Stari Žednik

Stari Žednik (Serbian: Стари Жедник or Stari Žednik; Croatian: Stari Žednik or Žednik^[1]; Hungarian: Nagyfény; Bunjevac: Stari Žednik or Žednik), also known as Žednik (Жедник), is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and, according to the 2002 census, it has 2,230 inhabitants with a Croatian relative majority.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Croats = 727 (32.60%)
• Hungarians = 576 (25.83%)
• Bunjevci = 327 (14.66%)
• Serbs = 248 (11.12%)
• Yugoslavs = 139 (6.23%)
• Others (Montenegrins, Albanians, Germans, Macedonians, Rusyns, Slovaks, etc).

Historical population

• 1981: 2,472
• 1991: 2,323

Tourist attractions

The Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church was built by the plans of Zsigmond Moravetz, in neogothic style and opened in 1911. Its first parish priest was Hungarian Benjamin Hegedűs, and the current one is Croat Željko Šipek, who serves the community in both, Croatian and Hungarian.

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

1. ^ (Croatian) Radio Subotica Tradicijski nazivi naselja vraćaju mještanima osjećaj sigurnosti, Nov 20, 2009, accessed Nov 23, 2009

See also

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