Almaš
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Almaš also known as Ajmaš (Ајмаш) and Aljmaš (Аљмаш), was an ethnic Serb
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...

 village in Bačka
Backa
Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...

. It existed until the first half of the 18th century. The village was located on Almaška bara (Almaška bog), between Temerin
Temerin
Temerin is a town and municipality in South Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia...

, Nadalj
Nadalj
Nadalj is a village located in the Srbobran municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,202 people ....

, and Gospođinci.
The hungarian name means "apple".

According to the 1715 census, the population of the village numbered 20 Serb families. In 1718, the village was resettled and its inhabitants moved to Petrovaradinski Šanac (today Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

), and settled in the area between present-day Almaška church and Saborna church. This part of the city was thus named Almaški Kraj
Almaški Kraj
Almaški Kraj is a part of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is situated between the Almaška church and the Saborna church and includes parts of the Podbara, Salajka and Stari Grad neighborhoods.-History and culture:...

("the Almaš quarter").
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