Savino Selo

Savino Selo (Serbian Cyrillic: Савино Село; Hungarian: Torzsa), formerly Torschau / Torszà / Torša, is a village in Serbia.

During the reign of Emperor Josef II it was being repopulated by mostly Rhinehessian families, called Švabo (Danube Swabians) by their Serbian and Slovak neighbours.

[1][2] Over the years the village became ethnically mixed; until 1944 with a mainly German plus Serbian, Slovak and Hungarian population.

During the last days of WWII, Torschau's German population fled in front of approaching Red Army units, mainly to Hungary, Austria and Germany.

In 1945, colonisation of people from Bosnia and Montenegro (especially Vasojević clan) formed the current ethnic structure of the village.