Skorenovac

Skorenovac
Скореновац
Székelykeve
Village

Skorenovac
Skorenovac

Location of Skorenovac within Serbia

Skorenovac

Location of Skorenovac within Vojvodina

Coordinates: 44°45′32″N 20°54′10″E / 44.75889°N 20.90278°ECoordinates: 44°45′32″N 20°54′10″E / 44.75889°N 20.90278°E
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
District South Banat
Elevation 73 m (240 ft)
Population (2002)
  Skorenovac 2,574
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 26228
Area code(s) +381(0)13
Car plates KO
Skorenovac map

Skorenovac (Serbian: Скореновац, Skorenovac, Hungarian: Székelykeve, German: Skorenowatz, Banat Bulgarian: Gjurgevo) is a village located in the Kovin municipality, in the South Banat District of Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority(86.71%) and a population of 2.574 (2002 census).

Geography

The closest towns are Kovin (6 km), Smederevo (17 km), Pančevo (30 km), and Belgrade (46 km).

History

General history

The village named Gyurgyova-Rádayfalva (Đurđevo) existed between 1869 and 1886 at the location between Banatski Brestovac and Danube river. In 1869, the population of Gyurgyova numbered 396 people. After initial settlement, which included Hungarian (Palóc) families from Banatsko Novo Selo (hun: Újfalu), Jermenovci (hun: Ürményháza), Sándorfalva, Szeged county and Banatski Dušanovac (hun: Szőlősudvarnok, ger: Rogendorf), in 1883 came the first Székely settlement with total of 645 families or around 2,000 individuals.

Later, in 1886, the population of this village was resettled to the location of present day Skorenovac and Ivanovo. The reason for resettlement to Skorenovac and Ivanovo was the flooding of the Danube river and the yearly annihilation of property in the village and its agricultural land. At the same time, the inhabitants' lives were in constant danger.

The village of Skorenovac (named Székelykeve in that time) was founded in 1886, during the time of Franz Joseph I. In the time of the village settlement, its territory was situated in the Torontál Vármegye (County) of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1912 it was situated in the Temes Vármegye (County). In 1888 it had 506 houses and in 1910 the village had 685 houses.

The majority of the original settlers were Székely Hungarians who came from Bukovina, and also, in the same time frame, some German families from Plandište and Pločice and some Bulgarian families from Dudeştii Vechi (hun: Óbesenyő, ger: Altbeschenowa, Banat Bulgarian: Stár Bišnov) аre settled in Skorenovac. Skorenovac is the southest place with Hungarian national majority.

Historical names of the village and region

Historical names of the region:

Historical names of the village:

Economy, Religion, and Education - Timeline

Population and major ethnic groups

Table 1

1910 4,541 Hungarians 73.31% Germans 11.94% Bulgarians 9.69% Slovaks 2.53% Serbs 1.26%
1921 4,195 Hungarians 81.83% Bulgarians 10.27% Germans 7.34% Serbs 0.36% Slovaks 0.05%
1948 4,465 Hungarians 84.46% Bulgarians 11.22% Serbs 3.18% Germans 0.70% Slovaks 0.05%
1991 3,213 Hungarians 80.36% Serbs 9.40% Yugoslavs 3.36% Bulgarians 2.53% Germans 0.15%
2002 2,501 Hungarians 86.71% Serbs 5.47% Bulgarians 2.99% Yugoslavs 1.04% Germans 0.07%

Table 2

Year 1869 1875 1880 1900 1910 1915 1921 1931 1936
Population 396 N.D. 298 3,399 4,541 4,486 4,195 4,099 4,366
Households N.D. 265 N.D. 664 853 N.D. 847 927 N.D.
Year 1939 1942 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2002
Population 4,271 4,464 4,465 4,403 4,306 4,021 3,731 3,213 2,501
Households N.D. 1,020 1,069 1,105 1,143 1,119 1,328 1,086 N.D.

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Population trend (Growth/Downtrend)

Origin of Székely settlers

Skorenovac's Vineyard
Meadow of Skorenovac

The names of the villages in Bukovina from where the Székely settlers come are (in Hungarian with their Romanian equivalents): Istensegits (rom: Tibeni), Fogadjisten (rom: Iacobești), Hadikfalva (rom: Dornești), Józseffalva (rom: Vornicenii Mici), and Andrásfalva (rom: Maneuți). These villages are today in Romania, Suceava County, Bukovina; the closest bigger places are Rădăuţi and Botoşani.

The Bukovina Székely who settled in Skorenovac, Ivanovo, and Vojlovica are originally from Madéfalva (rom: Siculeni) village in the county of Csik (Harghita), Erdély (Transylvania), today in Romania. The Székelys of Bukovina in general are from the part of Erdély which is unofficially named the Székelyföld, which included Csikszék, Marosszék, Aranyosszék, Udvarhelyszék, and Háromszék counties of the historical Kingdom of Hungary.

Family names of Skorenovac's first settlers

From Andrásfalva: Daradics, Csiszer, Erõs, Fábián, Gál, Geczõ, György, Illés, Jakab, János, Katona, Kelemen, Kemény, Kis, Koródi, Kovács, Lakatos, László, Lipina, Lukács, Müller, Palkó, Pásztor, Petres, Péter, Hompot, Husori, Sebestyén, Schidt, Szakács, Szatmári, Ranc and Varga.

From Istensegits: Ambrus, Barabás, Bartis, Béres, Bot, Borbandi, Bõte, Buzás, Dudli, Faluközi, Finnya, Fülöp, Gyõrfi, János, Kató, Lovász, Magyaros, Makrai, Miklós, Nagy, Nyistor, Pék, Sánta, Szabo, Szász, Szõte, Tamás, Urkon and Váncsa.

From Fogadjisten: Ambrus, Barabás, Gáspár, Kuruc, Papp, Váci, Szabó, and Székely.

From Hadikfalva: Beréti, Bréti, Biro, Csiki, Dani, Erdõs, Fazekas, Fodor, Forrai, Galambos, Kerekes, Kis, Kozma, Kozsán, Kölõ, and Skasszián.

From Józseffalva: Kurkó, Kusár, Palló, Mákszem, Mezei, Székely and Várda.

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