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Ečka Ечка | |
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| Coordinates:45°19′04″N20°26′20″E / 45.31778°N 20.43889°E /45.31778; 20.43889 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Province |  Vojvodina |
| District | Central Banat |
| Municipalities | Zrenjanin |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 3,406 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 23203 |
| Area code | +381(0)23 |
| Car plates | ZR |
Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic:Ечка,pronounced[êtʃka];Romanian:Ecica,Hungarian:Écska) is a village located in theZrenjanin municipality, in theCentral Banat District ofSerbia. It is situated in the autonomous province ofVojvodina on theBegej river.
InSerbian, the village is known asEčka (Ечка), inRomanian asEcica orEcica Română, in German asDeutsch-Etschka, and inHungarian asÉcska (until 1899:Német-Écska).
The village was merged with former settlement known asMala Ečka (Мала Ечка) inSerbian,Alt Etschka in German, andRomán-Écska orOlahécska inHungarian.
The village has aSerb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).
Kaštel Ečka is a historic hunting castle and a cultural monument. The estate was purchased by the Lazar family in 1781 and developed over the following decades. At the Castle's grand opening ceremony in 1820,Franz Liszt played piano as a nine-year-old boy. Kaštel Ečka estate includes the main building, horse stables, and the water tower.[2][3]
In 1870, after the death of the last male member of the Lazar family and the castle owner, Sigismund Lázár de Ecska (d. 1870), his widow, Viktoria Edelspacher de Gyorok (1841-1895) inherited the castle. In 1871, due to her second marriage to Prince Egon Maximilian (1832-1892), the castle becomes the property of theHouse of Thurn und Taxis, later owned by the families ofHarnoncourt andPallavicini until the end of theWWII.[4]
There are three churches in Ečka:[3]
The first school in Ečka was established in 1711, within the Serbian Orthodox Church. New school was built in 1894, with initial classes in Romanian language and classes in Serbian added at a later date. Today's school "Dr Aleksandar Sabovljev" was established in 1957, and still has classes both in Romanian and Serbian.[8]
