Beška is a village in Serbia

Serbia

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. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

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, in the region of Srem

Syrmia

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 (Srem District

Srem District

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), in Inđija municipality. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population numbering 6,239 people (2002 census).

History

In the archeological site of Kalakača findings of Early Bosut culture (Bosut-Basarabi) with traits of Gava culture dating to the 9th century BC

It was first mentioned in 1564. During Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 rule (16th-17th century) the village of Beška was populated by Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

. During Habsburg

Habsburg Monarchy

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 rule, ethnic Germans

Germans

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 settled here as well. As a consequence of World War II

World War II

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 events in Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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, German population fled from the village after this war, while new inhabitants mostly originating from Croatia

Croatia

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 settled in the village instead of the Germans.

Ethnic groups

• 4,766 (76.39%) Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
  
• 506 (8.11%) Croats
  Croats
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• 208 (3.33%) Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
  
• 137 (2.20%) Hungarians
• 89 (1.43%) Roma
• others.

External links

• Beška
• Village of Beschka