Sremski Karlovci

Look at Karlovci

Karlovci (Serbian Cyrillic - Сремски Карловци, Croatian Srijemski Karlovci, Hungarian Karlóca, German (obsolete) ( Syrmisch ) Karlowitz ) is a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia. It is located in the historic region of Syrmia, but is the Okrug Južna Bačka assigned. The city lies on the Danube, at the foot of the National Park Fruska Gora just a few kilometers southeast of the provincial capital of Novi Sad. In 2002 Karlovci had about 8,800 inhabitants.

History

In the 6th century, Slavic tribes from Central and Central-Eastern Europe settled.

In the Middle Ages was at Karlowitz Hungarian fortress karom, which was temporarily under the rule of Serbian kings and princes. To 1521, the Ottomans conquered the fort in 1687 and came fortress city under the rule of the Habsburgs. Between 16 November 1698, the January 26, 1699 convened a peace conference to Karlowitz, which ended in the Treaty of Karlowitz. In the 18th century Karlovci cultural center of the Serbs who lived under Habsburg sovereignty. 1713 the Orthodox Archbishopric of Karlovci was founded. The Archbishop was spiritual leader of the Orthodox Serbs and initially also the Orthodox Romanians of the Habsburg Empire. In 1745 the city was incorporated into the Military Frontier. On May 13, 1848 Karlovci was the site of the so-called Maiversammlung in which the Serbs of the Habsburg Empire, the Vojvodina proclaimed for the first time. 1872, the Military Frontier was disbanded as part of the reorganization of Austria -Hungary, and affiliated with all Srem Karlovci Croatia - Slavonia.

After the First World War, the deputies of the Serbian majority population Syrmia decided on 25 September 1918, the Association of Syrmia with the Kingdom of Serbia, regardless of Croatia - Slavonia. In the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - Yugoslavia from 1929 - was the district seat Srem Karlovci. With Hitler's attack on Yugoslavia in 1941, the city was the proclaimed by the Ustasha Independent State of Croatia allocated and renamed Hrvatski Karlovci ( Karlowitz Croatian ). The end of 1944 Karlovci was taken by the partisans.

Attractions

The baroque Old Town of Karlovci, including the Serbian Orthodox so-called Lower Church from 1718, and the Upper Church ( 1745), the Saborna Crkva ( the cathedral of Karlovci, built 1758-1762 ), the Roman Catholic Church ( 1765 ), the fountain four lions, the magistrate building from 1811, called the Chapel of Peace in memory of the Congress of Karlowitz (built 1817), the City Museum ( the home of the Rajacic ), the Orthodox high school in 1891, the Patriarchate ( seat the Serbian Orthodox Archbishop, 1894), the Orthodox monastery boarding school (1901 ), Palace Stefaneum (1903 ) and much more.

Orthodox school

The four- lion fountain

Serbian Orthodox Cathedral

Located near the historic downtown Stražilovo, a well-known beauty spot, where the most famous personality of Karlovci, Serbian poet Branko Radičević, was buried is located. In addition to the Holiday Village Stražilovo is located near the city and the National Park of Fruska Gora lie within the forests, among others 16 Orthodox monasteries, including some from the 16th century. The surroundings of Karlovci is dominated by vineyards whose wines are well known, including the local wine Karlovci tovajn. As the specialty wine-based drink bermet is made.

Personalities

• Ilija Okrugić (1827-1897), writer
• August Đarmati (1906-1978), writer
• Pavao Rakoš (1877-1966), Croatian writer and translator