Kačarevo
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| Качарево Kačarevo |
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 Centre of the town |
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| Country: |  Serbia |
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| Subdivision: | Vojvodina, South Banat District, Pančevo municipality | |
| Population: 2002 |
7,624 |
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| Area code: | + 381(0)13 | |
| Postal code: | 26212 | |
of Pančevo
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Kačarevo (Качарево) is a town in northern Serbia, situated in the municipality of Pančevo, South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The town has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 7,624 people (2002 census).
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[edit] Name and history
Kačarevo was founded in 1787 and was originally named Franzfeld, after the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I. The settlement was re-named Kačarevo in honour of the national hero Svetozar Kačar. By 1921 the town comprised of 4,450 Germans, which comprised 97.7 percent of the total population of the time.
The current official name of the town is Kačarevo, but the town has previously been known by different names throughout its history. The original German name of the town was Franzfeld, but in Hungarian it has been known as Francföld, Ferencfalva and Ferenchalom. Other names, used by locals, throughout its history have also included Kraljevićevo and Banatsko Kraljevićevo.
Kačarevo was also the location of a prisoner camp for Germans held by Partisans during World War II.
More recently, on May 11, 1999 during the NATO Bombing Campaign of the Kosovo War, the town was targeted by NATO forces in a mission to destroy an apparent tactical reporting post. There were also unsubstantiated claims of an F-16 being shot down on the outskirts of Kačarevo in the early morning hours of May 8, 1999 by a surface-to-air missile, while speculation also suggests that the pilot ejected safely as there was an intensive search by Yugoslav military during the night and during the next morning.
[edit] Geography and demographics
Kačarevo is located on flat and fertile plains at , approximately 11 km N of Pančevo and 21 km NW of Belgrade. It is located within the South Banat District, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, which is in the northern part of Serbia.
The number of reported inhabitants of the town in 2002 was 7,604, in approximately 2,529 households. The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Serbs who came from Bosnia, Krajina, Lika, and Dalmatia, while Macedonians form about 20 percent of the population. Unfortunately, about 8 percent of the towns' population are either refugees or internally displaced persons, mostly resulting from recent wars in Kosovo and Bosnia.
It is interesting that according to the 1971 census, the town was ethnically mixed, and ethnic Macedonians formed relative majority (41.13 percent).
The main occupation of the towns' people is in agriculture, as with many other local settlements. However, many of the towns’ inhabitants also work in the factories of the neighbouring city of Pančevo.
The largest neighbouring settlement is indeed Pančevo, but the region is also scattered with other smaller inhabited places, similar in size with Kačarevo, such as Banatsko Novo Selo and Jabuka.
The altitude above sea level is roughly about 81 meters, or 265 feet, and the Postal Code is 26212.
[edit] Recent/current community projects
There have been several community projects of late that attempted to enhance the wellbeing of locals, funded by money from both the municipality and residents, and also from money received from US aid. Projects include:
- Improvement of Green Spaces, Ecological Education, and Cleaning,
- Improving Kačarevo’s Hog Production,
- Organise and Register Kačarevo’s Hog Farmers' Cooperative,
- Establishing Community Centre,
- Building the Capacity of Communal Public Utility Service,
- Citizens Environmental Action, and
- Well Digging for Water Supply.
[edit] External links
- Satellite image from Google Maps
- Current Weather in Kačarevo.
