Senta

Senta Сента Zenta
Location of Senta within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°56′N 20°05′E / 45.933°N 20.083°E / 45.933; 20.083
Country	Serbia
District	North Banat
Settlements	5
Government
- Mayor	Zoltán Pék
Area [1]
- Municipality	293 km2 (113.1 sq mi)
Population (2002 census)[2]
- Total	20,302
- Municipality	25,568
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	24400
Area code	+381 24
Car plates	KI
Website	http://www.zenta-senta.co.rs

Map of Senta municipality

Senta, City Hall

The tower of the City Hall

The bridge across Tisa River in Senta

Senta (Serbian: Сента or Senta, Hungarian: Zenta, Romanian: Zenta, German: Senta) is a town and municipality on the bank of the Tisa river in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. Although geographically located in Bačka, it is part of the North Banat District. The town has a population of 20,363, whilst the Senta municipality has 25,619 inhabitants (2002 census).

History

The "modern" town was mentioned first in 1216 under name Szintarev. In 1246 it belonged to the Csanad county, while in 1506 it became a Free Royal City. In 1526, the town was destroyed by the Ottomans, and during the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), Ottoman fort and Serb village existed at this locality.

Records and archeological finds however indicate that the area around the city was populated from ancient times, neolithic/eneolithic societies alike the one from ancient Velebit probably investigated the marshes of modern day Senta while full scale settlement manifests during the V-IX centuries. Inhabitants of the early "Senta" were Sarmatians and later probably Avars. Hungarian population invaded the area during the great breakthrough of the Magyars. The settlement was sacked by Tatars in late XII or early XIII century.

In 1697, Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the Ottoman army in the Battle of Senta, which was fought at this location, and after the Treaty of Karlovci in 1699, the town belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy as part of the Tisa-Mureş section of the Military Frontier. After the abolishment of this part of the Frontier in 1751, most of the Serbs that lived in the town emigrated to Russia (notably to New Serbia and Slavo-Serbia).

During the 18th and 19th century, Hungarians, Slovaks, Germans, and Jews settled in the town. In 1910, the population of the town numbered 29,666 inhabitants of whom 27,221 (91.8%) Hungarian, 2,020 (6.8%) Serbian, and 425 (1.4%) other languages. Serbs started to settle in the town again after the First World War, when Senta became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Senta is the renowned birthplace of many great personalities and fruitful minds. Renowned Serbs are Stevan Sremac (writer), Jovan Đorđević (cultural benefactor) and Jovan Muškatirović (renowned luminary) and reputed Hungarians are Thurzó Lajos (writer) and Kossuth Lajos (lawyer and politician).

Inhabited places

Senta municipality includes the town of Senta and 4 villages. The villages are (Hungarian names are in italics):

• Gornji Breg (Felsőhegy)
• Bogaraš (Bogaras)
• Tornjoš (Tornyos)
• Kevi (Kevi)

Demographics (2002 census)

Ethnic groups in the Senta municipality

• Hungarians = 20,587 (forming an absolute majority of 80.51%)
• Serbs = 2,739 (10.71%)
• Roma = 581 (2.27%)
• Yugoslavs = 392 (1.53%)
• Others.

All settlements in the municipality have Hungarian ethnic majorities.

Ethnic groups in the Senta town

• Hungarians = 15,860 (78.12%)
• Serbs = 2,655 (13.08%)
• Yugoslavs = 373 (1.84%)
• Roma = 235 (1.16%)
• Others.

With the population of 20,363, the town of Senta is the largest settlement in Vojvodina in which ethnic Hungarians form the absolute majority.

Sights

• Tisa bridge
• Music School
• Park

Twin cities

• Dunajská Streda (Dunaszerdahely), Slovakia
• Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
• Kranj, Slovenia
• Mukachevo (Munkács), Ukraine

See also

• Battle of Senta

References

External links

• Official website
• Community Portal of Cityzens
• History of Senta (Hungarian)

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