Ečka
# Ečka

Ečka (Serbian Cyrillic: Ечка, pronounced; Hungarian: 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.
