1,763

Features

The inhabitants of the village are mostly farmers; sheep breeding is one of the characteristic features of Trešnjevac.

Politics

During the Bosnian War, the Zitzer Club (Zitzer Spiritual Republic) was an important gathering place for those, who resisted the ongoing war. The foreign media paid special attention to it.

Cultural life

Gazdag Ág, organized in Trešnjevac, is one of the most important folk events in the municipality. It is a competition between folk organizations. The aim of the event is to give platform to the rich cultural heritage of ethnic Hungarian villages in the region. The German Filmmakers Marc Haenecke and Michael Leuthner shot a feature-length documentary about the Zitzer Club, which was broadcast on German TV and was shown on several film festivals.

Twin cities

• Sárospatak, Hungary

See also

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

References

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

External links

• History of Trešnjevac (in Hungarian)