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Jaša Tomic (place)
Encyclopedia
Jaša Tomić is a town located in the municipality of Sečanj
, in the Central Banat District
of Serbia
. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
. The town has a Serb
ethnic majority and a population numbering 2,982 people (2002 census).
(1856–1922), a Serb
journalist and politician from Vojvodina
. In Serbian Cyrillic, the town is known as Јаша Томић, in Serbian Latin and Croatian
as Jaša Tomić, in German
as Modosch, in Hungarian
as Módos, in Romanian
as Modoş, and in Banat Bulgarian
as Modoš. The former name for the town used in Serbian was Modoš (Модош). It is assumed that the old village name, Modoš, derived from the Latin
phrase modus transciendi, which in English means way of crossing the river.
, Bronze
and Iron Age
s have been found, including a burial from the Bosut
-Basarabi
culture of the 9th century BC. The area contains archaeological traces of Celts, Thracians
, Romans
, Avars
and Slavs. Topographic names of Slavic
origin found in the area, such as the Grešara, Mlaka, Margitica, Kamenica, Livade, Selište, Rasove, Vagan, Bavanište, etc., testify that the area was inhabited by Slavs from the 5th century onwards.
Historically, the first written mention was in 1334 as Madus. At that time the village was administered by the Kingdom of Hungary
and peopled with Catholic Hungarians. In 1338 the settlement was mentioned as Modos and in 1344 as Modoš. Settlement was part of the Kovin
county. Two other medieval settlements existed nearby: Új Rév (Uj Rev, Oređ) and Oroszi (Orosi). Oroszi was populated by Russians
who had been captured by the Hungarians at the battle of Kiev
.
In 1552, Modoš became part of the Ottoman Empire
, administratively included in the Province of Temeşvar. With the Ottoman conquest, most of the local Hungarian population left for the north and the Ottoman authorities brought in Serbs
in their place. Thus Modoš under the Ottoman
administration was populated by ethnic Serbs
and divided into two settlements - Veliki Modoš and Mali Modoš. In 1660-6, Katastig of the Patriarchate of Peć
recorded the names of Serb inhabitants of Modoš - priest Jaftimije and priest Zaharije, Ilija, Granny Romana, Milić Radojević, Vladislav, Rusmir, Vuja, Komlenija, Avram, Gavril Panov, Mata, Radomir, Cveja Vranešev, Andreja, and Petar.
In 1717, Modoš became part of the Habsburg Monarchy
, and contained 50 houses, inhabited by Serbs. Until 1778, it belonged administratively to the Banat of Temeschwar and to the district of Betschkerek
(Serbian: Bečkerek). A new Orthodox church was built in in Modoš in 1746, to replace an earlier mentioned during the Serbian patriarch
Kalinik I
(1691-1710). In the second half of the 18th century, some Serbs from Pomorišje
and Sečanj
settled in Modoš, as did some Hungarians, Germans
, Slovaks
and Bulgarians
. The first German
settlers arrived in 1766, followed by others in 1784 and 1792. In 1779, after abolition of the Banat of Temeswar
, Modoš was included in Torontal County, which was part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary
. Some local Serbs who were dissatisfied with this administrative change left Modoš and settled in the Banatian Military Frontier. In the end of the 18th century, Modoš was politically divided into two settlements - Serbian Modoš and German Modoš. In 1795 a Catholic
church was built.
In 1836, the population of Modoš numbered 3560, of whom 2440 were Orthodox Christians, 1116 Roman Catholics, and 4 Evangelicals (Lutherans). In 1842, Serbian prince Mihajlo Obrenović stayed in Modoš, during his trip from Principality of Serbia to Vienna
. In 1848, Torontal County was administratively divided into three districts, one of which had its administrative seat in Modoš. In 1848-9, Modoš was part of the autonomous Serbian Vojvodina
and in 1849-60 of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, a separate Habsburg crown land. After abolition of the Voivodeship in 1860, Modoš was again included in Torontal County. During the 1860s, the ethnic structure changed as some Serbs
left and some Germans
from Bačka
settled there instead. In 1876, a Serb reading house was founded in the settlement. In 1895, Serbian Modoš and German Modoš were joined into a single political unit. By 1910, the population of the town was ethnically mixed, the largest group being the Germans
, alongside sizeable Hungarian and Serb communities.
In November 1918, the army of the Kingdom of Serbia
entered Modoš, which became part of the Banat, Bačka and Baranja
region, first of the Kingdom of Serbia
and then of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed to Yugoslavia
in 1929). In 1918-19, it was part of the Veliki Bečkerek County within the Kingdom. However, in July 1919, the town was assigned to Romania
. In 1924, the town, together with a few other settlements, was returned to the SCS Kingdom in exchange for the town of Jimbolia
and a few other settlements, which were transferred to Romania. In the same year (1924), the name of the town was changed to Jaša Tomić. From 1924 to 1929 it was part of Podunavlje
Oblast with its administrative seat in Smederevo
, and from 1929 to 1941 part of Danube Banovina
, with its administrative seat in Novi Sad
. From 1941 to 1944, it was under Axis
occupation and was included in the German
-administered region of Banat, which formally was part of Nedić's Serbia
.
In 1944, Jaša Tomić became part of the autonomous province of Vojvodina
within the new socialist Yugoslavia. In 1945, Vojvodina became part of the People's Republic of Serbia within Yugoslavia
. The German population had mostly fled from Jaša Tomić by the end of the war (in 1944), while some mainly Serb colonists from Bosnia and Herzegovina
, Central Serbia
and Croatia
settled in the town from 1945. Post-war population censuses recorded a Serb ethnic majority in the town. Until 1950s, Jaša Tomić was the seat of the municipality, but in 1955 this municipality was abolished and the town became part of the municipality of Zrenjanin
. Later a separate municipality of Sečanj
was formed and town of Jaša Tomić was included into this municipality. However, even today Jaša Tomić is the largest settlement in the Sečanj municipality and the only settlement in the municipality with town status, Sečanj, its seat, being only a village. In 2005, the town was devastated by floods.
Secanj
Sečanj is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,645, while the Sečanj municipality has 16,298 inhabitants.-Name:...
, in the Central Banat District
Central Banat District
Central Banat District is a northeastern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Banat, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 208,456...
of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
. The town has a Serb
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...
ethnic majority and a population numbering 2,982 people (2002 census).
Name
The town is named after Jaša TomićJaša Tomic
Jaša Tomić was a Serbian politician, publicist, journalist and man of letters from Vojvodina, Serbia.-Biography:...
(1856–1922), a Serb
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...
journalist and politician from Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
. In Serbian Cyrillic, the town is known as Јаша Томић, in Serbian Latin and Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
as Jaša Tomić, in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
as Modosch, in Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
as Módos, in Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
as Modoş, and in Banat Bulgarian
Banat Bulgarians
The Banat Bulgarians are a distinct Bulgarian minority group which settled in the 18th century in the region of the Banat, which was then ruled by the Habsburgs and after World War I was divided between Romania, Serbia, and Hungary...
as Modoš. The former name for the town used in Serbian was Modoš (Модош). It is assumed that the old village name, Modoš, derived from the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
phrase modus transciendi, which in English means way of crossing the river.
History
The oldest known settlements in this area date from the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. Findings from the NeolithicNeolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
, Bronze
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
and Iron Age
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...
s have been found, including a burial from the Bosut
Bosut culture
Bosut culture is a name of an prehistoric Iron Age culture, which was named after Gradina on Bosut archaeological site in Serbia. It is sometimes grouped with related Basarabi culture into Bosut-Basarabi complex...
-Basarabi
Basarabi culture
The Basarabi culture was an archeological culture in Romania, dated between 8th - 7th centuries BC. It was named after Basarabi, a village in Dolj County, south-western Romania, nowadays an administrative component of the Calafat municipality....
culture of the 9th century BC. The area contains archaeological traces of Celts, Thracians
Thracians
The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...
, Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, Avars
Avars
Avar or Avars may refer to:* Eurasian Avars, a nomadic people that conquered the Hungarian Steppe in the early Middle Ages* Uar * Caucasian Avars, a modern people of the Caucasus** Avar language, the language of the Caucasian Avars...
and Slavs. Topographic names of Slavic
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
origin found in the area, such as the Grešara, Mlaka, Margitica, Kamenica, Livade, Selište, Rasove, Vagan, Bavanište, etc., testify that the area was inhabited by Slavs from the 5th century onwards.
Historically, the first written mention was in 1334 as Madus. At that time the village was administered by the Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
and peopled with Catholic Hungarians. In 1338 the settlement was mentioned as Modos and in 1344 as Modoš. Settlement was part of the Kovin
Kovin
Kovin is a town and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 14,250, while the municipality has 36,802 inhabitants.- Name :...
county. Two other medieval settlements existed nearby: Új Rév (Uj Rev, Oređ) and Oroszi (Orosi). Oroszi was populated by Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
who had been captured by the Hungarians at the battle of Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
.
In 1552, Modoš became part of the Ottoman Empire
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...
, administratively included in the Province of Temeşvar. With the Ottoman conquest, most of the local Hungarian population left for the north and the Ottoman authorities brought in 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...
in their place. Thus Modoš under the 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...
administration was populated by ethnic 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...
and divided into two settlements - Veliki Modoš and Mali Modoš. In 1660-6, Katastig of the Patriarchate of Peć
Patriarchate of Pec
The Patriarchate of Peć is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Peć. The complex of churches is the spiritual seat and mausoleum of the Serbian archbishops and patriarchs....
recorded the names of Serb inhabitants of Modoš - priest Jaftimije and priest Zaharije, Ilija, Granny Romana, Milić Radojević, Vladislav, Rusmir, Vuja, Komlenija, Avram, Gavril Panov, Mata, Radomir, Cveja Vranešev, Andreja, and Petar.
In 1717, Modoš became part of the Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Monarchy
The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...
, and contained 50 houses, inhabited by Serbs. Until 1778, it belonged administratively to the Banat of Temeschwar and to the district of Betschkerek
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
(Serbian: Bečkerek). A new Orthodox church was built in in Modoš in 1746, to replace an earlier mentioned during the Serbian patriarch
Patriarch of Serbia
This is a list of the Archbishops and Patriarchs of Peć and the Serbs from the creation of the church as an archdiocese in 1219 to today's Patriarchate. The list includes all the Archbishops and Patriarchs that led the Serbian Orthodox community under Patriarchate of Peć...
Kalinik I
Kalinik I
Kalinik I Skopljanac was the Patriarch of Peć from 1691 until 1710. He became the spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church in difficult circumstances, following the exodus of the Serbs to the Kingdom of Hungary , in the First Great Migration of the Serbs, under the leadership of his...
(1691-1710). In the second half of the 18th century, some Serbs from Pomorišje
Pomorišje
Pomorišje is a historical geographical region on the banks of the river Mureş that in the past has had a sizable ethnic Serb population. The region is mostly divided between Romania and Hungary, with small part of it in northern Serbia...
and Sečanj
Secanj
Sečanj is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,645, while the Sečanj municipality has 16,298 inhabitants.-Name:...
settled in Modoš, as did some Hungarians, Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
, Slovaks
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
and Bulgarians
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
. The first German
Banat Swabians
The Banat Swabians are an ethnic German population in Southeast Europe, part of the Danube Swabians. They emigrated in the 18th century to what was then the Austrian Banat province, which had been left sparsely populated by the wars with Turkey. This once strong and important ethnic Banat Swabian...
settlers arrived in 1766, followed by others in 1784 and 1792. In 1779, after abolition of the Banat of Temeswar
Banat of Temeswar
The Banat of Temeswar was a Habsburg province that existed between 1718 and 1778. It was located in the present day region of Banat, which was named after this province...
, Modoš was included in Torontal County, which was part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
. Some local Serbs who were dissatisfied with this administrative change left Modoš and settled in the Banatian Military Frontier. In the end of the 18th century, Modoš was politically divided into two settlements - Serbian Modoš and German Modoš. In 1795 a Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
church was built.
In 1836, the population of Modoš numbered 3560, of whom 2440 were Orthodox Christians, 1116 Roman Catholics, and 4 Evangelicals (Lutherans). In 1842, Serbian prince Mihajlo Obrenović stayed in Modoš, during his trip from Principality of Serbia to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. In 1848, Torontal County was administratively divided into three districts, one of which had its administrative seat in Modoš. In 1848-9, Modoš was part of the autonomous Serbian Vojvodina
Serbian Vojvodina
The Serbian Vojvodina was a Serbian autonomous region within the Austrian Empire...
and in 1849-60 of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, a separate Habsburg crown land. After abolition of the Voivodeship in 1860, Modoš was again included in Torontal County. During the 1860s, the ethnic structure changed as some 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...
left and some Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
from Bačka
Backa
Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...
settled there instead. In 1876, a Serb reading house was founded in the settlement. In 1895, Serbian Modoš and German Modoš were joined into a single political unit. By 1910, the population of the town was ethnically mixed, the largest group being the Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
, alongside sizeable Hungarian and Serb communities.
In November 1918, the army of the Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenović, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karađorđevic dynasty from 1817 onwards . The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, had expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de...
entered Modoš, which became part of the Banat, Bačka and Baranja
Banat, Backa and Baranja
Banat, Bačka and Baranja was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes between October 1918 and March 1919...
region, first of the Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenović, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karađorđevic dynasty from 1817 onwards . The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, had expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de...
and then of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed to Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
in 1929). In 1918-19, it was part of the Veliki Bečkerek County within the Kingdom. However, in July 1919, the town was assigned to Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. In 1924, the town, together with a few other settlements, was returned to the SCS Kingdom in exchange for the town of Jimbolia
Jimbolia
Jimbolia is a town in Timiş county, Romania. In 2004, it had a population of 11,605.-History:The earliest record of a community in this location is a place identified as Chumbul in a papal tax record in 1333. This place came under Turkish administration in 1552. As a result of the Treaty of...
and a few other settlements, which were transferred to Romania. In the same year (1924), the name of the town was changed to Jaša Tomić. From 1924 to 1929 it was part of Podunavlje
Podunavlje
Podunavlje is the name of the Danube river basin parts located in Serbia and Croatia .-History:...
Oblast with its administrative seat in Smederevo
Smederevo
Smederevo is a city and municipality in Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube, about 40 km downstream of the capital Belgrade. According to official results of the 2011 census, the city has a population of 107,528...
, and from 1929 to 1941 part of Danube Banovina
Danube Banovina
The Danube Banovina or Danube Banate was a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of the geographical regions of Syrmia, Bačka, Banat, Baranja, Šumadija, and Braničevo. The capital city of the Danube Banovina was Novi Sad...
, with its administrative seat in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
. From 1941 to 1944, it was under Axis
Axis Powers
The Axis powers , also known as the Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries, or just the Axis, was an alignment of great powers during the mid-20th century that fought World War II against the Allies. It began in 1936 with treaties of friendship between Germany and Italy and between Germany and...
occupation and was included in the German
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
-administered region of Banat, which formally was part of Nedić's Serbia
Nedic's Serbia
Serbia under German occupation refers to an administrative area in occupied Yugoslavia established by Nazi Germany following the invasion and dismantling of Yugoslavia in April of 1941...
.
In 1944, Jaša Tomić became part of the autonomous province of Vojvodina
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (1945-1963)
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina was an autonomous province of PR Serbia, within the larger federation of FPR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1963, when it was transformed into the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.-History:The province was formed in October 1944 when Soviet Red Army and...
within the new socialist Yugoslavia. In 1945, Vojvodina became part of the People's Republic of Serbia within Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. The German population had mostly fled from Jaša Tomić by the end of the war (in 1944), while some mainly Serb colonists from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
, Central Serbia
Central Serbia
Central Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper , was the region of Serbia from 1945 to 2009. It included central parts of Serbia outside of the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. The region of Central Serbia was not an administrative division of Serbia as such; it was under the...
and Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
settled in the town from 1945. Post-war population censuses recorded a Serb ethnic majority in the town. Until 1950s, Jaša Tomić was the seat of the municipality, but in 1955 this municipality was abolished and the town became part of the municipality of Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
. Later a separate municipality of Sečanj
Secanj
Sečanj is a village and municipality in Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,645, while the Sečanj municipality has 16,298 inhabitants.-Name:...
was formed and town of Jaša Tomić was included into this municipality. However, even today Jaša Tomić is the largest settlement in the Sečanj municipality and the only settlement in the municipality with town status, Sečanj, its seat, being only a village. In 2005, the town was devastated by floods.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
- SerbsSerbsThe 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...
= 2,126 (71.29%) - Hungarians = 251 (8.42%)
- Roma = 142 (4.76%)
- YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
= 125 (4.19%) - BulgariansBanat BulgariansThe Banat Bulgarians are a distinct Bulgarian minority group which settled in the 18th century in the region of the Banat, which was then ruled by the Habsburgs and after World War I was divided between Romania, Serbia, and Hungary...
= 29 (0.97%) - MacedoniansMacedonians (ethnic group)The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
= 11 (0.37%) - CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
= 10 (0.34%) - others.
Historical population
| Year | 1869 | 1900 | 1921 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 |
| Population | 4,272 | 4,614 | 4,750 | 4,378 | 4,569 | 4,420 | 3,831 | 3,625 | 3,544 |
Notable citizens
- Jaša Tomić is the place where Stevan AleksićStevan AleksićStevan Aleksić was a Serbian painter born in Austria-Hungary. His work belongs to the Munich School...
, a famous Serbian painter, lived and worked.
Literature
- Jovan Erdeljanović, Srbi u Banatu, Novi Sad, 1992.
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
- Dr Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga I, Novi Sad, 1990.
- Msgr. Erős Lajos, Adalékok a Zrenjanini-Nagybecskereki Egyházmegye történetéhez, 1993. (Additamenta ad historiam Diocesis Zrenjaninensis-Nagybecskerekensis)
External links
- Official site
- "Flood in Јaša Tomić" - jasatomic.org.rs, April 30, 2005
- "Tamiš reached its maximum" (in Serbian)- B92, April 29, 2005
- Flood in Vojvodina worsens - Wikinews, April 30, 2005