Kikinda

Kikinda lies on the plain of northern Banat, east of the Tisza. A place called Kökényd was recorded here among King Sigismund's possessions in 1423, but the settlement that became Kikinda grew chiefly after the region was resettled in 1751 and 1752. In 1774 Maria Theresa established the privileged district of Velika Kikinda, with its administrative seat in the town. The charter gave a group of neighbouring communities a distinct place within the Habsburg administration of the Banat.