Savino Selo

Savino Selo / Torschau (Torszà / Torša)
Савино Село
Village
The former Protestant Church, now Serbian Orthodox.
Savino Selo / Torschau (Torszà / Torša)
Coordinates: 45°30′N 19°31′E / 45.500°N 19.517°E / 45.500; 19.517
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Savino Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Савино Село), formerly Torschau, is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Vrbas, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province.

History

Savino selo was first mentioned under the name Torszà in 1416. In 1784 was populated by German Protestant settlers (Donauschwaben), it was first called Torschau (Hungarian Torszà, Serbian Torža). Then as now, the village has been ethnically mixed; until 1945 with a mainly German, Serbian, Slowakian and Hungarian population. In 1934 a monument was erected in remembrance of the village's 150 year long German history. The Reformed Protestant church has recently been rededicated into a Serbian Orthodox church.

Savino Selo literally means "Sava's Village", and is today named after the legendary Partisan commander and war hero Sava Kovačević. During the last days of WWII, Torschau's German population fled in front of approaching Red Army units, mainly to Hungary, Austria and Germany. In 1945, colonisaton of people from Bosnia and Montenegro (especially Vasojević clan) formed current ethnic structure of the village.[1][2][3]

Ethnic groups today

According to the 2002 census, ethnic groups in the village include:

Population after WWII

  • 1961: 5,144
  • 1971: 4,044
  • 1981: 3,749
  • 1991: 3,767

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nasemesto.rs/2017/08/04/vremeplov-kolonizacija-savinog-sela-odakle-su-stigle-porodice/
  2. ↑ http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:474966-Bermudski-trougao-u-Backoj
  3. ↑ https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/treca-generacija-gorstaka-iz-ravnice/

Coordinates: 45°30′N 19°31′E / 45.500°N 19.517°E / 45.500; 19.517


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