Horgoš

Horgoš
Horgos
Хоргош
Village
Main street in Horgoš
Horgoš
Location of Horgoš within Serbia
Coordinates: 46°09′12″N 19°58′13″E / 46.15333°N 19.97028°E / 46.15333; 19.97028Coordinates: 46°09′12″N 19°58′13″E / 46.15333°N 19.97028°E / 46.15333; 19.97028
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District North Banat
Elevation 75 m (246 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Horgoš 6,325
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 24410; 24411
Area code(s) +381(0)24
Car plates KA
Aerial view of the Horgoš border crossing into Hungary.
One of the busiest border crossings in Serbia at Horgoš
A 1987 passport stamp from Horgoš.

Horgoš (Serbian: Хоргош, Horgoš, Hungarian: Horgos) is a village in Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority (83.82%) and its population numbering 6,325 people (2002 census). Near the village is a national border crossing into Hungary.

History

The village is mentioned in documents already in the 11th century, as part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1542 it was conquered by the forces of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman empire. After the Polish-Ottoman War (1683–1699), it was conquered by the Habsburg Empire and later became a part of Austro-Hungary. Between the two World Wars it was a part of Yugoslavia. In April 1941 German troops invaded Yugoslavia, and short later Germany handed the area to Hungary. In 1945 it was again a part of Yugoslavia. After the dismantling of Yugoslavia it was included in the territory of Serbia.

Historical population

  • 1961: 2
  • 1971: 70
  • 1981: 0
  • 1991: 0
  • 2002: 610

Jewish community

First documents on Jewish residents of Horgos date back to the 19th century. 87 Jews were counted in Horgos in 1877 and only 53 by the break of the Second World War. After the Hungarian occupation of the village in 1941, Jews were brutally persecuted, and after the German invasion in 1944 were deported to Nazi concentration camps. Only a few survived and returned to the village, but within several years emigrated to Israel.

Famous residents

The village was the seat of the famous Hungarian noble family, the Kárász de Horgos et Szentpéter. The Serbian author Aleksandar Tišma was also born in Horgos to a Serbian father and Hungarian-Jewish mother. Among other noteworthy personalities who were born in Horgos are the astronomer László L. Kiss, the musician Albert Földi, the artists István Fujkin and Miklós Berényi, the actor Lehel Kovács and the computer scientist Josef H. Braun.

See also

References

  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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