Novoszella (Hungarian) – Újfalu (Hungarian) – Pusztanovoszello (Hungarian) – Novo Selo, Serbia (Official)
North Banat District – Vojvodina (the Serbian Banat)
Novo Selo is situated in the Kanjiža municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province; 18 km SE from Beodra, South of Kikinda.
Novo Selo used to be situated in the Kikinda municipality of the North Banat District of Vojvodina in modern times. Initially, it is believed to have been within the Novi Becej district.
On some Hungarian maps of the late 19th and early 20th Century, Novo Selo was/is listed as ‘Pusztanovoszello.’ Since the place continued to lose population after its German residents were rounded up and placed into confinement in 1945 as part of Tito’s ethnic cleansing aimed against Yugoslavia’s German minority, vestiges of old Novo Selo were merged with Banatska Topola as of around 1955 and use of the old name was discontinued.
Újfalu, the Hungarian translation of the original Serb name, apparently was never in use officially for this locality.
This particular former Novo Selo ceased to exist in the 2nd half of the 20th Century.
Nova Sella (Source:Josephinische Landesaufnahme, 1769-72 – Map Section 139)
Banat-Topola Schwaben: 1791-1945 by Jacob Steigerwald, 1992
Finding Vital 1796-1945 Data Regarding German and Hungarian Ancestors of Banat(ska) Topola and Novo Selo, Plus an Exposé About the Local 1945-1946 Internment Camp for Germans of Yugoslavia;By Jacob Steigerwald (Littleton, Colorado, 2009). ISBN 0-9615505-5-4.
Last updated: 07/07/2025