Hungary-Serbia Border Crossings - Kelebija, Kelebia, Ba KI Breg, Hercegszanto, Roszke, Beba Veche, Tompa, Horgo (Paperback)

Chapters: Kelebija, Kelebia, Ba ki Breg, Hercegszanto, Roszke, Beba Veche, Tompa, Horgo . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kelebija (Serbian:, Kelebija, Hungarian: Kelebia, Croatian: Kelebija, Bunjevac: Kelebija) is a village close to Subotica in Serbia. It is situated in the municipality of Subotica, North Baka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,168 people (2002 census). Near the village is a border crossing between Serbia and Hungary. Most of its inhabitants are farmers. The Catholic church in KelebijaThere is a small lake at the south-western part of the village, next to which there is a little hill often called "Church Hill" by the local people . Today, however, there is no church in this site, but there are some remnants of a medieval settlement here, among them also the foundations of a larger building, which was probably the church of the medieval settlement called Kalyb. Kalyb, that is to say, today's Kelebija was mentioned first time in 1297 as the property of Simon Filins Wasa de Kelyb, an aristocrat in the Kingdom of Hungary. The village became destroyed and depopulated during the Ottoman occupation of the region. In 1702, the territory of the deserted village (puszta in Hungarian) became attached to Subotica, the largest settlement in the region at that time. The facade of the Catholic Church Passport stamp from the Kelebija border crossing into Hungary.According to a map drawn in 1783, the territory of today's Kelebija was completely intersect by many important roads going out from Subotica towards Baja, Bacsalmas, Tatahaza, Matehaza, Melykut and Kiskunhalas. Along these roads many people settled forming several rows of houses (houses close to each...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2681303