EÄka
Ečka ( Serbian Cyrillic Ечка, Romanian: Română Ecica, Hungarian: Écska ( until 1899 Angol - Écska ), German: German - Etschka ) is a place in the Serbian Banat and belongs to the administrative area of the city Zrenjanin.
History
Attila, the Hun, erected a tent camp on the site of the present village Ečka in the campaign against the Roman Empire. The name is derived from the name Ečka Atillas woman, according to legends even from the name of one of his daughters, who died in this camp at a young age. Historical documents according to established Magyars the village, where it was followed by the Serbs and Romanians.
The development of the village began with the settlement of the Transylvanian Count Lazar Lukács, which the hunting lodge Kastel Ečka left on his large estates in the 19th century built on the English model. At the opening ceremony on August 29, 1820 played the then nine -year-old composer Franz Liszt on piano. Today serves, renovated in its original style, hunting lodge as a hotel, has 14 rooms and three apartments and is surrounded by a park. Among the most prestigious guests Kaštela included Emperor Franz Joseph I and Count Esterházy.
Today Ečka is a typical banatisches village with a Neo-Romanesque Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox Church. Built about 1711 Sveti Nikola Church is one of the oldest Serbian Orthodox churches in Vojvodina.
Demography
According to the 2011 Census lived in Ečka 3997 people in 1498 households. 361 other people have a permanent residence in Ečka, but live abroad permanently. Compared to the census of 2002, the population thus declined by 519 persons and 66 households.
More than half of the population is Serb ethnicity, almost a quarter have Romanian roots.
- Serbs: 55.01 %
- Romanians: 29.35%
- Hungary: 4.34%
- Yugoslavs: 2.72%
- Roma, 1.59 %
- Montenegrin: 0.46%
- Croats: 0.31%
- Bulgarians: 0.26%
- Slovak: 0.19%
- German: 0.19%
- Macedonians: 0.11%
- Slovenia: 0.08 %
- Muslims: 0.08 %
- Ukrainians: 0.06 %
- Albanians: 0.02 %
- Unknown: 1.13%
Gallery
Catholic Church Ečka in the Romanesque Revival style
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist ( 1864) from the south
Castle in Ečka (1783 ) with the Catholic Church (1864 ) and water tower of Mužlja
Castle in Ečka (1783 ) with monument in the park and the Catholic Church (1864 )
Iconostasis in the Romanian Orthodox Church
Bridge over the Bega ( Begej ), built in 1889, renovated in 1894 and 2005
Ceiling and walls of the Catholic Church, painted by Jozef Geugner around 1864
Crypt with Coat of Arms and tomb of Count Lazar under the church ( during a flood in 2010 )
Old bridge over Begej Etschka in 1995; designed and renovated by Count Felix Harnoncourt
Old bridge over Begej Etschka on June 16, 1995 at Corpus Christi was the first heiliege Communion.