Čestereg

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Market place in the village. The razed Catholic church stood here until 1948.

The foundations of the new Orthodox church.

Čestereg (Serbian: Честерег or Čestereg; Hungarian: Csősztelek; German: Tschesterek or Neuhatzfeld; Croatian: Čestereg) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Žitište municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 1,391 people (2002 census).

[edit] History

In the 19th century, the area of present-day village belonged to Josif Čekonić. The village was founded in 1828. Its first inhabitants were Hungarians, but since they left from the village, Čekonić settled Germans in 1829. In 1900, the population of the village was composed of 2,001 Germans, 673 Hungarians, and 64 Romanians. After World War II, as a consequence of the war events, German population fled from the village and was replaced with Serb settlers.

[edit] Historical population

• 1836: 1,213
• 1900: 2,767
• 1961: 2,101
• 1971: 1,766
• 1981: 1,581
• 1991: 1,465

[edit] References

1. Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
2. Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.
3. Msgr. Erős Lajos, Adalékok a Zrenjanini-Nagybecskereki Egyházmegye történetéhez, 1993. (Additamenta ad historiam Diocesis Zrenjaninensis-Nagybecskerekensis)

[edit] See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

[edit] External links

• Čestereg

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