Fruška Gora

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View from the Fruska Gora to the south

The Fruska Gora (Serbian Cyrillic - Фрушка Гора, Hungarian Tarcal - hegység; German outdated and " Franconian Forest " ) is a small mountain range on the right bank of the Danube south of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina; the smaller western part lies in Croatia. It extends in an east-west direction over a length of 80 kilometers. The most elevated summit Crveni COT is 539 m above sea level. The valleys of the Fruska Gora are covered with pastures, grain fields, vineyards, orchards, forest meadows and hillsides. From about 300 m height outweigh dense mixed forests with a large inventory of linden trees.

National park

The area was declared in 1960 to the National Park. This active protection areas have been designated on an area of ​​25.525 square kilometers. The managing authority of the park has its headquarters in the nearby town of Karlovci.

The park is known for its diverse flora and fauna, including over 700 species of medicinal herbs, and many endangered and endangered species such as the lynx, deer, European mouflon, wild boar and martens or salamander.

The National Park has been nominated for the UNESCO list of world natural and cultural world heritage.

Monasteries

Fruska Gora with more than a dozen medieval Serbian monasteries is considered one of the three sacred mountains in the Orthodox Christian world (next to Mount Sinai with the St. Catherine's Monastery and Mount Athos with the monastery Hilandar ).

The monasteries are interesting because of their architecture, a mixture of Byzantine and Baroque elements (see also Serbian - Byzantine style). Some of them were badly damaged during the Second World War, it may be in them, but still ancient frescoes and icons are found and restored. With their frescoes and libraries include the monasteries of Fruska Gora among the most important in Europe. The best known among them are Krušedol and Hopovo.