Ratkovo (Odžaci)

Ratkovo ( Cyrillic Ратково, German Para Butsch ) is a village in the Opština ( large village ) Odžaci ( German Hodschag ) in the district of West - Backa ( Bačka Zapadna ) of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia with about 4200 inhabitants ( 2002). The place is located halfway between Apatin and Novi Sad at an altitude of 80 to 88 meters above the sea level. In 1948, the place Parabuć ( Парабућ ) renamed Ratkovo, after the Serb fighters in the Spanish Civil War Ratko Pavlovic "Chico".

History

The 150 - year reign of the Ottomans led to the destruction and depopulation of the Pannonian Plain. Of the Turks tolerated nomadic Southern Slavs have already taken on existing towns or founded new settlements. However, the former turmoil did not allow sustainable settlements in the rule. In Para Butsch the first traces of Slavic settlers to the year 1650 go back. According to Ottoman records ( Defter ) is para Butsch ( as one of 150 abandoned settlements ) enumerated as the desolate village. 1715 already lived again 4 Slavic families in today's place. In 1748 the population has grown to 113 Slavic families. The first school is detectable since 1745.

After the victory of the Austrians against the Turks (1697 ) under Prince Eugene at Zenta and the subsequent Treaty of Karlowitz (1699 ), the Ottoman Empire was forced to cede inter alia, the Batschka to Austria. After the appearance of the Imperial Impopulationspatentes ( " .. for better Auffhelfung, again survey and population of the same " ) was part of the Vienna Court Chamber planned an immediate resettlement of Backa, but soon because of the primacy of the military frontier ( Pantschowa, Timisoara, etc. ) was cleared. As the fundamental Wiederbesiedler of " Batscher District " - as the official expression was now called - can the Hofkammerrat used under Empress Maria Theresa of Anton Cothmann be considered. His work falls within the period of the Second Great Swabian migration (1763 - 1773). 1748, began as part of the Teresian colonization the planned settlement of 200 " German families " of Bavaria, Württemberg, Palatinate, and Baden, and French from Lorraine in the eastern part of the village, which was completed about 1772. In the census of 1900 4347 inhabitants were registered. Among them were 3463 German, 475 Serbs and Croats, 194 Hungarians, Slovaks and 32 Other 3. In the resort also lived 92 Jews who were not listed separately. The first Catholic church was built in 1784, but in 1811 by a more modern church "St. Johann Nepomuk "has been replaced.

Para Butsch in World War II

With the beginning of World War II, all able-bodied men of the place of the Yugoslav army were drafted into military service. After the surrender of the Yugoslav army, the German men took to the Hungarian army, but were also called upon to volunteer in the SS. Since this call was unsuccessful, however, virtually all tangible men born in 1900 were forced patterned to 1924. The recent vintages were brought to Prague for basic training and then ordered to the Eastern Front. The older age groups reported a majority of " Hipo " ( auxiliary police ), to bypass the military service.

In April 1942, the 7th Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" was established. First, the service was voluntary in the division, but later all the conscript German men Vojvodina of 17 were up to 50 years if they were not indispensable in agriculture, fed. With the formation of the "Prinz Eugen" was Himmler the first " racial selection " and the " voluntary principle " for the Waffen-SS dropped. The Prinz Eugen Division was operating mainly in Bosnia and Serbia, which is why their soldiers were later declared by the Yugoslav government to traitors.

• Place in Okrug Zapadna Bačka
• Place in Backa
• Opština Odžaci