Plavna
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Plavna (Serbian Cyrillic: Плавна) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. Its population is ethnically mixed and numbering 1,392 people (2002 census).
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[edit] Name
In Serbian, the village is known as Plavna (Плавна), in Croatian (Šokac) as Plavna, in Hungarian as Palona, and in German as Plawingen.
[edit] Geography
It is located 150 km north of Belgrade and 75 km of Novi Sad, the capital of the province of Vojvodina, at the southwest of Bačka.
[edit] Ethnic groups (2002 census)
Its population include:
- 607 (43.61%) Serbs
- 312 (22.41%) Croats
- 145 (10.42%) Hungarians
- 112 (8.05%) Yugoslavs
- others.
[edit] Historical population
- 1961: 2,662
- 1971: 2,033
- 1981: 1,712
- 1991: 1,538
- 2002: 1,392
Plavna is the birthplace of Antun Gustav Matoš's father who was Bunjevac Croat. Before the war in Croatia the village was predominantly inhabited by Croats.
[edit] Tourism
There is a possibility of hunting deer, doe buck, wild boar, as well as hare, pheasant, partridge and wild duck on an area of 600 hectares covered by wheat and corn.
Hunting ground Plavna – Lovačka kuća (Houting house) is located in the village of Plavna surrounded by forest. Along with usual hounting activities, it offers the possibility of tours of the hunting ground, photo – safari, observing wild life. Restaurant can receive 100 quests.
[edit] References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
[edit] Notable inhabitants
- József Novotny (1908 - 1944), chaiplan, martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, a Hungarian of Czech or Slovak origin. He was killed by the Yugoslav partisans in 1944. [1]
- Bálint Magyar de Palona (? - 1573), Hungarian general, captain of Fonyód, heroe of the struggle against Ottoman invasion. [2]
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