Mokrin

{{Infobox settlement | name = Mokrin | native_name = {{native name|sr-Cyrl|Мокрин|italics=off}} | other_name = | image_skyline = Mk-spc.jpg | image_caption = The Serbian Orthodox Church in Mokrin | image_flag = | image_shield = | pushpin_map = Serbia Vojvodina#Serbia#Europe | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Mokrin within Serbia | settlement_type = [[List of populated places in Serbia|Village]] ([[village#Slavic countries|Selo]]) | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Serbia}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Serbia|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Vojvodina}} | subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Serbia|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Banat]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Serbia|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[North Banat District|North Banat]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Municipalities and cities of Serbia|Municipality]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Kikinda]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | total_type = Mokrin | population_total = 5,270 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_metro = | population_demonym = | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|45|56|05|N|20|24|16|E|region:RS|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 90 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 23305 | area_code = [[Telephone numbers in Serbia|+381(0)230]] | website = | blank_name = [[Vehicle registration plates of Serbia|Car plates]] | blank_info = KI | official_name = }}

'''Mokrin''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Мокрин}}) is the largest village in the [[Kikinda]] municipality, in the [[North Banat District]] of [[Serbia]]. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of [[Vojvodina]]. The village has a [[Serbs in Vojvodina|Serb]] ethnic majority (83.47%) with a present [[Romani people|Romani]] (6.23%) and [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] minority (4.9%). It has a population of 5,270(2011 census) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/serbia-severnibanat.php?cityid=03333|title=Mokrin (Kikinda, North Banat District, Serbia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>

==Name==

In [[Serbian language|Serbian]], the village is known as ''Mokrin'' (Мокрин), in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] as ''Mokrin'' (previously ''Homokrév''), and in [[German language|German]] as ''Mokrin''. The name of the village derived from Serbian word "mokro" ("wet" in English).

==History== A [[Bronze Age]] [[:sr:Моришко-мокринска група|Moriš (Maros/Mureș) culture]] necropolis of 312 graves was unearthed in Mokrin.<ref>''Dragoslav Srejović''. [http://www.rastko.rs/arheologija/srejovic/dsrejovic-eneolit.html Kulture bakarnog i ranog bronzanog doba na tlu Srbije // Izvor: Istorija srpskog naroda I, Srpska književna zadruga], Beograd, 1994.</ref> The graves of the men had large golden discs placed at the breasts. Only a small amount of the graves were found to have weapons and tools.<ref>O počecima bronzanog doba u Evropi vid. opširnije: M. Gimbutas, Bronze Age 32-47.</ref>

<gallery> File:Mokrin necropolis 1.png|Bronze Age necropolis of the [[:sr:Моришко-мокринска група|Maros culture]] at Mokrin </gallery>

The village was first named ''Homokrév'' and it was located on the banks of the river Harangoda, today referred to as [[Aranka (river)|Aranka]] or Zlatica. During the 13th and 14th centuries, it was under the possession of Hungarian landowners. According to an Ottoman census of tax payers from 1557 and 1558, there were 30 Serbian households in the village.

Its current name dates from 1723. In 1778, the village had a population of 1,609. At the beginning of the 20th century, Mokrin underwent a period of economic prosperity, mostly due to its strategic location on the [[Szeged]]-[[Timișoara]] railway, which was very important at the time. There were 1,780 households in Mokrin at that time and 9,279 citizens of which 6,233 were ethnic [[Serbs]], 1,063 ethnic [[Germans]], and 838 ethnic [[Hungarians]].

<gallery> File:Mokrin-park.jpg|Park in Mokrin File:Mokrin, Catholic Church.jpg|The Ascension of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Mokrin </gallery>

==Features==

The village is famous throughout the region for its annual competition in striking [[Easter eggs]] on [[Easter Sunday]], according to the [[Julian Calendar]]. The competition is called ''Tucanijada'' in [[Serbian language|Serbian]]. One person holds an [[Easter egg]] in his or her hand, while another person hits it with his own [[Easter egg]]. The egg which remains whole wins, while the cracked egg must be given to the winner.

==Famous people==

*[[Milan Čeleketić]], former major general *[[Mika Antić]], poet *[[Đorđe Ivanović]], football player *[[Peđa Krstin]], tennis player, coach *[[Teodora Kostović]], tennis player *{{ill|Raša Popov|sr}}, writer, poet, journalist and TV personality *[[Vasa Stajić]], philosopher and writer *[[Imre Szabó]], photojournalist

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Mokrin}} * [https://mokrin.org/#!/ Mokrin Virtual Village] * [https://www.angelfire.com/mo2/mokrin/ Information about Mokrin]

[[Category:Kikinda]] [[Category:Populated places in Serbian Banat]]