Ečka

Ečka (Ечка, ; 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.

Name and history
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.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,513 people (2002 census).


 * Serbs = 2,483 (55.02%)
 * Romanians = 1,325 (29.36%)
 * Hungarians = 196 (4.34%)
 * Yugoslavs = 123 (2.73%)
 * Romani = 72 (1.60%)

Historical population

 * 1900: 4,892
 * 1931: 5,207
 * 1948: 3,934
 * 1953: 4,188
 * 1961: 4,323
 * 1971: 4,621
 * 1981: 5,293
 * 1991: 5,172

Trivia

 * Franz Liszt played piano at Kaštel castle as a nine-year-old boy.