Pančevo

Pančevo , in Serb Cyrillic Sr Панчево, in Hungarian hu Pancsova, Turkish Sr German Pançova and of Pantschowa, is a city and a municipality of Serbia located in the autonomous province of Voïvodine. The town of Pančevo, on banks of the Tamiš, is the administrative center of the district of the southernmost Banat. In 2002, it counted: 77087 inhabitants and the municipality of which it is the center: 127162.

History

The first mention of the city goes back to the 12th century. It belonged to the Royaume of Hungary until the 16th century, when it was conquered by the Othoman . Under the Turkish domination, it belonged to the province of Temeşvar

Starting from 1716, Pančevo became an Austrian city; it was then integrated into a called military province the Banat de Temeswar. In 1751, the septentrional parts of the province were placed under civil control, while the south, including Pančevo, was integrated into the Military Frontière. At that time, the city was divided into two municipalities, one Serb, other allemande; they were joined together in 1794.

At the time of the rising of 1848 - 1849, Pančevo belonged to the Serb Voïvodine, an autonomous region inside the Empire of Austria-Hungary. But in 1849, the city was reinstated in the province of the Military Border. After the abolition of the Border in 1873, the city belonged to the county of Torontál.

With the census of 1910, the city counted: 20808 inhabitants, of which: 8714 spoke Serbe: 7467 spoke German and: 3364 spoke Hungarian.

After the collapse of the Austria-Hungary in 1918, Pančevo belonged to the Royaume of Serb, the Croats and the Sloveniens (renamed Royaume of Yugoslavia in 1929).

In 1921, the city counted: 19362 inhabitants, of which: 9422 Serb: 7237 Germans and 887 Hungarians.

Between 1941 and 1944, Pančevo was occupied by the powers of the Axis and belonged to the autonomous province of the Banat inside the occupied Serbia. Starting from 1944, the city belonged to the socialist news Federal republic of Yugoslavia and, starting from 1945, it belonged to the autonomous province of Voïvodine. Between 1992 and 2003, Pančevo belonged to the Federal republic of Yugoslavia and, between 2003 and 2006, it belonged to the Serbia-Montenegro. Since 2006, it is belonged to the independent Serbia.

Culture

Monastery of Vojlovica

Photograph gallery

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