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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Stari Ledinci
|native_name = {{native name|sr-Cyrl|Стари Лединци|italics=off}}
|settlement_type        = [[Neighborhoods and suburbs of Novi Sad|Suburban settlement]]
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| subdivision_type1       = [[Subdivisions of Serbia|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Vojvodina}} 
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of Serbia|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[South Bačka District|South Bačka]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Municipalities and cities of Serbia|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Petrovaradin]]
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|area_footnotes = <ref name="area-petrovaradin">{{cite web |title=Насеља општине Петроварадин|url=http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/Registar/SlikeRegioni/Mapiranemape/BG%20i%20VOJ/RePetrovaradin.pdf |website=stat.gov.rs |publisher=Statistical Office of Serbia |access-date=23 October 2019 |language=sr |format=pdf}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 11.08
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|population_as_of            = 2011
|population                  = 934
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{{Novi Sad Labelled Map}}
[[Image:Crkva_svetog_Nikolaja,_Stari_Ledinci.JPG|thumb|300px|Orthodox church in Stari Ledinci]]
[[Image:Stari ledinci01.jpg|thumb|300px|Center of the village]]
'''Stari Ledinci''' ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Стари Лединци}}) also known simply as '''Ledinci''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Лединци}}) is a suburban settlement of [[Petrovaradin]], [[Novi Sad]], Serbia.

==Geography==
The village is geographically located in [[Srem (region)|Srem]], but it is part of [[South Bačka District]]. There are two villages with this name: Stari Ledinci (Old Ledinci) and [[Novi Ledinci]] (New Ledinci). Today, the name "Ledinci" is officially used to designate Novi Ledinci, while other village is officially known as Stari Ledinci. Both villages are located in Petrovaradin municipality, on the brows of [[Fruška Gora]] mountain. Near the village of Stari Ledinci lies a [[Ledinci Lake]], which is an important tourist destination.

==History==
{{see also|Turkish Springs in Stari Ledinci}}
The village was probably founded in the 13th century, during the administration of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] . According to a record from 1372, the area near Ledinci was named "a [[Serbs|Serb]] region", while according to the record from 1438, this territory was inhabited by "Schismatics" ([[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox Christians]]).

According to the legend, the village of Ledinci was among the possessions of the Serbian despot [[Jovan Branković]] (1496–1502), who donated this village to the [[Rakovac Monastery]]. The ethnic Serb inhabitants of this part of Srem are also mentioned during the uprising of [[György Dózsa]] in 1514.

During the Ottoman rule, in the 17th century, a master of the village was Solak Mehmed-aga, an Ottoman spahija. Since the end of the 17th century, the village was under the administration of the [[Habsburg monarchy]]. The Habsburg authorities had problems with collecting taxes in the village, since, according to one tax report from the first half of the 18th century, the inhabitants of this region were ''Freie [[Ratzen]]'' ("free Serbs"), by the character very disobedient and defiant. They continually avoiding the contacts with the representatives of the authorities, thus it is very hard to deal with them".

Since 1918, the village was part of the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]. During the [[Second World War]], the village was burned to the ground by the German fascists. After the war, the village was rebuilt, but on the new location, near the river [[Danube]], and today this village is known as [[Novi Ledinci]] (New Ledinci). However, part of the population returned to the old location of the village, so the old village was rebuilt too, and today is known as Stari Ledinci (Old Ledinci).

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|1948|233
|1953|267
|1961|338
|1971|399
|1981|570
|1991|642
|2001|823
|2011|934
|source=Census <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Knjiga20.pdf |title=2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements|publisher=Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade |year=2014 |access-date=2014-06-27 |isbn=978-86-6161-109-4}}</ref>
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Jezero01.jpg|[[Ledinci Lake]]
Image:Stari ledinci mz.jpg|Local community office and health station
Image:Stari ledinci02.jpg|Center of the village
Image:Stari ledinci03.jpg|Center of the village
Image:Stari ledinci turska cesma.jpg|Turkish well
Image:Stari ledinci04.jpg|Street in the village
Image:Stari ledinci05.jpg|Street in the village
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Novi Ledinci]]
*[[Ledinci Lake]]
*[[Fruška Gora]]
*[[List of places in Serbia]]
*[[List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
#Monografija Starih Ledinaca, Novi Sad, 1998.
#Miloš Lukić, Ledinačke vatre, Novi Sad, 1982.

== External links ==
{{commons category|Stari Ledinci}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101230033045/http://www.stariledinci.net/ Village of Stari Ledinci]

{{South Bačka District}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Novi Sad]]
[[Category:Populated places in Syrmia]]
[[Category:South Bačka District]]