Banatsko Novo Selo
Banatsko Novo Selo is a small town in northern Serbia and Montenegro, situated in the municipality of Pančevo.
Postal Code: 26314
Geography/Demographics
It is located within the district of South Banat, within the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the north of Serbia.
Banatsko Novo Selo is located on flat and fertile plains at 44°59'23" N, 20°47'01" E (45.0554, 20.8858), approximately 15km NW of Pančevo and 28km NW of Belgrade.
The largest neighbouring town is Pančevo, but the region is also scattered with other smaller towns, similar in size with Banatsko Novo Selo, such as Kačarevo and Dolovo.
The altitude above sea level is roughly about 105 meters, or 347 feet.
Name and History
Banatsko Novo Selo was founded by German settlers in 1765.
The current official name of the town is obviously Banatsko Novo Selo, but the town has previously been known by different names throughout its history. In German the town has been known as Neudorf, Banater Neudorf, and Pfefferthal. In Hungarian it has been known as Ujfalu.
More recently, on the April 5 1999 during the Nato Bombing Campaign of the Kosovo War there were unsubstantiated claims of Yugoslavian forces, led by Lt.Col. Zoran Damnjanovic's air defense unit, shot down up to two NATO aircraft between Banatsko Novo Selo and the neighbouring town of Dolovo.
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