Irig, Serbia

Infobox Serbia municipality
native_name = Ириг|official_name=Irig
district = Srem
mayor = Radovan Ercegovac
area_km2 = 230
population_total = 4848
mpop=12329
latd = 45| latm = 06|longd = 19| longm = 51
code = 22
settlements = 12
plates = RU
postal_code=22406
website = www.irig.org.yu

Irig (Ириг) is a town and municipality in the Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 4,854, while Irig municipality has 12,294 inhabitants.

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as "Irig" or Ириг, in Croatian as "Irig", in Hungarian as "Ürög", and in German as "Irick".

Inhabited places

Irig municipality includes the town of Irig and the following villages:
*Velika Remeta
*Vrdnik
*Grgeteg
*Dobrodol
*Jazak
*Krušedol Prnjavor
*Krušedol Selo
*Mala Remeta
*Neradin
*Rivica
*Šatrinci

History

Irig was first mentioned in the historical documents in 1225. In the 15th century, the masters of the town were Serbian despots Vuk Grgurević, Đorđe Branković, and Jovan Branković. During the 15th and 16th century, ten Orthodox monasteries were built in the surrounding of Irig (Two of those were located just near the town).

Between 1526 and 1699, the town was under Ottoman rule. During this time, it belonged to the Sanjak of Srem, and was the administrative seat of one of the seven nahijas in that sanjak. In 1665, the town had 2,000 houses, one mosque and two monasteries. In this time, Irig was mostly inhabited by Muslim population.

Since 1699, Irig was part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the 18th century, Irig was one of the most important market centers in Srem and most of its inhabitants were ethnic Serbs. In 1795-1796, the population of the town was decimated by plague. From the total population of 4,813 who lived in the town, 2,548 died of this disease. According to the 1900 census, the population of the Irig municipality numbered 22,313 inhabitants, of whom 16,893 were Orthodox Serbs, while the town of Irig itself had 5,196 inhabitants, of whom 3,936 were Orthodox Serbs. [http://www.irig.org.yu/] According to the 1910 census, the population of the Irig municipality numbered 25,320 inhabitants, of whom 18,331 spoke Serbian language, 3,552 Hungarian, 1,816 Croatian, and 1,031 German. [http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=Szer%E9m%20(Srijem)]

Since 1918, Irig was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and subsequent South Slavic and Serb states. During World War II, 417 inhabitants of the town were killed by fascists.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

The population of the Irig municipality:
*Serbs = 9,801 (79.49%)
*Hungarians = 816 (6.61%)
*Yugoslavs = 295 (2.39%)
*Croats = 289 (2.34%)
*others.

Most of the local communities are ethnically Serb, while two have a Hungarian majority: Šatrinci (Hungarian: Satrinca) and Dobrodol (Hungarian: Dobradópuszta).

Twin cities

*flagicon|Macedonia Topolčani, Republic of Macedonia

References

#Dr Željko Vučković - Stevan Pištević, Povesnica Kulturno-umetničkog društva "Zmaj" u Irigu 1905-2005, Irig, 2005.
#Ladislav Varga, Mozaik žitelja iriških, Novi Sad, 2001.

External links

* [http://www.yumreza.org.yu/irig/ Official website]
* [http://www.sremskioglasi.com/ Sremski Oglasi]