Titel

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Тител
Titel
Location in Serbia

General Information
District	South Bačka
Land area	262 km²
Population (2002 census)	5,894 (town) 17,050 (municipality)
Settlements	6
Coordinates	45°12′N 20°18′E
Area code	+381 21
Car plates	NS
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.opstina-titel.org.yu/

Politics
Mayor	Milivoj Petrović

map of the Titel municipality and Šajkaška region

Catholic Church in Titel

Abandoned church in Titel

Titel (Тител) is a town and municipality in the South Bačka District of the Vojvodina, Serbia. The town of Titel has a population of 5,831, while the population of the municipality of Titel is 16,936. It is located in southeastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška.

1 Name
2 Inhabited places
3 Ethnic groups (2002 census)
4 History
5 Historical population of the town
6 Politics
7 Famous people
8 References
9 See also
10 External links

[edit] Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Titel or Тител, in Hungarian as Titel, in German as Titel (and sometimes Theisshügel), and in Latin as Titulium.

[edit] Inhabited places

Titel municipality encompasses of town of Titel, and following villages:

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Titel municipality:

Serbs (84.93%)
Hungarians (5.29%)
Yugoslavs (1.86%)
Roma (1.34%)

All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

[edit] History

Titel is very old settlement, but its old name is not known. During the Roman rule, it was a Roman fortress.

In the 9th century, Bulgarian duke Salan ruled in the territory of Bačka and his residence was in Titel.

In the 10th century, the town was conquered by the Hungarians, who ruled over it until 1526. The town was first mentioned under name Titel in 1077. Between 1077 and 1095 the Catholic monastery was founded in the town.

Since 1526, the town was part of the Ottoman Empire. According to the first Ottoman census from 1546, the town had 87 houses, of which most were Serbian, three were Croatian, one Hungarian, and one Vlach. The duke of the town was Vuk Radić. That census recorded that five of the citizens were immigrants, meaning that others lived there before Ottomans conquered the town.

In the outset of the Ottoman rule, the town had one Orthodox and one Catholic church. In the first quarter of the 17th century, the town had three mosques, two tekijas and three medreses.

Since 1699, the town was part of the Habsburg Monarchy. It was included in the Habsburg Military Frontier. Between 1750 and 1763, the town was under civil administration until it was returned to the jurisdiction of the Military Frontier (Šajkaš Battalion).

In 1848/1849, Titel was part of Serbian Vojvodina, a Serb autonomous region within the Habsburg Empire. Between 1849 and 1872, it was again part of the Military Frontier, and after 1872, it came under civil administration as a part of the Bačka-Bodrog County.

After 1918, the town became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent South Slavic states. During the Hungarian Axis occupation, in 1942 raid, 51 inhabitants of the town were murdered, of whom 45 were men, 1 child, and 5 old people. By nationality, victims included 49 Serbs, and 1 Jew.

[edit] Historical population of the town

1961: 5,717
1971: 5,957
1981: 6,227
1991: 6,007

[edit] Politics

Seats in the municipal parliament won in the 2004 local elections: [1]

Democratic Party (8)
Serbian Radical Party (7)
Socialist Party of Serbia (3)
Democratic Party of Serbia (2)
Group of the citizens - Zdenko Babić (2)
Serbian Strength Movement (2)
Serbian Renewal Movement (1)

[edit] Famous people

Svetozar Miletić (1826-1901), advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina. He was born in the village Mošorin in Titel municipality.
Mileva Marić (1875-1948), Serbian mathematician, and Albert Einstein's first wife. She was born in Titel.
Isidora Sekulić (1877-1958), writer. She was born in the village of Mošorin in the Titel municipality.
Dušan Popov, Serb Double Agent, on which author Ian Fleming based his character James Bond.

[edit] References

Marko Jovanov, Devet vekova od pomena imena Titela, Titelski letopis, Titel, 2001.
Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
Zvonimir Golubović, Racija u južnoj Bačkoj 1942. godine, Novi Sad, 1991.