pple-converted-space"> Magyarization
policy of the Hungarian government
drastically altered the demographic structure of the city, i.e. from the
predominantly
Serbian, the
population of the city became ethnically mixed. In 1880 41.2% of the city's
inhabitants used
Serbian
language most frequently and 25.9% used Hungarian. In the following decades,
percentual participation of speakers of Serbian decreased, while percentual
participation of speakers of Hungarian increased. According to the 1910 census,
the city had 33,590 residents, of whom 13,343 (39.72%) spoke Hungarian, 11,594
(34.52%) Serbian, 5,918 (17.62%) German and 1,453 (4.33%) Slovak. It is not
certain whether Hungarians or Serbs were largest ethnic group in the city in
1910, since speakers of Hungarian language also included 2,326
Jews.
Similar demographic change can be seen
in the religious structure: in 1870, population of Novi Sad included 8,134
Orthodox Christians, 6,684 Catholics, 1,725 Calvinists, 1,343 Lutherans, and
others. In 1910, population
included 13,383 Roman Catholics and 11,553 Orthodox Christians, while 3,089
declared themselves as Lutheran,
2,751 as Calvinist, and 2,326 as Jewish.
