Banatska Topola
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Banatska Topola Банатска Топола |
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Map of Banatska Topola and other settlements in the neighborhood
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 Banatska Topola
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| Coordinates: 45°40′13″N 20°27′34″E / 45.67028°N 20.45944°ECoordinates: 45°40′13″N 20°27′34″E / 45.67028°N 20.45944°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | North Banat |
| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Banatska Topola | 1,066 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 23315 |
| Area code(s) | +381(0)23 |
| Car plates | KI |
Banatska Topola (Serbian Cyrillic: Банатска Топола) is a village in the Kikinda municipality, in the North Banat District of the Republic of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a population of 1,066 (2002 census) of which 570 (53.47%) are ethnic Serbs and 434 (40.71%) are ethnic Hungarians. The location of the village is 18 kilometers south of the city of Kikinda. Administratively, the settlement named Vincaid is also classified as part of Banatska Topola.
In Serbian, the village is known as Банатска Топола or Banatska Topola, in Hungarian as Töröktopolya, and in German as Banat Topola.
There are numerous archaeological findings which are pointing to human presence in this area in the late Bronze Age, around 1200 B.C. Accidental findings of Bronze Age tools are kept in the Kikinda National Museum. Other findings provide evidence of the presence of Sarmatians in later periods. During the Middle Ages there existed several settlements in the area of the present-day village. However, up to the second half of the 18th century, the land in this area was composed of wetlands and fens.
The modern village was founded during Habsburg administration in 1766 by Serb frontiersmen, but they soon abandoned the area because of the flooding. In 1781-1783, the land was bought by Count Bogdan Karácsony from neighbouring Novo Miloševo, who then started the process of drying up the wetlands. Around 1790, he founded the village in the middle of these wetlands, which he settled with German and Hungarian families.
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