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Ečka

Ečka
Ечка
Village
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
Serbian Orthodox Church (1711)
Ečka is located in Serbia
Ečka
Ečka
Location of Ečka within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°19′04″N 20°26′20″E / 45.31778°N 20.43889°E / 45.31778; 20.43889Coordinates: 45°19′04″N 20°26′20″E / 45.31778°N 20.43889°E / 45.31778; 20.43889
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
District Central Banat
Elevation 71 m (233 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Ečka 4,513
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 23203
Area code(s) +381(0)23
Car plates ZR

Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, Serbian pronunciation: [êtʃka]) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.

In Serbian, the village is known as Ečka (Ечка), in Romanian as Ecica or Ecica Română, in German as Deutsch-Etschka, and in Hungarian as Écska (until 1899: Német-Écska).

The village was merged with former settlement known as Mala Ečka (Мала Ечка) in Serbian, Alt Etschka in German, and Román-Écska or Olahécska in Hungarian.

The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).

The Romanian Orthodox Church

The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist, built in 1864 as the third church

Blazon of counts Lazar in Ečka

Main street and the Catholic Church

The Kaštel castle, built in 1820, by count Lukács

Tower in Ečka

Old bridge over Begej 1995, built 1889, renovated 1894 and later 2005

Old bridge over Begej 1995 with sheep and church in background


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