Šušara

The Catholic Church in Şuşară

Şuşară ( Serbian Cyrillic Шушара, German schools Chara - sand village, Hungarian Fejértelep -Puszta ) is a village in the Serbian Banat with 376 inhabitants ( as of 2002). It is located approximately 35 km east of Vrsac.

History

In 1812 the population of schools Chara - sand village started by German settlers who mostly came from Baden- Württemberg, Ulm, and from the North Banat and are not considered Erstkolonisten. The new settlers were initially only tenants and not owners of their houses and fields. In the years 1812-1900 this then acquired lands. In the following decades there were in the renewal of the leases often disagreements and frictions, which led to the emigration of several families.

Infrastructure

The soil is very fertile and wheat, sunflower and corn are grown. In addition, there are growing sugar beets, tobacco, and grain. In the time of the blockade of Yugoslavia, the main source of income was agricultural products from Vojvodina, which were smuggled through neighboring countries.

The traditional village houses are built of adobe, as these provide the insulation against the heat in summer and cold winters.

Population

In the settlement Şuşară live 296 adult population, the average age of the population is 40.9 years ( 39.3 for men and 42.5 for women). The village has 139 households, the average number of members per household is 2.71. The population in this village is very inhomogeneous and in the last three censuses registered to a decline in population.

The population from 1810 to 1945 was one in the majority of German; then Hungarians, Romanians and Serbs. After the Second World War in 1946 resulted in a majority of the Hungarian population, then Serbs, Romanians, Slovaks, Yugoslavs and other nationalities.