VajskaHistory
History of Vajska
The history of Vajska from available sources: old names of the village, the Šokci along the Danube, the population decline since 1961 and the Vajska–Borovo ferry of 1991.
A Danube village
About Vajska
A mixed village of Bačka by the Danube: the church of St George in the centre, the kirbaj on 23 April, Lake Provala and the woods of Labudnjača close by.
The village
Vajska is in Bač municipality, South Bačka District (Wikipedia). According to municipal data it is an ethnically mixed village with a relative Serb majority (Wikipedia: Bač). In Hungarian it is called Vajszka or Józsefháza, in German Wajska (Wikipedia).
Two separate settlements officially belong to the village: Labudnjača (from labud, “swan”) and Živa (Wikipedia).
The church of St George and the kirbaj
The Catholic church of St George stands in the centre of the village. The kirbaj, the village feast, is held on 23 April, St George’s Day in the Catholic calendar (Vreme, 2020).
Population
| Census | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,355 |
| 1981 | 3,448 |
| 2002 | 3,169 |
| 2011 | 2,834 |
Source: Wikipedia. The 2022 census figure for the village itself is still to be added.