Kisač
Kisač
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 View from the Evangelical Church Tower in Kisač | |
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| Postal code | 21211 |
| Area code | +381(0)21 |
| Car plates | NS |
| Website | www |
Kisač (Serbian Cyrillic: Кисач; Slovak: Kysáč) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The settlement has a Slovak ethnic majority.
Name
In Serbian and Croatian the village is known as Kisač (Кисач); in Slovak as Kysáč; in Czech as Kysáč; and in Hungarian as Kiszács.
History
The village was firstly mentioned in 1457. In this time it was under administration of the medieval
In the end of the 17th century, the region of Bačka was captured by the Habsburg monarchy and in the beginning of the 18th century population of Kisač numbered 110 Serb houses. The Serbs, however, emigrated to Syrmia and the village became abandoned. It was later rebuilt and populated by the Slovak settlers from the Pest County and Central Slovakia. First settlers arrived in 1773, while most of them arrived between 1776 and 1786. In 1798, population of Kisač numbered 337 Slovak families.
Until the middle of the 19th century, the village was part of the
Since 1918, the village was part of the
From 1941 to 1944, Kisač and
Demographics
Ethnic groups
1971:
According to the 1971 census, ethnic Slovaks comprised 90.60% of population of the village.
2002:
In 2002, population of Kisač numbered 5,471 people, including:
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5,664 | — |
| 1953 | 5,671 | +0.1% |
| 1961 | 5,907 | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 6,022 | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 6,220 | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 5,850 | −5.9% |
| 2002 | 5,471 | −6.5% |
| 2011 | 5,091 | −6.9% |
| Source: Census [2] | ||
Culture
There is a Slovak Evangelist Church (from 1795) and a Serbian Orthodox Church (from 1773) in the settlement. The Kisač Culture and Information Centre (KYS), founded in 1964, promotes cultural activities, mainly folklore and amateur theatre. Radio Kisač, a part of KYS, was the first local radio station to be founded in Vojvodina.
Geography
Traffic
It is connected to Novi Sad by bus lines 42 and 43.
Notable people
- Milan Stepanov, footballer
- Ján Podhradský, footballer
- Jozef Roháček, Bible translator
- Ivan Vladimir Rohaček, chess player
- Daniel Pixiades, writer
Sister cities
Kisač has friendship with:
See also
- Tankosićevo
- Novi Sad
- List of places in Serbia
- List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
References
- ^ "Насеља општине Нови Сад" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Naselja Bačke - geografske karakteristike, Novi Sad, 2007.
- Enciklopedija Novog Sada, sveska 11, Novi Sad, 1998.
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