Maglić, Serbia

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Maglić
Маглић (Serbian)
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Map of the Bački Petrovac municipality, showing the location of Maglić

Maglić (Serbian Cyrillic: Маглић) or Bački Maglić (Бачки Маглић) is a village located in the Bački Petrovac municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Of the 2,695 population (2002 census) of the village, 2,426 are ethnic Serbs.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Maglić (Маглић), or formerly also "Bulkes" (Булкес) or "Buljkes" (Буљкес); in Croatian as Maglić; in Hungarian as Bulkeszi or Bulkesz; and in German as "Bulkes" (or Pfalzweiler).

History

Before the

was abandoned
.

In May 1945, 4,650

Comintern, and those who supported the latter left the country. The remaining also emigrated to Greek Macedonia
eventually, with only a few remaining.

The final settlement of the village started in late 1949, and ended around 1953. Settlers, chiefly

Maglić mountain in eastern Herzegovina. The name partly evocates the sentiment of some settlers from that area, and partly subsumes the multi-original nature of the villagers, as it lies on junction of Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro
.

Historical population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19612,180—    
19712,226+2.1%
19812,571+15.5%
19912,732+6.3%

Gallery

  • Old Evangelical Church.
    Old Evangelical Church.

See also

References

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