Ruma
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| Ruma Рума |
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| Country | Serbia | ||
| District | Srem | ||
| Settlements | 17 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Srđan Nikolić | ||
| Area [1] | |||
| - Municipality | 582 km² (224.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2002 census)[2] | |||
| - Total | 32,229 | ||
| - Municipality | 60,006 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 22400 | ||
| Car plates | RU | ||
| Area code | +381 22 | ||
| Website: http://www.ruma.co.yu | |||
Ruma (Рума) is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, Serbia at . In 2002 the town had a total population of 32,229, while Ruma municipality had population of 60,006.
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[edit] History
The traces of organized human life in the territory of Ruma municipality dating from the prehistory. The most important archaeological locality in the municipality is Gomolava near Hrtkovci. First known inhabitants of this area were various peoples of Illyrian and Celtic origin, such as the Amantini, Breuci, Scordisci, etc. During Roman rule, local inhabitants lost their ethnic character and adopted Roman culture. There was no larger Roman settlements in the territory of Ruma, but certain number of agricultural estates ("villae rusticae") was located here.
Migrations of Huns, Germanic peoples, Avars and Slavs destroyed Roman culture in this area. In the next centuries, the region was ruled by Frankish Empire, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire and Kingdom of Hungary.
The settlement named Ruma was first mentioned in Ottoman defter from 1566/7. In that time Ruma was a village with 49 houses. Its inhabitants were Serbs, and the village also had church and three priests. [1]
Since 1718, Ruma was under administration of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1746, the town of Ruma was founded near the village of Ruma. First inhabitants of the town were Serbs, [2] who came from neighbouring places, as well as Germans, who came from Germany. In the beginning of the 19th century, Croats and Hungarians settled here as well. In 1807, a large rebellion of the Syrmian peasants known as the Tican's Rebellion started in the estate of Ruma with center in the village of Voganj. In 1848/49 revolution, Ruma was one of the important centres of Serbian national movement in Syrmia. According to the 1910 census, population of the Ruma municipality numbered 49,138 inhabitants, of whom 22,956 spoke Serbian, 15,529 German, 5,746 Hungarian, and 3,730 Croatian. [3]
After the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy, on November 24, 1918, the assembly of Syrmia in Ruma decided that Syrmia region join to the Kingdom of Serbia.
Before World War II, Ruma was one of the centres of German national minority in Yugoslavia. During Axis occupation, in 1942, a unit of the German army known as the Volunteer Company Ruma ES der DM was formed from local Volksdeutsche volunteers. [4] A large number of non-German citizens of Ruma participated in anti-fascist struggle against Axis occupation. [5] In 1944, as a consequence of the war events, most members of German national minority left from the town escaping afore Yugoslav partisans and Soviet Red Army. [6] After the war, colonists from various parts of Yugoslavia settled in this area. During the 1990s, about 10,000 refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo settled here as well.
[edit] Inhabited places
Ruma municipality includes the city of Ruma and the following villages:
- Buđanovci
- Vitojevci
- Voganj
- Grabovci
- Dobrinci
- Donji Petrovci
- Žarkovac
- Klenak
- Kraljevci
- Mali Radinci
- Nikinci
- Pavlovci
- Platičevo
- Putinci
- Stejanovci
- Hrtkovci
[edit] Demographics (2002 census)
[edit] Ethnic groups in the Ruma municipality
- Serbs = 51,957 (86.58%)
- Croats = 1,987 (3.31%)
- Hungarians = 1,306 (2.17%)
- Yugoslavs = 1,017 (1.69%)
- Roma = 757 (1.26%)
- Others.
All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.
[edit] Ethnic groups in the Ruma town
[edit] Notable citizens
- Atanasije Stojković, scientist and literate.
- Teodor Filipović (Boža Grujović), first secretary of "Praviteljstvujušči sovjet" in Karađorđe's Serbia.
- Jovan Pantelić, painter.
- Konstantin Pantelić, painter.
- Atanasije Teodorović, first professor of Serbian Lyceum.
- Dimitrije Matić, statesman and lawmaker.
- Teodor Toša Andrejević, musician.
- Dr. Žarko Miladinović, public worker, politician and minister in the government of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
- Radovan Košutić, phylologist.
- Pavle Vujović, professor of the University of Belgrade.
- Antun Lombajer, author of first "History of Chirurgy" in Croatian language.
- Stjepko Gut, jazz musician.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Municipalities of Serbia, 2006. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
- ^ (2003) Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. ISBN 86-84443-00-09.
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