Românii din Iasenova
The Romanians from Iasenova

Summary/Abstract: Iasenova (Jasenovo) is one of the characteristic villages in the Serbian Banat where the Romanian ethnic element, once quite strong, was completely assimilated, so that today in this place only the family names still prove the former presence in large numbers of this ethnic group in the 18thand the 19th century, which had a significant percentage of representatives of the petty bourgeoisie, represented by craftsmen and merchants. Despite this fact, their origin from different parts of the Romanian ethnic space and the lack of organization on a national level facilitated the rapid assimilation of this population and its complete Serbianization during the nineteenth century. Attempts to establish a Romanian Orthodox parish in the years of the hierarchical separation of the Serbian and Romanian Orthodox Church failed, as did attempts to organize education in the Romanian language in this village, an occurence which actually happened in many places throughout the Serbian Banat.

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