Saján is a village in Serbia, in the Banat. The pagan mounds in the area suggest that people lived in the present-day area of ​​Saján in ancient times. In fact, in the early 19th century, during construction, building foundations made of carved stone, gold and silver coins from the Roman era, and coins from the time of the first Hungarian kings were found. These facts suggest that the area was not only inhabited, but that a very important settlement may have stood here. The village was a flourishing Hungarian settlement in the Middle Ages. In the early 1550s, Nagykikinda surrendered to the Turks, and Saján, along with several villages, was destroyed, but part of the population of the settlement moved to the Szeged area. During the great Tatar invasion of the 660s, the inhabitants of the burned-down Saján were taken in by Szeged and Tiszahegyes. After the Battle of Zenta (1697), Sultan Mustafa II, fleeing towards Timisoara, burned Szaján and the surrounding villages again. The present-day area of ​​the village was completely depopulated, and was later resettled several times. Szaján was resettled at the turn of the 18th/19th century. In 1805/1806, the landowner János Tajnay settled 800 Catholics from the Szeged area – from farms – and from the Hantháza horticulture belonging to the Algyő manor. At that time, tobacco growers (gányók) also settled in the village. In 1816, the horticulturalists of Vedresháza near Szeged, which had been destroyed in the floods, also joined them. Unlike the nationalities, the settlement of Hungarians in the Banat was organized only to a small extent by the treasury, and to a greater extent by the landlords. – János Tajnay, then his son, Jr. János Tajnay created a flourishing economy in the village and its surroundings. The Szaján–Tisahegyes farm was the “important farm” of the Tajnay lordship, with its beautiful buildings, famous stud farm, goulash... The first school was built in the village in 1828. 1831 – A cholera epidemic devastated the village. Its memory is preserved by the observance of St. Bartholomew’s Day as a votive holiday. To replace the population that had dwindled during the wars of 1848/1849, the Tajnay family founded a separate village northeast of the village in 1851, directly next to Szaján. Only Swabians from Banat applied for the settlement announcement. A small village with three longitudinal streets and one cross street was built for the Swabian settlers, and a small square was also created in the middle. After Jánosné Vilma Jeszenszky, Jr. Tajnay, the settlement was named Wilhelminfeld, in Hungarian Vilmatér. The Hungarians of Saján called it Milher. The Swabians of Vilmatér could not survive on the poor quality, waterlogged lands of Saján, and after a few years they moved away one night. The people of Saján have been talking about it for decades: the Swabians scattered from the village at night, leaving their lamps burning to deceive the landlord. “They came joyfully, they left crying, and our people are still there today.” – Wilhelminfeld was merged with Saján in 1883. Until the Treaty of Trianon, the village belonged to the Nagykikinda district of Torontál county in Hungary. The church was built in honor of King St. Stephen in 1810. The new church was built in 1880. Its tower once housed five bells, now four. The great bell, cast by Eberhard Henrik, unfortunately cracked ~15 years ago due to lack of translation and maintenance. The second and third bells were made in Maribor, Slovenia, in 1931. The smallest bell comes from Wilhelminfeld and was placed in the church tower after the Swabians there emigrated. The bells, with the exception of the soul bell, hang on raised yokes and sound in a sub-strike system. The bells have not sounded for years, instead they have an electric chime, and loudspeakers broadcast the recording. Their renovation is planned, which would be very necessary, due to the sagging bell tongues and loose suspensions. The small bell hit the bell chair several times during the recording, its tongue was also turned out, the middle bell is held only by the tongue pin. The former electrification was the work of Károly Sörös, a bell electrifier from Magyarkanizsa. The church organ was made by the son of Antal Dangl. The church's stained glass windows were made in Budapest by József Palka. Bell data Great Bell of St. John the Baptist (REPEDT) Tone: G' Weight: 500 kg Lower diameter: 92 cm Henrik Eberhard in 1819 Inscription: IN HONOREM SANCTI IOANNIS BAPTISTAE ANNO 1819 FUDIT HENRICUS EBERHARD PESTHINI 1819 Virgin Mary middle bell Tone: H' Weight: 300 kg Lower diameter: 80 cm Buhl Foundry in Maribor in 1931 Inscription: FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY FROM THE DONATIONS OF THE FAITHFUL BY DÉNES KERRESBACHER SECRET CHAMBER IN THE ESPERES-PARISHION 1931 MARIBORSKA LIVARNA 1931. Small Bell of St. Anthony of Padua Tone: E'' Weight: 155 kg Lower diameter: 63 cm Bühl Foundry in Maribor in 1931 Inscri