The municipalities and cities ( Serbian : општине и градови , romanized : opštine i gradovi ) are the first-level administrative division and the basic level of local government of Serbia . The country is divided into 145 municipalities (38 in Southern and Eastern Serbia , 42 in Šumadija and Western Serbia , 37 in Vojvodina and 28 in Kosovo and Metohija ) and 29 cities (9 in Southern and Eastern Serbia, 10 in Šumadija and Western Serbia, 8 in Vojvodina and one in Kosovo and Metohija).
64-480: Lenovac is a village in the municipality of Zaječar , Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 204 people. 43°47′57″N 22°10′21″E / 43.79917°N 22.17250°E / 43.79917; 22.17250 This Zaječar District , Serbia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Serbia Municipalities and cities form 29 administrative districts in groups, except
128-526: A January mean of 0.7 °C (33.3 °F). The city experiences four distinct seasons. Autumn is drier than spring, with long sunny and warm periods. Winter is not so severe, with an average of 22 days of complete sub-zero temperature, and averages 22 days of snowfall. January is the coldest month, with an average low of −2.5 °C (27.5 °F). Spring is usually short and rainy, while summer arrives abruptly. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Novi Sad
192-496: A mix of Hungarian and Slavic names among the inhabitants of these villages, including Slavic names like Bozso (Božo), Radovan, Radonya (Radonja), Ivo, etc. Following the Ottoman invasion in the 16th–17th centuries, some of these settlements were destroyed. Most of the surviving Hungarian inhabitants retreated from the area. Some of the settlements persisted under Ottoman rule and were populated by ethnic Serbs. Between 1526 and 1687,
256-461: A municipality is composed of a town (seat of the municipality) and surrounding villages (e.g. the territory of the Municipality of Čoka is composed of the town of Čoka , which is the seat of the municipality, and surrounding villages). The municipality bears the name of the seat town. Only one municipality, ( Gora ) does not share the name with the seat town, as the seat of that municipality is
320-522: A strategic Habsburg military post. In subsequent centuries, it became an important trading, manufacturing and cultural centre, and has historically been dubbed the Serbian Athens . The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 Revolution , but was subsequently rebuilt and restored. Today, along with the Serbian capital city of Belgrade, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial center important to
384-589: Is composed of massive landslide zones, although they are largely inactive with the exception of the Ribnjak neighbourhood between Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin Fortress . The total land area of the city is 699 square kilometres (270 sq mi), while its urban area spans 129.7 km (50 sq mi). Novi Sad has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfa ) closely bordering on humid continental climate ( Dfa ) with
448-584: Is elected on local elections (held every 4 years), while the President and the Council are elected by the Assembly. Municipalities have their own property (including public service companies) and budget. Only the cities officially have mayors ( Serbian : градоначелници , romanized : gradonačelnici ), although the municipal presidents are often informally referred to as such. The territory of
512-628: Is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora and it is the fifth largest of all cities on the Danube river . It is the largest Danube city that is not the capital of an independent state. According to the 2022 census , the population of
576-481: Is only 350 meters wide beneath the marking stones of Petrovaradin. A section of the Danube-Tisza-Danube Canal marks the northern edge of the wider city centre. The main part of the city lies on the left bank of the Danube in the region of Bačka , while the smaller settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica lie on the right bank, in the region of Srem (Syrmia). The section situated on
640-424: Is otherwise very similar to municipality. There are 27 cities, each having an assembly and budget of its own. Only the cities have mayors ( Serbian : градоначелници , romanized : gradonačelnici ), although the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage. As with a municipality, the territory of a city is composed of a city proper and surrounding villages (e.g.
704-413: Is still relatively mild, apart from a few major arteries. Some of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city are Stari Grad (Old Town), Rotkvarija , Podbara , and Salajka . The areas of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin , located on the right bank of the Danube, were separate towns in the past, but today belong to the urban area of Novi Sad. Liman , as well as Bistrica , are neighbourhoods built during
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#1732772962191768-1066: Is the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Bačka , the seat of the Bishop of the Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia and of the Muftiship of Novi Sad of the Islamic Community in Serbia. In the 19th and early 20th century, Novi Sad was the capital of Serbian culture , earning it the nickname Serbian Athens . During that time, many Serbian novelists, poets, jurists, and publishers had lived or worked in Novi Sad at some point in their career, including Vuk Stefanović Karadžić , Mika Antić , Đura Jakšić and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj , among others. Matica srpska ,
832-614: The Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs of Vojvodina in Novi Sad proclaimed the union of the region of Vojvodina with the Kingdom of Serbia . From 1 December 1918, Novi Sad was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes ; and in 1929, it became the capital of the Danube Banovina , a province of the newly named Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1921, the population of Novi Sad numbered 39,122 inhabitants, 16,293 of whom spoke
896-624: The Magyarization policy of the Hungarian government drastically altered the demographic structure of the city as the formerly predominantly Serbian population became one with a more mixed character. In 1880, 41.2% of the city's inhabitants used the Serbian language most frequently and 25.9% employed Hungarian. In the following decades, the percentage of Serbian-speakers decreased, while the number of Hungarian-speakers increased. According to
960-535: The Novi Sad (307,760) and New Belgrade (212,104). Of these six cities, only Novi Sad did not undergo the full transformation, as the newly formed municipality of Petrovaradin exists pretty much only formally; thus, the City municipality of Novi Sad is largely equated to city of Novi Sad. The city of Kragujevac had its own city municipalities from 2002 until 2008. In 2013, the city municipality of Sevojno within
1024-771: The Paleo-Balkanic peoples of the region. In the Middle Ages, the area was controlled by the Ostrogoths , Gepids , Avars , Franks , West Slavic groups , again by the Byzantines, and finally by the Hungarians . It was a part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary from its foundation in 1000 until the Ottoman invasion in the 16th century. Hungarians began to settle in the area, which before that time had been mostly populated by Slavs. The earliest known mention
1088-574: The Scordisci . Celts had been present in the area since the 4th century BC and founded the first fortress on the right bank of the Danube. Later, in the 1st century BC, the region was conquered by the Romans . During Roman rule, a larger fortress was built in the 1st century, named Cusum , and included in the Roman province of Pannonia . In the 5th century, Cusum was devastated by Hunnic invasions . By
1152-692: The Serbian economy . Novi Sad was the European Youth Capital in 2019 and the European Capital of Culture in 2022. It became a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts in 2023. The name Novi Sad means "new plantation" in Serbo-Croatian . Its Latin name, stemming from the establishment of Habsburg city rights, is Neoplanta . The official names of Novi Sad in local administration are: In both Croatian and Romanian , which are official in provincial administration,
1216-558: The oil refinery was bombarded daily, causing severe pollution and widespread ecological damage. In 2003, FR Yugoslavia was transformed into the state union of Serbia and Montenegro . These two states separated in June 2006 (following the May 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum ), leaving Novi Sad part of the Republic of Serbia . The city lies on the meander of the river Danube, which
1280-407: The 18th and 19th centuries, Novi Sad remained the largest city inhabited by Serbs. The reformer of the Serbian language, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić , wrote in 1817 that Novi Sad was the 'largest Serb municipality in the world'. It was a cultural and political centre for Serbs (see also Serbian Revival ), who did not have their own national state at the time. Due to its cultural and political influence,
1344-710: The 18th century, the Habsburg monarchy recruited Germans from the southern principalities of the Holy Roman Empire to relocate to the Danube valley. They wanted both to increase the population and to redevelop the river valley for agriculture, which had declined markedly under the Ottomans. To encourage such settlement, the government ensured that the German communities could practice their religion (mostly Catholicism) and use their original German dialect. For much of
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#17327729621911408-405: The 1910 census, the city had 33,590 residents, of whom 13,343 (39.72%) spoke Hungarian, 11,594 (34.52%) Serbian, 5,918 (17.62%) German and 1,453 (4.33%) Slovak. It is not certain whether Hungarians or Serbs were the larger ethnic group in the city in 1910, since the various ethnic groups ( Bunjevci , Romani , Jews, other South Slavic people, etc.) were classified in census results only according to
1472-409: The 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with contemporary style buildings and wide boulevards ( Liman was divided into four sections, numbered I–IV). New neighbourhoods, like Liman , Detelinara and Bistrica , emerged from the fields and forests surrounding the city. Following World War II, tall residential buildings were constructed to house the huge influx of people leaving the country side. Many old houses in
1536-530: The City of Belgrade which is not part of any district. Like in many other countries, municipalities ( Serbian : општине , romanized : opštine ) are the basic entities of local government in Serbia. The head of the municipality is the President of the municipality , while the executive power is held by the Municipal council , and legislative power by the Municipal assembly . Municipal assembly
1600-488: The Partisans killed tens of thousands , mostly Serbs, Germans, and Hungarians, who were perceived as opponents to the new regime. Novi Sad became part of the new Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . Since 1945, Novi Sad has been the capital of Vojvodina , a province of the Republic of Serbia . The city went through rapid industrialization and its population more than doubled in the period between World War II and
1664-529: The Serbian language, 12,991 Hungarian, 6,373 German, 1,117 Slovak, etc. In 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded and partitioned by the Axis powers , and its northern parts, including Novi Sad, were annexed by Hungary . During World War II , about 5,000 citizens were murdered and many others were resettled. During the three days of the Novi Sad raid (21–23 January 1942) alone, Hungarian police killed 1,246 citizens, among them more than 800 Jews, and threw their corpses into
1728-471: The administrative area of the city totals 368,967, while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica ) comprises 306,702 inhabitants. According to the city's Informatika Agency, Novi Sad had 414,386 inhabitants (metro) in 2024. Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress ,
1792-678: The administrative city's total population resides in the suburbs, which consist of 12 settlements and 1 town. The largest numbers live in Futog (pop. 20,000) and in Veternik (pop. 17,000) to the west. Both places have grown bigger over the years, especially during the 1990s, and have physically merged with the city. Suburbs like Futog are officially classified as an ' urban settlement' (town), while other suburbs are mostly considered to be ' rural' (village). Ledinci , Stari Ledinci and Bukovac are all villages located on Fruška Gora 's slopes, with
1856-568: The areas were initially inhabited by Slavs, particularly the West Slavs . For example, Bivalo (Bivaljoš) had a large Slavic settlement dating from the 5th–6th centuries. Other names are of Hungarian origin (for example Bélakút, Kűszentmárton, Vásárosvárad, Rév), indicating that the settlements were inhabited by Hungarians before the Ottoman invasion in the 16th century. Some settlement names are of uncertain origin. Tax records from 1522 show
1920-541: The authorities of Kosovo agreed on creation of the Community of Serb Municipalities . However, both parties acted slowly to put this agreement in power. Novi Sad Novi Sad ( Serbian Cyrillic : Нови Сад , pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd] ; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia after the capital Belgrade and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina . It
1984-582: The breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. After 1992, Novi Sad became a part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . Devastated by NATO bombardment during the Kosovo War of 1999, Novi Sad was left without any of its three Danube bridges ( Žeželj Bridge , Varadin Bridge and Liberty Bridge ), communications, water, and electricity. Residential areas were cluster-bombed several times while
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2048-440: The city administrative area (last three censuses): All of the inhabited places in the municipalities have an ethnic Serb majority, while the village of Kisač has an ethnic Slovak majority. According to the 2011 census, the population of the administrative area of Novi Sad (comprising both municipalities) included 270,831 Orthodox Christians , 21,530 Catholics , 8,499 Protestants , 4,760 Muslims , 84 Jews, and others. The city
2112-573: The city became known as the 'Serbian Athens ' ( Srpska Atina in Serbian). According to 1843 data, Novi Sad had 17,332 inhabitants, of whom 9,675 were Orthodox Christians , 5,724 Catholics , 1,032 Protestants , 727 Jews, and 30 adherents of the Armenian church . The largest ethnic group in the city were Serbs, and the second largest were Germans . During the Revolution of 1848–49 , Novi Sad
2176-476: The city centre, from the Rotkvarija and Bulevar neighbourhoods, were torn down in the 1950s and 1960s, to be replaced by multi-story buildings. Since the city has experienced a major construction boom in the last 10 years, some neighbourhoods like Adamovićevo Naselje have completely been transformed. Neighbourhoods with single-family homes are mostly located away from the city centre. Telep , situated in
2240-463: The city is called Novi Sad . Historically, the city was called Neusatz and Neusatz an der Donau (translated as 'Novi Sad on the Danube') in German . In its wider meaning, the name Grad Novi Sad refers to the "City of Novi Sad", one of the city-level administrative units of Serbia , which includes Novi Sad proper on the left bank of the Danube, the towns of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin on
2304-575: The city more attractive with numerous cultural events and music concerts. Since 2000, Novi Sad is home to the EXIT festival , one of the biggest music summer festivals in Europe. Other important cultural events include the Sterijino pozorje theatre festival, Zmaj Children Games , International Novi Sad Literature Festival , Novi Sad Jazz Festival , and many others. Novi Sad also hosts a fashion show twice
2368-507: The city of Užice was established. Serbian law still treats Kosovo as an integral part of Serbia (officially the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija ), although Kosovo declared independence in 2008. The Law on Territorial Organization defines 28 municipalities and 1 city on the territory of Kosovo. Kosovo was under official United Nations' administration ( UNMIK ) from 1999 to 2008. The UNMIK administration changed
2432-516: The end of the 17th century, the government prohibited people of Orthodox faith from residing in Petrovaradin . Unable to build homes there, the Serbs of the area founded a new settlement in 1694 on the left bank of the Danube. They initially called it the 'Serb city' ( Serbian : Srpski Grad , German : Ratzen Stadt ). Another name used for the settlement was Petrovaradinski Šanac. In 1718,
2496-742: The end of the century, the Byzantines had rebuilt the town and called it Petrikon or Petrikov ( Greek : Πέτρικον ) after Saint Peter . Slavic tribes such as the Severians , the Obotrites and the Serbs (including the subtribes of the Braničevci and the Timočani ) settled the region around Novi Sad, mainly in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Serbs absorbed the aforementioned Slavic groups as well as
2560-517: The icy waters of the Danube. The total death toll of the raid was around 2,500. Citizens of all nationalities—Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, and others—fought together against the Axis authorities. In 1975 the whole city was awarded the title People's Hero of Yugoslavia . The Yugoslav Partisans of Syrmia and Bačka entered the city on 23 October 1944. During the military administration of Banat, Bačka and Baranja (17 October 1944 – 27 January 1945),
2624-528: The inhabitants of the village of Almaš were resettled to Petrovaradinski Šanac, where they founded Almaški Kraj ('the Almaš quarter'). According to 1720 data, the population of Ratzen Stadt was composed of 112 Serbian, 14 German, and 5 Hungarian houses. The settlement officially gained the present names Novi Sad and Újvidék ( Neoplanta in Latin) in 1748 when it became a 'free royal city', in German language it
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2688-436: The language they spoke. Similar demographic changes can be seen in the religious structure: in 1870, the population of Novi Sad included 8,134 Orthodox Christians, 6,684 Catholics, 1,725 Calvinists, 1,343 Lutherans, and others. In 1910, the population included 13,383 Roman Catholics and 11,553 Orthodox Christians, while 3,089 declared themselves as Lutheran , 2,751 as Calvinist , and 2,326 as Jewish. On 25 November 1918,
2752-456: The largest in Europe , both by territory and number of residents, and as such can be inefficient in handling citizens' needs and distributing the income from the country budget into most relevant projects. Cities ( Serbian : градови , romanized : gradovi ) are another type of local self-government. The territory with the city status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants, but
2816-507: The last two having only one paved road. Stari Ledinci is the most isolated and least populated village belonging to Novi Sad's suburban areas. Towns and villages in the adjacent municipalities of Sremski Karlovci , Temerin and Beočin share the same public transportation system and are economically tied to Novi Sad. Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade ), and the largest city in Vojvodina . Since its founding,
2880-453: The left bank of the river lies on one of the southernmost and lowest parts of the Pannonian Plain , while Fruška Gora on the right bank is a horst mountain. Alluvial plains along the Danube are well-formed, especially on the left bank, and in some parts 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the river. A large part of Novi Sad lies on a fluvial terrace with an elevation of between 80 and 83 metres (262 and 272 feet). The northern part of Fruška Gora
2944-430: The older neighbourhoods, establishing major communication lines. Several more boulevards were subsequently built in a similar manner, creating an orthogonal network which replaced the primarily radial structure of the old town. These interventions paved the way for a relatively unhampered growth of the city, which has almost tripled in population since the 1950s. Despite a huge increase in car ownership, traffic congestion
3008-587: The oldest cultural-scientific institution in Serbia, was moved from Budapest to Novi Sad in 1864, and now contains the second-largest library in the country, the Library of Matica srpska, with over 3.5 million volumes. The Serbian National Theatre , one of the oldest professional theatre among the South Slavs , was founded in Novi Sad in 1861. Today, Novi Sad is the second largest cultural centre in Serbia , after Belgrade . Municipal officials have made
3072-507: The other side of the Danube in the Bačka province on the Sajlovo land, by the might of our divine royal power and prestige...make this town a Free Royal City and to fortify, accept and acknowledge it as one of the free royal cities of our Kingdom of Hungary and other territories, by abolishing its previous name of Petrovaradinski Šanac, renaming it Neoplanta ( Latin ), Új-Vidégh ( Hungarian ), Neusatz (German) and Novi Sad ( Serbian ) ' In
3136-607: The population of the city has been constantly increasing. According to the 1991 census, 56.2% of the people who came to Novi Sad from 1961 to 1991 were from Vojvodina, while 15.3% came from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 11.7% from rest of Serbia. In the 1990s and 2000s, the city experienced significant population growth. According to the 2011 census, the city's population is 231,798, while in its urban area (including adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) there are 277,522 inhabitants. Novi Sad's administrative city limits hold 341,625 inhabitants. The ethnic composition in
3200-520: The region was under Ottoman rule. In 1590, the population of all villages in the territory of present-day Novi Sad numbered 105 houses, inhabited exclusively by Serbs. Ottoman records mention only those who paid taxes, so the number of Serbs who lived in the area (for example, those that served in the Ottoman army ) was likely larger than was recorded. Habsburg rule was aligned with the Roman Catholic doctrine and, as it took over this area near
3264-965: The right bank and the extensive suburbs of the left bank. Novi Sad can also refer strictly to only the urban areas of the city (Novi Sad proper and the towns of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin), or only to the historical core on the left bank, i.e. Novi Sad proper excluding Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin. [REDACTED] Principality of Hungary 895-1000 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Hungary 1000–1526 [REDACTED] Ottoman Empire 1526–1687 [REDACTED] Habsburg monarchy 1694–1804 [REDACTED] Austrian Empire 1804–1867 [REDACTED] Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867–1918 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Serbia 1918 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918–1941 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Hungary 1941–1944 [REDACTED] SFR Yugoslavia 1944–1992 [REDACTED] Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006 [REDACTED] Republic of Serbia 2006– Human habitation in
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#17327729621913328-414: The socialist period, new city blocks with wide streets and multi-story buildings were constructed around the city core. However, not many communist-style high-rise buildings were erected. The total number of apartment buildings , with ten or more floors, remained at about 50, the rest having mostly three to six floors. From 1962 to 1964, a new boulevard , today called Bulevar oslobođenja , was cut through
3392-547: The southwest, and Klisa , in the north, are the oldest such districts. Adice and Veternik , both located west of the downtown area, have significantly expanded during the last 15 years, partly due to the influx of Serbian refugees fleeing the Yugoslav wars . While Novi Sad's urban municipalities, which include Petrovaradin , Sremska Kamenica and Novi Sad proper, have a combined population of about 277,000, its suburban areas have approximately 65,000 inhabitants. Some 23.7% of
3456-561: The territorial organisation on the territory of Kosovo. In 2000 the municipality of Gora was merged with Opolje (part of the Municipality of Prizren ) into the new municipality of Dragaš and one new municipality was created: Mališevo . Later, from 2005 to 2008, seven new municipalities were created: Gračanica , Elez Han , Junik , Parteš , Klokot , Ranilug and Mamuša . However, the Government of Serbia does not recognise
3520-456: The territorial re-organisation of Kosovo, although some of these new-formed municipalities have Serb majority, and some Serbs participate in local elections. In three of those municipalities: Gračanica, Klokot-Vrbovac and Ranilug, Serbian parties won a majority in the 2009 elections . By the 2013 Brussels Agreement , Serbia agreed to disband its parallel municipal institutions in Kosovo, while
3584-526: The territory of present-day Novi Sad has been traced as far back as the Stone Age . Several settlements and necropolises dating to 5000 BC were unearthed during the construction of a new boulevard in Avijatičarsko Naselje . A settlement was also identified on the right bank of the river Danube in present-day Petrovaradin . In antiquity, the region was inhabited by Celtic tribes , most notably
3648-755: The territory of the City of Subotica is composed of the Subotica town and surrounding villages). Every city (and municipality) is part of a administrative district. The exception is the capital Belgrade , which is not part of any district. The city may or may not be divided into city municipalities ( Serbian : градске општине , romanized : gradske opštine ). Six cities: Belgrade, Novi Sad , Niš , Požarevac , Užice and Vranje comprise several city municipalities. Competences of cities and these municipalities are divided. The municipalities of these cities also have their assemblies and other prerogatives. Two largest city municipalities by number of residents are
3712-474: The town of Dragaš . This municipality is located in Kosovo, and thus exists only on paper. The territory of the municipality was merged with part of the Municipality of Prizren in 2000 by UNMIK to form new Municipality of Dragaš . This move is not recognised by Government of Serbia (see Municipalities and cities of Kosovo section). Advocates of reform of local self-government system point out that Serbian municipalities (with 50,000 citizens in average) are
3776-529: The winds can cause large snow-drifts. Novi Sad is a typical Central European town in terms of its architecture. The Town Hall and the Court House were built by Emmerich Kitzweger (1868–1917). The city was almost completely destroyed during the 1848/1849 revolution , so architecture from the 19th century dominates the city centre . Small, older houses used to surround the centre of town, but they are now being replaced by modern, multi-story buildings. During
3840-575: Was as the Hungarian variant Peturwarad or Pétervárad (Serbian: Petrovaradin /Петроварадин), derived from the Byzantine variant, found in documents from 1237. That year, several other settlements were mentioned as existing in the territory of modern-day urban Novi Sad. From the 13th century to the 16th century, the following settlements existed in the urban territory of the modern-day Novi Sad: An etymology of settlement names reveals that some designations are of Slavic origin, which indicates that
3904-448: Was called Neusatz. The edict that made Novi Sad a 'free royal city' was proclaimed on 1 February 1748. The edict reads: ' We, Maria Theresa , by the grace of God Holy Roman Empress , Queen of Hungary , Bohemia , Moravia , Dalmatia , Croatia , Slavonia , Rama , Serbia , Galicia , Lodomeria , Carinthia , [...] cast this proclamation to anyone, whom it might concern... so that the renowned Petrovaradinski Šanac, which lies on
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#17327729621913968-600: Was part of Serbian Vojvodina , a Serbian autonomous region within the Austrian Empire. In 1849, the Hungarian garrison, located at the Petrovaradin Fortress, bombarded and devastated the city, which lost much of its population. According to the 1850 census, there were only 7,182 citizens left in the city, compared to 17,332 in 1843. Marija Trandafil and her husband paid for some of the rebuilding including two churches. Between 1849 and 1860, Novi Sad
4032-619: Was part of a separate Austrian crownland known as the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar . After the abolishment of this province, the city was included into the Batsch-Bodrog County. The post office was opened in 1853. Following the compromise of 1867 , Novi Sad was located within the Kingdom of Hungary , the Transleithania , which comprised half of the new Austro-Hungarian Empire . During this time,
4096-504: Was −30.7 °C (−23.3 °F) on 24 January 1963, and the hottest temperature ever recorded was 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) on 24 July 2007. The east-southeasterly wind, known as Košava , blows from the Carpathians and brings clear and dry weather. It mostly blows in autumn and winter, in 2 to 3-day intervals. The average speed of Košava is 25 to 43 km/h (16 to 27 mph), but gusts can sometimes reach up to 130 km/h (81 mph). In wintertime, accompanied by snow storms ,
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