Stajićevo is a village in 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 located in the 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...

 municipality, 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...

, Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

 province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,999 people (2002 census).

History

Stajićevo was founded in 1922 and was settled by Serb families from Elemir

Elemir

Elemir is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the province of Vojvodina...

, Aradac

Aradac

Aradac is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 3,461 people .-Name:...

, Farkaždin

Farkaždin

Farkaždin is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,386 people .-See also:...

, Ečka

Ecka

Ečka is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina...

, Taraš

Taraš

Taraš is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, Kumane

Kumane

Kumane is a village located in the Novi Bečej municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, Botoš

Botoš

Botoš is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, and Orlovat

Orlovat

Orlovat is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,789 people .-Name:...

. http://www.zrenjanin.org.rs/opstina/nasmesta/stajic.htm
Whole families came in a new village, which is founded in park of count Lazar d’Echka, respectively it of his successor Felix d’Harnoncourt; the streets received those names, where they came from: Elemirski sokak (Elemir’ corner), Aradački sokak, Farkaždinski sokak, Taraški sokak, Kumanovski and Botoški sokak. Them guided orthodox priest with name Stajić from village Taraš and from him became name this new village. He is buried in Stajićevo on cemetery.
Until 1925, about 200 houses was built, which were populated by 1,000 inhabitants of Serb ethnicity. In 1991, a notorious concentration camp was created by Serbs for Croatian POWs and civilians from Vukovar known as the Stajićevo camp

Stajicevo camp

The Stajićevo camp was an agricultural farm in Stajićevo near Zrenjanin, Serbia where Croatian prisoners of war and civilians were kept by Serbian authorities. The camp also acted as a transit facility where prisoners were taken before being moved to the Sremska Mitrovica camp...

(Logor Stajićevo). Former prisoners from Vukovar visited this place on farm Livade on 22. April, 2009.

External links

• Stajićevo