Czechs in Serbia

Czechs are recognized ethnic minority in Serbia. According to data from the 2022 census, there were 1,317 Czechs living in Serbia.

Demographics

The only settlement with Czech majority is tiny village Češko Selo ("Czech Village") in the Bela Crkva municipality, in South Banat District, Vojvodina. Year Population 1948 6,760 1953 5,948 1961 5,133 1971 4,149 1981 3,225 1991 2,675 2002 (excl. Kosovo) 2,211 2011 (excl. Kosovo) 1,824 2022 (excl. Kosovo) 1,317

Politics The National Council of Czech Ethnic Minority in Serbia is a representation body of Czechs, established for the protection of the rights and the minority self-government of Czechs in Serbia. It is headquartered in Bela Crkva.https://rtv.rs/sr_lat/vojvodina/banat/zigmanov-bela-crkva-primer-cuvanja-nacionalnog-identiteta-manjina_1565737.html

Notable people Aleksandar Mašin – military officer Ivan Bek – football player Ludmila Frajt – composer Emil Hájek – composer and pianist Rudolf Nováček – composer Zlatko Krasni – poet Aleksandar Lifka – cinematographer Stojan Titelbah – architect Vladislav Titelbah – painter František Zach – general and Chief of the Serbian General Staff

See also Czech diaspora Czech Republic–Serbia relations

References

Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.

External links Nacionalni savet češke nacionalne manjine | savetceha.rs