Knićanin
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Knićanin Книћанин |
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 Knićanin
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| Coordinates: 45°11′14″N 20°19′12″E / 45.18722°N 20.32000°ECoordinates: 45°11′14″N 20°19′12″E / 45.18722°N 20.32000°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | Central Banat |
| Elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Knićanin | 2,034 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 23265 |
| Area code(s) | +381(0)23 |
| Car plates | ZR |
Knićanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Книћанин) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Zrenjanin municipal area, in the Banat region (Central Banat District), Vojvodina province. Its population is 2,034 (2002 census) and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs (97.39%).
The village was named after voivod Stevan Knićanin, who was the commander of the Serbian volunteer squads in the Serbian Vojvodina during the 1848/1849 revolution. Other names for the village used in Serbian were Knićaninovo (Книћаниново) and Rudolfovo (Рудолфово).
The former German name of the village, Rudolfsgnad, was in use since 1868, when the village was named after Crown Prince Rudolf (1858-1889). In Hungarian, the village was known as Rezsőháza.
Knićanin has a Serb ethnic majority; ethnic Serbs number 1,981 inhabitants of the village. Other ethnic groups include Hungarians, Yugoslavs, Slovaks, Croats, and others.
The village was founded during Austrian administration (in 1866) by German (Danube Swabian) colonists, who mainly came from Ečka and Lukićevo. Initially, it was part of the Banatian Military Frontier. After the abolishment of the frontier in 1873, the village was included into Torontál County, which was administratively a part of the Kingdom of Hungary within the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. In the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, the villagers were mainly farmers and artisans. According to the 1910 census, the village had German ethnic majority.
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