Čakovci
Čakovci
Csákovác ( Vukovar-Syrmia | |
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Municipality | Tompojevci |
Area | |
• Total | 6.4 sq mi (16.5 km2) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 264 |
• Density | 41/sq mi (16/km2) |
Demonym(s) | Čakovčanin (♂) Čakovčankaa (♀) (per UTC+2 (CEST ) |
Postal code | 32 238 |
Čakovci (Hungarian: Csákovác, Serbian: Чаковци) is a village in the Tompojevci municipality in eastern Croatia.
Name
The name of the village in Croatian is plural.
History
The continuous human presence in village comes from the period of Middle Ages.[4] The papal legate two times visited village, first time in 1333 and second in 1335.[4] The first sources in which village was mentioned used its Hungarian name Chak which was subsequently Croatized into modern day version Čakovci.[4] Čakovci area up to the Ottoman conquest was relatively densely populated, and after the fall of Syrmia, village was depopulated so that at the time before Ottomans withdrawal from the region in 1715 village had 8 Catholic households.[4] One household was from Sarajevo.[4]
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WWII monument to 4th Montenegrin Proletarian Brigade
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cross on the road to Berak
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Serbian Orthodox Church of the Presentation of Mary
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Roman Catholic Church
After the departure of the Ottomans, the King's chamber began to settle
Village population increased over time so that in 1847 it counted 690 residents.
On the village square Alliance of fighters from Vrbas built the monument in the 1949 to the Yugoslav Partisans fighters from the 4th Montenegrin Proletarian Brigade from the time of Syrmian Front during the World War II.[6] Basis of the monument has a shape of a red star.[6]
Education
There is one 8 year elementary school in Čakovci. Since many historical documents were destroyed during Croatian War of Independence there are no certain information about school historical work.
Culture
In 1953 the Hungarian community established the Petőfi Sándor Cultural-Artistic Association, which is still active today.
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Hungarian House in Čakovci
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Bilingual plate on Hungarian House in Čakovci
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Sándor Petőfi Street
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Plate marking donation fromGovernment of Norway and Norwegian Refugee Councilfrom 1997
References
- ^ Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 34. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Općina Tompojevci-Čakovci". Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ISBN 9532221239.
- ^ a b "Generalni konzulat Republike Srbije u Vukovaru". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia). Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Osnovna škola Čakovci-O školi". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Općina Tompojevci-KUD "Petöfi Sándor" Čakovci". Retrieved 16 June 2015.