Neuzina


Neuzina is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sečanj municipality, in the Central Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 1,371 people, including 680 Serbs, 488 Hungarians and 95 Roma before others.

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Neuzina, in Hungarian as Nezsény, in Croatian as Neuzina, and in German as Nusin.

History

Historically, there were two Neuzina's, that later merged: Srpska Neuzina and Hrvatska Neuzina.
Srpska Neuzina was few miles southwards from Sarča and few miles westwards from Sečanj, while Hrvatska Neuzina was in the very neighbourhood, located southwestwards from Srpska Neuzina, few miles northeastwards from Botoš.
Hrvatska Neuzina got its name after Croatian settlers, that were settled there by the Diocese of Zagreb on its possessions.
In 1910, Srpska Neuzina was mainly populated by Serbs and Hrvatska Neuzina mainly by Croats. Other ethnic groups in these villages included Hungarians and Germans. German population mostly left from the area after World War II and the Croat population also declined over time.

Historical population