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| Veliki Gaj is a village in , about 70 km NE of Belgrade and about 1 km SE of the Romanian border. Click for a discussion of the town and area in Serbian. | Veliki Gaj is a village in , about 70 km NE of Belgrade and about 1 km SE of the Romanian border. Click for a discussion of the town and area in Serbian. | ||
| Until 1918, the Banat region around Veliki Gaj had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who encouraged its settlement by German speaking Donauschwaben (Danube Swabians) and others after gaining military control from the Ottoman Empire (see /Pozarevac in 1718). After WWI, this region became the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In 1929, the kingdom changed its name to Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was invaded by the Germans in WWII. Most of the German settlers in the western area of the Banat were either killed, expelled or fled during and after WWII, although some still remain in areas to the east and north. Veliki Gaj is now within the province of Vojvodina within the republic of Serbia. Yugoslavia is now a Federation of only Serbia and Montenegro, as the regions of Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia declared their independence in 1991 -1992. | Until 1918, the Banat region around Veliki Gaj had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who encouraged its settlement by German speaking Donauschwaben (Danube Swabians) and others after gaining military control from the Ottoman Empire (see /Pozarevac in 1718). After WWI, this region became the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In 1929, the kingdom changed its name to Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was invaded by the Germans in WWII. Most of the German settlers in the western area of the Banat were either killed, expelled or fled during and after WWII, although some still remain in areas to the east and north. Veliki Gaj is now within the province of Vojvodina within the republic of Serbia. Yugoslavia is now a Federation of only Serbia and Montenegro, as the regions of Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia declared their independence in 1991 -1992. | ||
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Veliki Gaj is a village in Serbia, about 70 km NE of Belgrade and about 1 km SE of the Romanian border. Click here for a discussion of the town and area in Serbian.
Until 1918, the Banat region around Veliki Gaj had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who encouraged its settlement by German speaking Donauschwaben (Danube Swabians) and others after gaining military control from the Ottoman Empire (see Treaty of Passarowitz/Pozarevac in 1718). After WWI, this region became the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In 1929, the kingdom changed its name to Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was invaded by the Germans in WWII. Most of the German settlers in the western area of the Banat were either killed, expelled or fled during and after WWII, although some still remain in areas to the east and north. Veliki Gaj is now within the province of Vojvodina within the republic of Serbia. Yugoslavia is now a Federation of only Serbia and Montenegro, as the regions of Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia declared their independence in 1991 -1992.
See also “Donauschwaben in the Banat, Including the Arader Land”, Gross Gaj, and "History of German Settlements in Southern Hungary" by Sue Clarkson.