Ečka
Village in Vojvodina, Serbia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Village in Vojvodina, Serbia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, pronounced [êtʃka]; Romanian: Ecica, Hungarian: Écska) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina on the Begej river.
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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).
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]
There are three churches in Ečka:[3]
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