ЕВГЕН ДУМЧА ГРАДОНАЧЕЛНИК СЕНТАНДРЕЈЕ И ДОБРОТВОР СРПСКОГ ПРИВРЕДНОГ ДРУШТВА „ПРИВРЕДНИК”
EUGEN DUMČA, THE MAYOR OF SZENTENDRE AND THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SERBIAN BUSINESS SOCIETY “PRIVREDNIK”

Summary/Abstract: The paper gives a brief overview of the life and work of Evgen Dumča, merchant, landowner and mayor of Szentendre, one of the largest Serbian benefactors from Hungary, the great patron of Privrednik, a member of the Management Board of Serbian bank a.d. in Zagreb and the president of its Budapest branch. His significant contribution was emphasized, expressed in both extensive financial assistance and personal engagement, which provided for the emergence and strengthening of the Serbian business association “Privrednik”, as well as other institutions of the Serbian people in Hungary. The emphasis is on his great contribution expressed in both extensive financial assistance and personal engagement, which provided for the emergence and strengthening of the Serbian business association “Privrednik”, as well as other institutions of the Serbian people in Hungary. As one of the “greatest benefactors of the Serbian people on this side of the Sava and the Danube”, Dumča founded the “Eugene and Petronella Dumča Foundation in Szentendre” for Privrednik. In the period from 1909 to 1914, he contributed 52,000 crowns to this Society, and in a Foundation Letter dated August 4, 1909, he dedicated 10,000 crowns for the needs of Privrednik. As early as 1911, he increased the foundation by 5,000 crowns, and in 1914 he donated a new 33,000 crowns. At the same time, Dumča spouses helped Privrednik’s apprenticeship fund with annual returns.

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