Zmajevo


Zmajevo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vrbas municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,361 people. It has lakes that are full of carp and a large hunting ground with many wild animals. Anglers from all over Serbia come to Zmajevo to fish the carp in Vojvodina.

Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Zmajevo, in German as Alt-Keer or Altker, and in Hungarian as Ókér. Older Serbian names were: Pašićevo, Stari Ker, Ker, and Bačka Dobra. The current name, Zmajevo, derived from nickname of Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.

History

It was recorded first in 1267. During Ottoman rule, the village of Kér was populated by Serbs. Germans settled in the village in 1787, but after World War II, as a consequence of the war events, the German population was exiled from the village by the communist government. The German Evangelical church was torn down and the German cemetery turned into a pheasant-farm.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)