Klek (Serbian Cyrillic: Клек; Hungarian: Begafő) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina, Serbia.
[citation needed] Typically, the settlers arrived in groups originating from the same area, so their lifestyles, customs, as well as their language were preserved.
The farmers produced crops such as corn, sugar beet, hemp, tobacco, sunflower, poppy, as well as various other fruits and vegetables.
Descendants of the German settlers lived in Klek until the end of the World War II events in Yugoslavia.
After the abolishment of this province, in 1778, the village was included into the Torontal County, which was part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary.
In 1867, Austrian Empire was transformed into the dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the Hungarian language started to be taught in German schools.
In 1898 approximately 62 kilometers of railway tracks were laid from Gross Betschkerek through Klek and on to Hatzfeld (now Jimbolia).
The village farmers no longer had to use scythes or sickles to bring the crops in, working from dawn until dusk.
Neighboring settlements began to bring their crops to Klek to be loaded on freighters and sent to other destinations.
In 1920 a club, or kulturbund, intended to preserve the culture of the ethnic Germans in Klek, was established.
In 1930 a farmer's cooperative was built, complete with offices, meeting rooms, storage facilities, and employee housing.
In 1930 an ensemble of singers, or choir was organized, as was a voluntary fire department and music club.
During the World War II Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, from 1941 to 1944, the village was part of the German-administered Banat region, that had special status within Serbia.
In 1944 the German military completed construction of an aircraft landing strip approximately sixteen kilometers from Klek.
Population censuses conducted after the war recorded Serb ethnic majority in the village.