Kisač

Kisač (Serbian: "Kisač" or Кисач, Slovak: "Kysáč", Croatian: "Kisač", Hungarian: "Kiszács") is a village located in the Novi Sad municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

Population

The village has a Slovak ethnic majority and its population numbering 5,471 people (2002 census). According to the 1971 census, ethnic Slovaks comprised 90.60% of population of the village.

Historical population:
*1961: 5,559
*1971: 5,598
*1981: 6,220
*1991: 5,850

History

The settlement named Kis-Alcs was mentioned at this location in 1457 during the Hungarian Kingdom. During the Ottoman rule, Kisač was populated by ethnic Serbs. The modern settlement of Kisač was first mentioned in the second half of the 18th century (about 1770), when ethnic Slovaks settled in the village. It soon became one of the largest ethnic Slovak settlements in Bačka. The village got its present form when it was joined with Tankosićevo, which was a separate settlement in the past.

Culture

There is a Slovak Evangelist Church (from 1795) and a Serbian Orthodox Church (from 1773) in the village.

References

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

ee also

*Tankosićevo
*Novi Sad
*List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Kisac.html Kisač]