Čakovci

Čakovci (Hungarian: Csákovác) is a village in municipality of Tompojevci in eastern Croatia.

Not to be confused with the town of Čakovec in Međimurje.
Čakovci

Csákovác  (Hungarian)[1]
Village (Selo)
Čakovci
Location of Čakovci in Croatia
Coordinates: 45.236°N 19.059°E / 45.236; 19.059
Country Croatia
RegionSyrmia (Podunavlje)
County Vukovar-Syrmia
MunicipalityTompojevci
Population
 (2011)
 • Total366[2]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32 238

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is in the plural, and therefore it is grammatically correct to refer to it as "Čakovci are" instead of "Čakovci is". A hypothetical singular version of the name would be Čakovac yet the name would still be different in spelling and pronunciation from the town of Čakovec as in the case of village of Čakovci long accent is on the first vowel A of the word.

History

The continuous human presence in village comes from the period of Middle Ages.[3] The papal legate two times visited village, first time in 1333 and second in 1335.[3] The first sources in which village was mentioned used its Hungarian name Chak which was subsequently Croatized into modern day version Čakovci.[3] Čakovci area up to the Ottoman conquest was relatively densely populated, and after the fall of Syrmia, village was depopulated so that at the time before Ottomans withdrawal from the region in 1715 village had 8 Catholic households.[3] One household was from Sarajevo.[3]

  • WWII monument to 4th Montenegrin Proletarian Brigade
  • cross on the road to Berak
  • Serbian Orthodox Church
  • Roman Catholic Church

After the departure of the Ottomans, the King's chamber began to settle Orthodox subjects in Čakovci.[3] Those Orthodox subjects came from Bosnia and Baranja.[3] In 1723 there was already 30 Orthodox houses in village. In 1732 a wooden orthodox church was built and in 1764 rock one.[3]

Village population increased over time so that in 1847 it counted 690 residents.[3] Out of that number 492 of them were Roman Catholics and Orthodox 195.[3] Increasing immigration of ethnic Hungarians was also present so that Hungarian society "Julian" was opened in 1907 as well as elementary school in Hungarian.[3] Rail link connected Čakovci with Ilača and Vukovar in 1912.[3] In 1826/28 along with Orthodox, Roman Catholic church was built.[3] Church was severely burned and devastated during Croatian War of Independence.[3] Through history, local Orthodox residents fell within the parish in Novi Banovci, and Roman Catholic under the one in Mikluševci.[3]

On the village square Alliance of fighters from Vrbas built the monument in the 1949 to the Yugoslav Partisans fighters from the 4th Montenegrin Proletarian Brigade from the time of Syrmian Front during the World War II.[4] Basis of the monument has a shape of a red star.[4]

Education
School building entrance

There is one 8 year elementary school in Čakovci. Since many historical documents were destroyed during Croatian War of Independence there are no certain information about school historical work.[5] After Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia were reintegrated into Croatia through UNTAES mandate, in 1997/8 school began to work with 107 students.[5] Although village is not the seat of municipality, local school is central schools on its territory. Schools in Tompojevci, Mikluševci, Bokšić and Berak are branch schools (Croatian: područna škola/područne škole) of Elementary School Čakovci.[5] Today, classes are held in Croatian language and Gaj Latin script with elective classes fostering Rusyn language and culture, and the Hungarian language and culture.[5] In first years after reintegration school was one of institutions that offered parallel classes in Serbian and Croatian.[5] Today students that want to study fully in Serbian language and Cyrillic script study in nearby Negoslavci.

Culture

In 1953 Hungarian community established Cultural-Artistic Association Petőfi Sándor that is still active today.[6] From 1968 until 1998 association used name Cultural-Artistic Brotherhood and Unity.[6] Association brings together different age groups, from school children to elderly, who help to preserve Hungarian old customs and costumes. It has around 70 members. Association often participate in events in Hungary, Romania and Vojvodina in Serbia.[6]

  • Hungarian House in Čakovci
  • Bilingual plate on Hungarian House in Čakovci
  • Sándor Petőfi Street
  • Plate marking donation from Government of Norway and Norwegian Refugee Council from 1997

References
  1. Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 34. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. "POPISANE OSOBE, KUĆANSTVA I STAMBENE JEDINICE, PRVI REZULTATI POPISA 2011. PO NASELJIMA, page 83" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. "Općina Tompojevci-Čakovci". Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. "Generalni konzulat Republike Srbije u Vukovaru". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia). Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. "Osnovna škola Čakovci-O školi". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. "Općina Tompojevci-KUD "Petöfi Sándor" Čakovci". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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