Process of immigration and settling of Mačva region (Western Serbia) from XVII to XX century

Abstract

Mačva is a lowland area between the rivers of Drina and Sava which has mediating and centralizing role between the Dinaric mountain region and the Pannonian basin through history. In this paper the attention is given to metanastasic (staged) migratory currents and settlement of Mačva in the context of socio-historical changes and geopolitical developments from 17th to the end of the 20th century. The waves of migrants from different directions lapped sparsely native population and gradually assimilated so that now makes up unique cultural and ethnographic complex.