Hrtkovci (Serbian Cyrillic: Хртковци) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,428 people (2002 census). According to previous census (from 1991), the village was ethnically mixed and its population numbered 2,684 people.
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In Serbian, the village is known as Hrtkovci (Хртковци), in Croatian as Hrtkovci, and in Hungarian as Herkóca. Vojislav Šešelj tried to rename the village to Srbislavci (Србиславци) but failed.
Modern village was firstly mentioned in 1714. There are assumptions that some older settlements existed at this locality. These settlements were probably villages named Gomol (recorded in 1353) and Hudrovecz (recorded in 1477).
In 1737, about 1,600 Catholic Albanians from Klimenti clan came to Srem. They were settled in the villages of Hrtkovci and Nikinci.[1] Today, their descendants consider themselves Croats.
Before the Yugoslav wars, the village was ethnically mixed and largest ethnic group in Hrtkovci were Croats, while the rest of population were Serbs, Hungarians and Yugoslavs. According to the ICTY indictment against Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj, he came to this village in May 1992 and gave an inflammatory speech calling for the expulsion of Croats from the area and reading a list of individual Croat residents who should leave for Croatia. [2] As a result of this speech, a number of Croat resident decided to leave Hrtkovci. [3] After this speech, supporters and associates of Vojislav Šešelj, including members of Serbian Radical Party and Serbian Chetnik Movement, began a campaign of harassment and intimidation of local Croats, forcing them to leave the area. [4] In its indictment, the ICTY gave a list of 722 people who left Hrtkovci. [5] (See also: Expulsions in Hrtkovci)
Instead of Croats, Serb refugees from Croatia and Bosnia settled in the village. Most of the Croats from Hrtkovci moved to Croatia, and settled in the village of Kula near Požega, while many Serb refugees from that place settled in Hrtkovci.
According to 1991 census, the population of the village numbered 2,684 people, including:
According to 2002 census, the population of the village numbered 3,428 people, including:
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