Wilhelmfeld (German) – Szaján (Hungarian) – Mihler (Hungarian) – Sajan, Serbia (Official)
North Banat District – Vojvodina (the Serbian Banat)
Village of North Banat District Vojvodina Northeast Serbia
Municipality of Kikinda
The village belonged to the Csanád County in 1449 and in this time was populated by Slavs.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the village of Sajan was in the possession of a landowner named Tajnay János and spread over 9,500 acres (38 km2) of land. The first settlers were ethnic Hungarians who came from the area around Szeged in 1805. In order to boost the economic development of the village, Tajnay János invited to the north-east side of the village ethnic Germans, and thus appeared the settlement of Wilhelmfeld, which Hungarians called Mihler.
The first school was built in 1828 and its first teacher was Balog Andras. During the 1848 revolution, Sajan was completely burned down and by the end of the century totally abandoned due to a cholera epidemic. After spending a few years in neighboring Iđoš, the inhabitants returned. A Roman Catholic church was built in 1880.
The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and a population of 1,348 (2002 census).
Last updated: 04/15/2025