Beočin

Town and municipality in Vojvodina, Serbia

Beočin

Беочин (Serbian)

Town and municipality

Beočin

Coat of arms

Location of the municipality of Beočin within Serbia

Coordinates: 45°12′N 19°44′E﻿ / ﻿45.200°N 19.733°E﻿ / 45.200; 19.733
Country|  Serbia
Province|  Vojvodina
Region| Syrmia (Podunavlje)
District| South Bačka
Municipality| Beočin
Settlements| 8
Government

• Mayor| Biljana Janković (SNS)
Area

[1]

• Town| 35.08 km2 (13.54 sq mi)
• Municipality| 184.21 km2 (71.12 sq mi)
Elevation

| 88 m (289 ft)
Population

(2011 census)[2]

• Town

| 7,839
• Town density| 220/km2 (580/sq mi)
• Municipality

| 15,726
• Municipality density| 85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

21300

Area code| +381 21
Car plates| NS
Website| www.beocin.rs

Beočin (Serbian Cyrillic: Беочин, pronounced [bɛɔ̌tʃiːn]; Hungarian: Belcsény) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the town is 7,839, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 15,726. There is also a Beočin Monastery from the 16th century in the municipality.

## Name[edit]

In Serbian, the town is known as Beočin (Беочин), in Croatian as Beočin, in Hungarian as Belcsény, in German (dated) as Beotschin, in Slovak as Beočín, and in Rusyn as Беочин.

The name of the town derives from the word that came from local Serbian dialect, which in modern standard Serbian would be written as "beli otac" or in English as "white father" (the full meaning of the name is "the place that belong to white father"). The name referred to the prior of the nearby Beočin monastery.

## Geography[edit]

Residential buildings in Beočin Orthodox church of Saint Vasilije Ostroški

Although it is geographically located in Syrmia, Beočin administratively belong to South Bačka District. The town of Beočin is divided into two parts: Beočin Grad ("Beočin town") and Beočin Selo ("Beočin village"). However, no matter that Beočin Selo is called a village, it is not a village but simply part of the town.

## History[edit]

The existence of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Beočin (which is located 2 km in the south from modern town) was first recorded by the sources in 1566-67.[3] Until the end of the 18th century, a small settlement (hamlet) existed near this monastery. During Ottoman administration, this settlement was populated by ethnic Serbs.[4]

The settlement that developed into modern Beočin was mentioned in 1702. By then the hamlet had grown into 49 households. In the beginning, it was only a village, and its basic economic activity was wine production (even today, the oldest part of Beočin is known as Beočin Selo, i.e. "Beočin village" in English). After the cement factory was opened in 1839,[5] Beočin developed into a modern town, which over time became the centre of northern Syrmia. The cement factory in Beočin is one of the largest cement factories in Europe. The new, urban part of town developed as a worker's colony and was known as Fabrika ("factory"), Beočin Fabrika ("Beočin factory") and Beočin Grad ("Beočin town").

Until the middle of the 18th century, the village of Beočin was under Habsburg military administration. After 1745, it was part of t Syrmia County, which was one of three counties of the Habsburg Kingdom of Slavonia. In 1828, majority of inhabitants of Beočin village were Orthodox Christians.[6]

In 1848–49, Beočin was part of Serbian Vojvodina, while from 1849 to 1860 it was part of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. After the abolishment of the voivodeship in 1860, Beočin was again incorporated into Syrmia County of the Kingdom of Slavonia. In 1868, Kingdom of Slavonia was joined with the Kingdom of Croatia into the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria-Hungary. In 1910, population of Beočin Selo numbered 3,342 inhabitants, while population of Beočin Fabrika numbered 262 inhabitants. According to 1910 census, largest ethnic group in Beočin were Serbs, while other ethnic groups that lived in the settlement included Hungarians, Germans, Croats, and others.[7]

In 1918, Beočin first became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, then part of the Kingdom of Serbia and finally part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). From 1918 to 1922, Beočin was part of Syrmia county, from 1922 to 1929 part of Syrmia oblast, and from 1929 to 1939 part of the Danube Banovina, and from 1939 to 1941 part of the Banovina of Croatia. During World War II, from 1941 to 1944, Beočin was occupied by Axis troops and was included in Pavelić's Independent State of Croatia. During the Axis occupation, 66 civilians were killed in Beočin by fascists. In 1944, Beočin was liberated by Yugoslav partisans. Since 1944, the town is part of Vojvodina, which (from 1945) was an autonomous province of Serbia and Yugoslavia.

Until the end of World War II, Beočin was part of the Ilok municipality. Since the newly established post-WW2 border between Vojvodina (Serbia) and Croatia divided the former Ilok municipality, Beočin was included into Novi Sad municipality. Later, a separate municipality of Beočin was established. In 1948, the population of Beočin Fabrika numbered 2,144 and the population of Beočin Selo numbered 1,495.

## Demographics[edit]

Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

|
|

1948| 9,401| —
1953| 10,243| +1.73%
1961| 11,881| +1.87%
1971| 13,216| +1.07%
1981| 14,126| +0.67%
1991| 14,848| +0.50%
2002| 16,086| +0.73%
2011| 15,726| −0.25%
Source: [8]

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Beočin has 15,726 inhabitants.

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### Inhabited places[edit]

Map of Beočin municipality

Beočin municipality encompasses the town of Beočin, and the following villages:

No.  | Name  | Population
(2011 data)

|
|

1 | Banoštor | 737
2 | Grabovo | 100
3 | Lug | 709
4 | Rakovac | 2,248
5 | Sviloš | 291
6 | Susek | 998
7 | Čerević | 2,798

### Ethnic groups[edit]

Most of the settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority, while the village of Lug have an ethnic Slovak majority. Ethnic composition of the city:

Ethnic group  | Population  | %

|
|

Serbs | 10,956  | 69.67%
Roma | 1,422  | 9.04%
Slovaks | 830  | 5.28%
Croats | 557  | 3.54%
Hungarians | 295  | 1.88%
Yugoslavs | 161  | 1.02%
Slovenians | 70  | 0.45%
Montenegrins | 61  | 0.39%
Germans | 45  | 0.29%
Muslims | 37  | 0.24%
Macedonians | 33  | 0.21%
Others | 1,259  | 8.01%
Total | 15,726  |

Beočin is one of the centers of the Islamic Community of Vojvodina. As of 2006, it was one of the three settlements in Vojvodina where Islamic religious buildings could be found (The other two settlements are Novi Sad and Subotica).

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## Culture[edit]

The oldest Serb rural schools in Vojvodina were established in present-day Beočin municipality: in Grabovo (1625) and Sviloš (1695). There are also two important Serbian Orthodox monasteries: Beočin monastery, whose existence was first recorded in 1566-67 and Rakovac monastery, whose existence was first recorded in 1545-48.

## Economy[edit]

The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):[9]

Activity  | Total

|

Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 34
Mining | 13
Processing industry | 996
Distribution of power, gas and water | 17
Distribution of water and water waste management | 76
Construction | 166
Wholesale and retail, repair | 423
Traffic, storage and communication | 210
Hotels and restaurants | 54
Media and telecommunications | 7
Finance and insurance | 17
Property stock and charter | \-
Professional, scientific, innovative and technical activities | 70
Administrative and other services | 128
Administration and social assurance | 176
Education | 183
Healthcare and social work | 145
Art, leisure and recreation | 29
Other services | 53
Total | 2,797

## Gallery[edit]

* Building of municipal parliament

* Building of municipal court

* Beočin cement factory

## Twin Cities[edit]

* Ugljevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1982.
* Nováky, Slovakia
* Battonya, Hungary

## See also[edit]

* Syrmia
* List of places in Serbia
* List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

## References[edit]

* Miloš Lukić, Putevima slobode - naselja opštine Beočin u ratu i revoluciji, Novi Sad, 1987.
* Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
* Slobodan Ćurčić, Naselja Srema - geografske karakteristike, Novi Sad, 2000.
* Sekula Petrović, Beo-činovi, pozorišni život u Beočinu 1908-2009, Ruma, 2009.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
2. ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
3. ^ Gvozden Perković, Verski objekti na tlu Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 2006, page 36.
4. ^ Dr Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990, page 110.
5. ^ Bricault, Giselle; Murphy, Pauline; Murphy, Jennifer (1992). Major Business Organizations of Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1992. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. p. 549\. ISBN 978-94-011-2232-0.
6. ^ [1][dead link]
7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-06-28.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
9. ^ "ОПШТИНЕ И РЕГИОНИ У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ, 2018" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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