Plandište is a village and municipality in
South Banat DistrictSouth Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia with the seat of the district in Pančevo. It borders Romania to the east. The district lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina...
of
VojvodinaVojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
,
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. The village has a population of 4,248, while Plandište municipality has 13,355 inhabitants. One of municipality's best known landmarks is
Kapetanovo CastleKapetanovo Castle is a neogothic castle located in the village of Stari Lec, in the Plandište municipality in northeastern Serbia. In 1991, it was included on the national list of monuments of culture of great importance, and since then it has been protected....
, located in
Stari LecStari Lec is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,094 people...
.
Name
In
SerbianSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
, the village is known as Пландиште or
Plandište, in
RomanianRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
as
Plandişte, in
HungarianHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
as
Zichyfalva, and in
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
as
Zichydorf.
The name of the village derived from the word "plandovati" used in the local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian means "odmarati", and in English means "rest".
History
First data about this settlement is from the second half of the 17th century when it was mentioned under name "Morminta". In this time, settlement was populated by Serbs. After Germans were settled in this area (in 1783), settlement was expanded and named "Zičidorf". In 1805, settlement had population of 2,037 people. After World War I it was named "Mariolana" and after World War II it was named "Plandište". In the end of World War II, Germans left to Germany, while 1,919 colonists from Macedonia, other places of Vojvodina, Slovenia and Croatia settled in Plandište. Before World War I, settlement was part of Banlok municipality, and later it was part of Vršac municipality. During 1950s, Plandište became administrative seat of its own municipality.
Source: Stevan Kovačević, Gradovi Srbije u slici i reči, Beograd, 2010.
Inhabited places
Plandište municipality includes the following villages:
- Plandište
- Banatski Sokolac
Banatski Sokolac is a village located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 366 people...
- Barice
Barice is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Romanian ethnic majority and its population numbering 598 people .-See also:...
- Velika Greda
Velika Greda is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province...
- Veliki Gaj
Veliki Gaj is a village located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
- Dužine
Dužine is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 219 people...
- Jermenovci
Jermenovci is a village located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
- Kupinik
Kupinik is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 349 people .-See also:...
- Laudonovac
Laudonovac is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 24 people .-References:...
- Margita
Margita can refer to:* Margita, a village near Plandište, Vojvodina, Serbia.* Margita or Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland, a town near Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria....
- Markovićevo
Markovićevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 216 people .-External links:*...
- Miletićevo
Miletićevo is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 622 people .-Name:...
- Stari Lec
Stari Lec is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,094 people...
- Hajdučica
Hajdučica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Plandište municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province...
Population
Historical population of the village:
Year |
1869 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
1910 |
1921 |
1931 |
1948 |
1953 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
Total |
2,937 |
2,636 |
3,128 |
3,192 |
2,846 |
3,120 |
3,281 |
3,040 |
3,096 |
3,509 |
3,769 |
4,122 |
Ethnic groups in the municipality
- 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...
(56.36%)
- Hungarians (12.1%)
- Macedonians
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
(9.69%)
- Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
(7.21%)
- Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
(5.41%)
- Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
(2.24%)
- Roma (2.01%)
Settlements by ethnic majority
Settlements with
Serb ethnic majority are: Plandište, Banatski Sokolac, Velika Greda, Veliki Gaj, Dužine, Kupinik, Laudonovac, Markovićevo, Miletićevo, and Stari Lec. The settlement with
Romanian ethnic majority is Barice. The settlement with
Hungarian ethnic majority is Jermenovci. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative
Serb majority is Margita. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative
Slovak majority is Hajdučica.
Ethnic groups in the village
Year |
Total |
SerbsThe 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...
|
MacedoniansThe Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
|
YugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
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Hungarians |
RomaniansThe Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
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SlovaksThe Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
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Montenegrins |
Unknown |
1991 |
4,380 |
54.84% |
23.69% |
9.2% |
5.57% |
1.57% |
0.82% |
0.66% |
3.65% |
2002 |
4,270 |
59.46% |
21.31% |
3.93% |
5.69% |
1.7% |
0.96% |
0.42% |
6.53% |
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