Franzfeld (German) – Franzföld (German) – Ferencfalva (Hungarian) – Francföld (Hungarian) – Francfold (Hungarian) – Ferenchalom (Hungarian) – Francfeld (Serbian) – Banatsko Kraljevićevo (Serbian) – Kraljevićevo (Serbian) – Kačarevo, Serbia (Official)
South Banat District Vojvodina – NE District of Serbia
Village of South Banat District (Vojvodina: The Serbian Banat, which is located in the western part in northeastern Serbia); approximately 11 km N of Pančevo and 21 km NW of Belgrade.
Catholic Church name: Unknown
Genealogical Records – Church records available at LDS – FHC; Microfilm Nr. :
030 YU – Franzfeld: B. 1793-1835, M. 1793-1835, D. 1793-1835
The town was founded in 1787. By 1921 its population included 4,450 Germans, which comprised 97.7 percent of the total population of the time. It was also the location of a concentration camp for local civilians of German origin held by Partisans after World War II. After World War II, the town was colonized by Serbs who came from Bosnia, Krajina, Lika, and Dalmatia as well as Macedonians who came from Macedonia.
On May 11, 1999 during the NATO Bombing Campaign of the Kosovo War, the town was targeted by NATO forces in a mission to destroy an apparent tactical reporting post. There were also unsubstantiated claims of an F-16 being shot down on the outskirts of Kačarevo in the early morning hours of May 8, 1999 by a surface-to-air missile, while speculation also suggests that the pilot ejected safely as there was an intensive search by Yugoslav military during the night and during the next morning.
The number of reported inhabitants of the town in 2002 was 7,624, in approximately 2,529 households. The majority of inhabitants are ethnic Serbs (5,042 or 66.13%), while Macedonians form 19.24% of the population or 1,467 people. Unfortunately, about 8 percent of the towns’ population are either refugees or internally displaced persons, mostly resulting from recent wars in Kosovo and Bosnia.
Last updated: 06/07/2025