- Lazarevo
Lazarevo (Лазарево) is a village located in the
Zrenjanin municipality, in theCentral Banat District ofSerbia . It is situated in the Autonomous Province ofVojvodina . The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,308 people (2002 census).Name
In Serbian, the village is known as "Lazarevo" or Лазарево, in Croatian as "Lazarevo", in Hungarian as "Lázárföld", and in German as "Lazarfeld".
History
In the year 1800, the first German immigrants arrived at the enormous estate of János Lázár de Écska, the son of Lukács Lázár. “Martinica pusta” has been determined as a place for their settlement. It was besides
Ečka andJankov Most the third settlement founded on Lukács Lázár’s estate and in his honor it was named Lazarfield. In 1922 the village changed it’s name to Lazarevo. After the World War II it was colonized by veteran families from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Historical population
*1961: 3,313
*1971: 3,430
*1981: 3,480
*1991: 3,450Features
There are around 3,000 inhabitants in about 900 households. The working people are mostly employed in Zrenjanin, and agriculture is their supplement activity. The local population mostly assembled by the cultural society “Slaviša Vajner – Cica”, the volunteer fire Society, and the hunters associations. The local Protestant church was reconstructed and turned into the first Orthodox church in 1998. Under the name “Zadrugar” four sports clubs exist, and it’s football team gave a few Yugoslav representatives.
Education
There is a primary school "Slavko Rodić" in the village for children from Lazarevo and village
Zlatica . Lazarevo doesn't have high school so children from Lazarevo and Zlatica have to go to school inZrenjanin .References
*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
ee also
*
List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina External links
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Lazarevo2.html Lazarevo]
* [http://www.osslavkorodic.edu.yu Public school "Slavko Rodić"]
* [http://www.zrenjanin.org.yu Community of Zrenjanin]
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