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| Coordinates:45°24′N19°59′E / 45.400°N 19.983°E /45.400; 19.983 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| Region | Bačka (Podunavlje) |
| District | South Bačka |
| Municipality |  Žabalj |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Gospođinci (Serbian Cyrillic:Госпођинци;Hungarian:Boldogasszonyfalva) is a village in the municipality ofŽabalj, in theSouth Bačka District ofSerbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province ofVojvodina. The village has aSerb ethnic majority and its population is 3,896 (2002 census).
Its name derives from the Serbian word "gospođa" ("lady"). InSerbo-Croatian, the village is known as Госпођинци orGospođinci, inHungarian asBoldogasszonyfalva, inGerman asFrauendorf, and inPannonian Rusyn asҐосподїнци. The names of the settlement inSerbo-Croatian and Pannonian Rusyn are plural.
This is a typical Vojvodinian village, with its inhabitants mostly working in agriculture or in the capital of Vojvodina,Novi Sad. Most of the village streets are straight from one end to the other with houses built next to each other. As it is typical with most of the villages in Vojvodina, the houses, most of which were built before the 1980s, have only one floor and a big attic. The majority of properties are divided into "first" and "second" yards by small fences with gates, with gardens at the very back. First yards are, mostly, lawns, while second yards are used for barns, storage of agricultural machinery and equipment, and sometimes poultry farming. Gardens are used for growing potatoes, tomatoes and other vegetables. Apple and peach trees, among others, are very common.
From the time of theRoman Empire just outside the village, in the west, lies a trench which the Romans had used for transport. During theOttoman rule (16th–17th centuries), the village of Gospođinci was populated by ethnicSerbs. During theHabsburg rule in the 18th and 19th century, the village belonged to theMilitary Frontier province (theŠajkaš Battalion section).
Since 1918, the village was part of theKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the subsequentSouth Slavic states. During theHungarianAxis occupation, in a 1942 raid, 85 inhabitants of the village were murdered, of whom there were 47 men, 19 women, 15 children, and four elderly people. By nationality, the victims included 73Serbs, 10Jews, and twoRusyns.
As the data from 1981 to 1991 shows, the village had greater mortality rate then natality, which was, and still is, the main problem in the whole of Vojvodina, due to the decline in the quality of life caused by the death ofJosip Broz Tito, and thecommunist ideals, which led to an escalating crisis in the formerSFR of Yugoslavia. However, the data from 1991 to 2002 shows a population increase caused bySerb refugees fromBosnia and Herzegovina andCroatia who settled in the village during theYugoslav Wars.[citation needed]
45°24′N19°59′E / 45.400°N 19.983°E /45.400; 19.983
