 The settlement grew from 51 initial settlers – including folk from Benningen, Marbach am Neckar, Schopfheim, Schorndorf, and Tübingen, in the Palatinate and Hesse, as well as Maglić in the Bačka.Initially, the settlement was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier and the early German settlers had to serve in the "Militärgrenze Wachdienst" (military border watch guard) for the first few decades in the territory.In 1848-1849, the settlement was part of autonomous Serbian Vojvodina, but was again incorporated into the Military Frontier in 1849.