Stari Banovci

Name

The name of the settlement in Serbian is plural.

History

In ancient times, Roman fortress named Burgene existed at this location. The village of Banovci existed here since the 16th century, and perhaps even before that. Another two villages, Darinovci and Tusa, were situated at this location, but both were later resettled.

According to the Ottoman census from 1566/7, most of the inhabitants of Banovci were Serbs. In 1734, the population of the village was composed of 53 houses. In 1756, population numbered 211 houses.

During the Axis occupation in World War II, 158 villagers were murdered, 52 were sent to concentration camp Sajmište, 38 were sent to forced labour, and 104 were held as war prisoners.

Historical population

• 1948: 2,029
• 1953: 2,074
• 1961: 2,374
• 1971: 2,829
• 1981: 3,393
• 1991: 4,033
• 2002: 5,488
• 2011: 5,954

Family names of the villagers

Some of the families in the village include: Antić, Azlen, Ašćerić, Babić, Bajić, Barišić, Bogdanovic, Bošković, Damjanac, Dražeta, Drljača, Đorđević, Đurić, Girgis, Glumac, Gojković, Grabovica, Gugleta, Hinić, Ilić, Janjic, Jekić, Jevtic, Jojić, Jovanović, Kasagic, Knežević, Korlat, Korolija, Kosovic, Kovačević, Kristić, Krndija, Krnjic, Lazarević, Leskur, Levnajić, Lukic, Malbaša, Malenić, Maljković, Marković, Markulin, Mijačević, Mijatović, Miljković, Mirilovic, Mrđić, Nikolić, Obradovic, Ostojić, Petrović, Pražić, Preočanin, Prnjić, Prtina, Punos, Purić, Radojčić, Riđošić, Sasin, Savić, Skerletović, Slavik, Srebro, Sovilj, Stanković, Stanišić, Šaula, Šimunović, Tadic, Tesic, Tica, Tišma, Trninić, Tomašević, Tufegdzic, Ušljebrka, Večerinac, Vezmar, Vidaković, Vojnović, Vujasinović, Vukadinović, Vuković, Vuckovic, Zeljug, Zorić, Zubovic, etc.

Tourism

International hiking- and bikingroute Sultans Trail goes thru Banovci. Both routes follow the old route from Budapest to Istanbul

Education

There is a primary school Slobodan Savković in the village.

Sports

Local football club Dunav Stari Banovci play in the 4th-tier of Serbian football.

References

1. Milorad Babić - Petar Vukelić - Sretenije Zorkić, Hronika Starih Banovaca, Sremska Mitrovica, 1989.
2. Sreta Pecinjački, Stari Banovci do kraja 18. veka, Matica srpska, Zbornik za društvene nauke 36, Novi Sad, 1963.
3. Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

References

1. "Comparative overview of the number of population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011".