Bačko Gradište

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Main street with Catholic church in Bačko Gradište

Backo Gradiste

Bačko Gradište (Serbian: Бачко Градиште or Bačko Gradište, Hungarian: Bácsföldvár, Croatian: Bačko Gradište) is a village located in the Bečej municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The town is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 5,445 people (2002 census). In early 2007, the town was, among others, affected by the measles outbreak that attracted WHO attention.

Backo Gradiste is very popular because of its Oxbow lake. There is a settlement of holiday houses there -without electricity- because the town doesn't want it to become an official village. People from Novi Sad, Belgrade, Temerin, Becej, Vrbas have houses here and the spend their time here on weekends, because it is very relaxing and far away from the urban life. On May the 1st there is a huge holiday at Oxbow lake were even people from neighboring countries (Hungary) come here and enjoy the nature.

1 Ethnic groups (2002 census)
2 Historical population
3 Sports
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the village include:

2,519 (46.26%) Hungarians
2,417 (44.39%) Serbs (*)
151 (2.77%) Yugoslavs (*)
67 (1.23%) Croats (*)
51 (0.94%) Roma
40 (0.74%) Montenegrins (*)
12 (0.22%) Muslims by nationality (*)
others.

(*) Total number of South Slavs (Serbs, Yugoslavs, Croats, Montenegrins, and Muslims by nationality) that live in the village is 2,687 (49.35%).

[edit] Historical population

1961: 6,106
1971: 5,986
1981: 5,764
1991: 5,625

[edit] Sports

FC. Vojvodina Backo Gradiste was formed in 1913. This is one of the oldest football clubs in the territory of ex-Yugoslavia. The club hasn’t ceased to exist since 1913. In the year of 2008 the club will celebrate 95 years of constant competing and the team is planning to celebrate it by winning the championship. Today FC. Vojvodina is competing in The Municipal League of Vrbas-Srbobran-Becej.
The club has a very good quality pitch, covered stands and very good dressing rooms. It is also planning to open a restaurant near the pitch in 2008. Besides competing, FC. Vojvodina has very serious ambitions in hosting professional football teams by building up a dozen of two-beaded rooms in the attic of the whole football complex. The purpose of this project is to host professional teams which would practice and prepare for their new season.
The atmosphere in FC. Vojvodina Backo Gradiste is very good. All of the players who played in other clubs have came back in 2007 and they have enhancements from Becej and Novi Becej. After every practice and every match the team stays in the restaurant where they enjoy each others company, where the best scorer has to buy a crate of beer.
FC. Vojvodina Backo Gradiste is an amateur football club, but it has always been helpful for anyone who played there, and it has always sticked to its promise.