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Novi Sad

Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd] (listen); Hungarian: Újvidék, pronounced [ˈuːjvideːk]; German: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. Novi Sad is home for 367,121 inhabitants. It 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.

Novi Sad
Нови Сад (Serbian)
Újvidék (Hungarian)
City of Novi Sad
Photo montage of Novi Sad (The Name of Mary Church, Petrovaradin Clock Tower, The Our Lady of Snow ecumenic Church, Town Hall, Petrovaradin Fortress, Building of the Matica srpska, Liberty Square, Bishop Palace, Novi Sad Synagogue)
Nickname: 
Serbian Athens
Novi Sad
Location within Serbia
Novi Sad
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E / 45.250; 19.850Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°51′E / 45.250°N 19.850°E / 45.250; 19.850
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
DistrictSouth Bačka
Settled by Scordisci4th century B.C.
Founded1694
City status1 February 1748; 274 years ago (1748-02-01)
Government
 • MayorMilan Đurić (SNS)
 • Ruling partiesSNS/SDPS/SPOSPS/JSLSVSVM
Area
 • Administrative702.7 km2 (271.3 sq mi)
 • Urban
129.4 km2 (50.0 sq mi)
 • Rank36th in Serbia
 • City proper106.2 km2 (41.0 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (262 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1][2]
 • Administrative367,121
 • Rank2nd in Serbia
 • Urban
277,522
 • Urban density2,100/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
 • City proper
231,798
 • City proper density2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
21000
Area code+381(0)21
Vehicle registrationNS
Websitewww.novisad.rs

According to the 2011 census, Novi Sad proper has a population of 231,798[3] while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 277,522 inhabitants. The population of the administrative area of the city totals 367,121 people, according to 2022 census.[4]

Novi Sad was founded in 1694 when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, 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.[5][6] 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 the Serbian economy.

Novi Sad is the European Capital of Culture for the year 2022[7] and was the European Youth Capital in 2019.

Name

The name Novi Sad means "new plantation" in Serbian. Its Latin name, stemming from the establishment of Habsburg city rights, is Neoplanta. The official names of Novi Sad in local administration are:[8][9]

In both Croatian and Romanian, which are official in provincial administration, the city is called Novi Sad. Historically, it was also called Neusatz and Neusatz an der Donau 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 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.

History

Older settlements

 
Roman golden helmet, Museum of Vojvodina
Historical affiliations

  Ottoman Empire 1526–1687
  Habsburg monarchy 1694–1804
  Austrian Empire 1804–1867
  Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867–1918
  Kingdom of Serbia 1918
  Kingdom of Yugoslavia[10] 1918–1941
  Hungary 1941–1944
  SFR Yugoslavia[11] 1944–1992
  FR Yugoslavia[12] 1992–2006
  Republic of Serbia 2006–

Human habitation in 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.[13] 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 the Scordisci. Celts were 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, with the name Cusum, and was included in the Roman province of Pannonia.

In the 5th century, Cusum was devastated by Hunnic invasions. By the end of the same century, the Byzantines had reconstructed the town and called it by the names 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 today's region around Novi Sad mainly in the 6th and 7th centuries.[14][unreliable source?] The Serbs absorbed the aforementioned Slavic groups as well as the Paleo-Balkanic peoples of the region.[14]

In the Middle Ages, the area was subsequently controlled by the Ostrogoths, Gepids, Avars, Franks, West Slavic groups, again by the Byzantines, and finally by the Hungarians. It became a part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary between the 11th and 12th centuries. Hungarians began to settle in the area, which before that time was mostly populated by Slavs, and the place was first mentioned under the Hungarian variant Peturwarad or Pétervárad (Serbian: Petrovaradin/Петроварадин), which derived from the Byzantine variant, found in documents from 1237. That same year, several other settlements were mentioned as existing in the territory of modern-day urban Novi Sad.[citation needed]

From the 13th century to the 16th century, the following settlements existed within the territory of the urban areas of modern-day Novi Sad:[15][16]

  • on the right bank of the Danube: Pétervárad (Serbian: Petrovaradin) and Kamanc (Serbian: Kamenica).
  • on the left bank of the Danube: Baksa or Baksafalva (Serbian: Bakša, Bakšić), Kűszentmárton (Serbian: Sent Marton), Bivalyos or Bivalo (Serbian: Bivaljoš, Bivalo), Vásárosvárad or Várad (Serbian: Vašaroš Varad, Varadinci), Zajol I (Serbian: Sajlovo I, Gornje Sajlovo, Gornje Isailovo), Zajol II (Serbian: Sajlovo II, Donje Sajlovo, Donje Isailovo), Bistritz (Serbian: Bistrica). Some other settlements existed in the suburbs of Novi Sad: Mortályos (Serbian: Mrtvaljoš), Csenei (Serbian: Čenej), Keménd (Serbian: Kamendin), Rév (Serbian: Rivica).[citation needed]

An etymology of settlement names reveals that some designations are of Slavic origin, which indicates that the areas were initially inhabited by Slavs, particularly the West Slavs. For example, Bivalo (Bivaljoš) was a large Slavic settlement dating from the 5th–6th centuries.[15] 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.[16] Some settlement names are of uncertain origin.

Tax records from 1522 show 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 during the Ottoman rule and were populated by ethnic Serbs.[citation needed]

Between 1526 and 1687, the region was under Ottoman rule. In the year 1590, the population of all villages that existed in the territory of present-day Novi Sad numbered at 105 houses, inhabited exclusively by Serbs. Ottoman records mention only those inhabitants 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.[17]

Founding of Novi Sad

 
Habsburgs prohibited Orthodox Christians to settle in Petrovaradin. That policy pushed Serbs to form the Serb city which later became Novi Sad. The city was proclaimed to be a free royal city by Maria Theresa by 1748.

Habsburg rule was aligned with the Roman Catholic doctrine and, as it took over this area near 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' (German: Ratzen Stadt). Another name used for the settlement was Petrovaradinski Šanac. In 1718, 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 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 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 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.

Habsburg monarchy

 
Serb uprising of 1848–49, Serbian patriarch Josif Rajačić is giving a blessing to the army of Serbian Vojvodina in 1848 .

For much of 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, 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 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.[18] Between 1849 and 1860, Novi Sad 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, 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 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 the language they spoke.[19]

 
Postcard of Novi Sad with a picture of Lajos Kossuth Street (early 20th century).

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.[20] 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.[21]

Serbia and Yugoslavia

 
Great Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci, and other Slavs proclaimed the unification of Vojvodina region with the Kingdom of Serbia in Novi Sad in 1918.

On 25 November 1918, 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 the Serbian language, 12,991 Hungarian, 6,373 German, 1,117 Slovak, etc.[22]

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 the icy waters of the Danube.

 
Monument dedicated to the victims of Novi Sad raid, which took place during the Hungarian occupation in WWII

The total death toll of the raid was around 2,500.[23][24] Citizens of all nationalities—Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, and others—fought together against the Axis authorities.[24] 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), the Partisans killed tens of thousands, mostly Serbs, Germans, and Hungarians, who were perceived as opponents to the new regime.[25][better source needed]

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 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 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.

Geography

The city lies on the meander of the river Danube, which is only 350 meters wide beneath the marking stones of Petrovaradin.[26] 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 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 between 80 to 83 metres (262 to 272 feet). The northern part of Fruška Gora is composed of massive landslide zones, although they are largely inactive with the exception of the Ribnjak neighbourhood between Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin Fortress.[27]
The total land area of the city is 699 square kilometres (270 sq mi), while its urban area spans 129.7 km2 (50 sq mi).[26]

 
Panoramic view from the Petrovaradin Fortress.

Climate

Novi Sad has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa)[28] closely bordering on humid continental climate (Dfa) with 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 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 certain strokes can reach up to 130 km/h (81 mph). In wintertime, accompanied by snow storms, the winds can cause large snow-drifts.

Climate data for Rimski Šančevi, Novi Sad (1991–2020, extremes 1948–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.9
(66.0)
22.4
(72.3)
30.0
(86.0)
31.5
(88.7)
34.2
(93.6)
37.6
(99.7)
41.6
(106.9)
40.0
(104.0)
37.4
(99.3)
30.1
(86.2)
26.9
(80.4)
21.0
(69.8)
41.6
(106.9)
Average high °C (°F) 4.3
(39.7)
6.9
(44.4)
12.7
(54.9)
18.4
(65.1)
23.1
(73.6)
26.6
(79.9)
28.8
(83.8)
29.2
(84.6)
23.9
(75.0)
18.3
(64.9)
11.5
(52.7)
5.1
(41.2)
17.4
(63.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.7
(33.3)
2.3
(36.1)
7.0
(44.6)
12.4
(54.3)
17.3
(63.1)
20.9
(69.6)
22.5
(72.5)
22.4
(72.3)
17.2
(63.0)
12.0
(53.6)
6.8
(44.2)
1.8
(35.2)
11.9
(53.4)
Average low °C (°F) −2.5
(27.5)
−1.7
(28.9)
1.9
(35.4)
6.6
(43.9)
11.4
(52.5)
14.9
(58.8)
16.1
(61.0)
16.1
(61.0)
11.8
(53.2)
7.3
(45.1)
3.2
(37.8)
−1.2
(29.8)
7.0
(44.6)
Record low °C (°F) −30.7
(−23.3)
−28.6
(−19.5)
−19.9
(−3.8)
−6.2
(20.8)
−0.4
(31.3)
0.2
(32.4)
5.4
(41.7)
6.9
(44.4)
−1.6
(29.1)
−6.4
(20.5)
−13.8
(7.2)
−24.0
(−11.2)
−30.7
(−23.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 38.9
(1.53)
36.4
(1.43)
38.6
(1.52)
46.6
(1.83)
77.3
(3.04)
92.2
(3.63)
68.1
(2.68)
59.7
(2.35)
58.8
(2.31)
58.6
(2.31)
51.5
(2.03)
49.1
(1.93)
675.8
(26.61)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 12.1 10.5 10.6 11.2 13.4 11.1 9.9 8.1 10.1 10.1 10.8 12.9 130.8
Average snowy days 6.4 5.8 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 4.9 22.2
Average relative humidity (%) 85.5 80.2 70.8 64.4 67.9 69.7 68.2 67.4 72.5 77.1 82.1 86.7 74.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours 67.9 100.6 164.1 205.8 257.3 284.8 316.2 298.9 207.1 160.9 94.7 59.4 2,217.7
Source 1: Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia[29][30]
Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[31]

Settlements

 
Liman Towers

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 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 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 is still relatively mild, apart from a few major arteries.

Neighbourhoods

 
Zmajeva street.

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 Novo Naselje, are neighbourhoods built during 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 Novo Naselje, 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 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 Grbavica have completely been transformed.

Neighbourhoods with single family homes are mostly located away from the city centre. Telep, situated in 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 an influx of Serb refugees fleeing the Yugoslav wars.

Suburbs

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 the administrative city's total population resides in the suburbs, which consist of 12 settlements and 1 town.[4] 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 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.

 
City of Novi Sad:
  City Municipality of Novi Sad
  City Municipality of Petrovaradin
No. Name Status City municipality Population[4]
1 Begeč Village Novi Sad 3,325
2 Budisava 3,656
3 Bukovac Petrovaradin 3,936
4 Čenej Novi Sad 2,125
5 Futog Town 18,641
6 Kać 11,740
7 Kisač Village 5,091
8 Kovilj 5,414
9 Ledinci Petrovaradin 1,912
10 Rumenka Novi Sad 6,495
11 Stari Ledinci Petrovaradin 934
12 Stepanovićevo Novi Sad 2,021
13 Veternik Town Novi Sad 17,454

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17986,890—    
184818,530+168.9%
190028,763+55.2%
191033,089+15.0%
192139,122+18.2%
193163,985+63.6%
194161,731−3.5%
194869,431+12.5%
195376,752+10.5%
1961102,469+33.5%
1971141,375+38.0%
1981170,020+20.3%
1991198,326+16.6%
2002216,583+9.2%
2011277,522+28.1%
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1948111,358—    
1953120,686+1.62%
1961155,685+3.23%
1971206,821+2.88%
1981250,138+1.92%
1991265,464+0.60%
2002299,294+1.10%
2011341,625+1.48%
Source: [32]

Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade), and the largest city in Vojvodina. Since its founding, 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,[33] 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.[4]

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition in the city administrative area (last three censuses):

Ethnicity
1991[34]

2002[35]

2011[36]
Serbs 173,420 225,995 269,117
Hungarians 20,245 15,687 13,272
Slovaks 8,165 7,230 6,596
Croats 8,848 6,263 5,335
Romani 1,133 1,740 3,636
Montenegrins 6,226 5,040 3,444
Rusyns - 2,032 2,160
Yugoslavs 32,803 9,514 2,355
Muslims 1,737 1,015 1,138
Macedonians - 1,144 1,111
Romanians 902 860 891
Gorani - 358 709
Ukrainians - - 484
Germans - - 429
Slovenians - - 412
Albanians - - 356
Russians - - 329
Others 18,211 22,416 31,861
Total 265,464 299,294 341,625

All of the inhabited places in the municipalities have an ethnic Serb majority, while the village of Kisač has an ethnic Slovak majority.

Religion

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 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.

Culture

In the 19th and early 20th century, Novi Sad was the capital of Serbian culture, earning it the nickname Serbian Athens. During that time, almost every Serbian novelist, poet, jurist, and publisher had lived or worked in Novi Sad at some point in their career. Some of these cultural workers included Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Mika Antić, Đura Jakšić and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj , among others. Matica srpska, 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, 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 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.[37] Novi Sad also hosts a fashion show twice a year, attracting local and international designers. Called Serbia Fashion Week, the event also features the works of applied artists, musicians, interior decorators, multimedia experts and architects.[38]

In addition to the Serbian National Theatre, other prominent playhouses consist of the Novi Sad Theatre, Youth Theatre, and the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad. The Novi Sad Synagogue also houses many cultural events. Other cultural institutions include the Detachment of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art, Library of Matica Srpska, Novi Sad City Library and Azbukum. The city is also home to the Archive of Vojvodina, which has collected numerous documents from the Vojvodina region[39] dating back to 1565.

Novi Sad has several folk song societies, which are known as kulturno-umetničko društvo or KUD. The best known societies in the city are: KUD Svetozar Marković, AKUD Sonja Marinković, SKUD Željezničar, FA Vila and the oldest SZPD Neven, established in 1892.

National minorities express their own traditions, folklore and songs through various societies such as the Hungarian MKUD Petőfi Sándor, Slovak SKUD Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Ruthenian RKC Novi Sad.

Novi Sad was chosen to be the European Capital of Culture for 2021, however its mandate was moved to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cuisine

Typical Serbian food can be found in Novi Sad, including traditional dishes like ćevapi, burek, kajmak, kiseli kupus, kiflice and pasulj, as well as fish dishes, local cheeses and charcuterie.[40] Restaurants and farmsteads offer fresh produce from local farmers and also regional vintages from Fruska Gora's wineries.[40][41] Modern alternatives are available at some of the city's top restaurants, which prepare traditional fare with an updated twist.[42][43] Pastry shops serve local specialties such as layered cakes made from ground nuts and cream, referred to as 'torta' in Serbian. Desserts also often include raspberries, one of the region's largest exports, and historic Dunavska Street is home to many ice cream parlors.[44][45]

Museums

The city has several museums and galleries, both public and privately owned. The best known institution in the city is the Museum of Vojvodina, founded in 1847, which houses a permanent collection of Serbian culture and life in Vojvodina since ancient times. The Museum of Novi Sad, located in the Petrovaradin Fortress, has a permanent collection featuring the history of the old fortress.

The Gallery of Matica Srpska is the largest and most respected exhibition space in the city, with two galleries in the city centre. Other museums include The Gallery of Fine Arts – Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić and The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, featuring one of the most extensive collections of Serbian art from the 1900s until the 1970s.

Tourism

Since 2000, the number of tourists visiting Novi Sad each year has steadily risen. During the annual EXIT music festival in July, the city is full of young people from all over Europe. In 2017, over 200,000 visitors from 60 countries came to the festival, attending about 35 concerts.[46][47] Other events include shows and congresses organized by Novi Sad Fair, a local management company, bringing in many businesspersons and entrepreneurs to the city. Every May, Novi Sad is home to the largest agricultural show in the region, having attracted 600,000 attendees in 2005.[48] The tourist port, near Varadin Bridge in the city centre, welcomes cruise boats from across Europe that travel the Danube river.

The most recognized structure in Novi Sad is the Petrovaradin Fortress, which dominates the skyline and also offers scenic views of the city. The nearby historic neighbourhood of Stari Grad has many monuments, museums, cafes, restaurants and shops. Also in the vicinity, is the Fruška Gora National Park, approximately 20 km (12 mi) from the city centre.

Economy

Novi Sad is the economic centre of Vojvodina, the most fertile agricultural region in Serbia. The city also represents one of the largest economic and cultural hubs in Serbia.

Novi Sad had always been a developed city within the former Yugoslavia. In 1981, its GDP per capita was 172% of the Yugoslav average.[49] During the 1990s, the city, like the rest of Serbia, was severely affected by an internationally imposed trade embargo and hyperinflation of the Yugoslav dinar. The embargo, along with economic mismanagement, led to a decay or demise of once important industrial combines, such as Novkabel (electric cable industry), Pobeda (metal industry), Jugoalat (tools), Albus and HINS (chemical industry). Practically the only viable large facilities remaining today are the oil refinery, located northeast of the town, and the thermal power plant.

The economy of Novi Sad has mostly recovered from that period and grown strongly since 2001, shifting from an industry-driven economy to the tertiary sector. The processes involved in privatizing state and society-owned enterprises, as well as strong private incentives, have increased the share of privately owned companies to over 95% in the district, with small and medium-size enterprises dominating the city's economic development.[50]

The significance of Novi Sad as a financial centre is already proven, by being home to the national headquarters of numerous banks, such as Erste Bank, Vojvođanska banka, and Crédit Agricole;[51] as well as the third largest insurance company in Serbia, DDOR Novi Sad. Furthermore, the city is home to major energy companies like Naftna Industrija Srbije oil company and Srbijagas gas company. It is also the seat of the wheat market.

 
Novi Sad Fair Convention Center
 
Aleksandar Bulevar Centar

Novi Sad is also a growing information technology centre within Serbia, second only to Belgrade. As of September 2017, Novi Sad has one of 14 free economic zones established in Serbia.[52]

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[53]

Activity Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1,276
Mining and quarrying 980
Manufacturing 22,551
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1,888
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 2,259
Construction 7,952
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 26,357
Transportation and storage 8,424
Accommodation and food services 5,811
Information and communication 8,886
Financial and insurance activities 4,483
Real estate activities 662
Professional, scientific and technical activities 10,147
Administrative and support service activities 7,785
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 8,117
Education 10,807
Human health and social work activities 13,463
Arts, entertainment and recreation 3,397
Other service activities 3,556
Individual agricultural workers 777
Total 149,578

Politics

 
Banovina Palace, seat of the provincial institutions of AP Vojvodina.

Novi Sad is the administrative centre of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, and as such, home to Vojvodina's Government and Provincial Assembly.

The city's administrative bodies include the city assembly as the representative body, as well as the mayor and city government defining the executive bodies. The mayor and city assembly members are chosen through direct elections. The city assembly has 78 seats,[54] while the city government consists of 11 members. The mayor and members of the city's assembly are elected to four-year terms. The city government is elected by the city assembly at the proposal of the mayor.

As of 2022, the mayor of Novi Sad is Milan Đurić of the Serbian Progressive Party.[55] While his party holds the majority of seats in the city assembly, the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Democratic Party of Serbia, as well as other parties and groups, are also represented.

The city of Novi Sad is divided into 47 local communities within two city municipalities, Novi Sad and Petrovaradin, which are separated by the Danube river.[56]

City holidays
1 February On this day, in 1748, Novi Sad gained 'free royal city' status.
23 October The partisan forces from Srem and Bačka entered and liberated the city from occupation on this day, in 1944.
9 November Troops of the Kingdom of Serbia entered the city on this day, in 1918, led by commandant Petar Bojović.
25 November In 1918, the Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci, and other Slavs of Vojvodina (Banat, Bačka and Baranja) in Novi Sad proclaimed the unification of Vojvodina region with the Kingdom of Serbia.

The city commemorates the year 1694, when it was established.[57]

Coat of arms

The design consists of three white towers placed in the centre, set against a blue sky. A white dove holding an olive branch flies above the larger middle tower. All three structures have rooftops with crenallations, as well as opened windows and closed gates. Below the towers lies a green background, with a wavy white line depicting the Danube River.

Society

Education

 
Gymnasium Jovan Jovanović Zmaj is one of the oldest educational institutions in Serbia

Novi Sad is one of the most important centres of higher education and research in Serbia, with four universities overall and numerous professional, technical, and private colleges and research institutes, including a law school with its own publication.[58] The largest educational institution in the city is the University of Novi Sad, a public school established in 1960. As of 2012, it has 14 faculties, 9 of which are located on the main university campus.[59] It is attended by more than 50,000 students and has total staff of nearly 5,000.[59]

Business Academy University and Educons University are private schools also located in the city.[60][61] Other educational institutions include Novi Sad Open University, offering professional courses in adult education, and the Protestant Theological Seminary.

Regarding primary and secondary education, there are 36 elementary schools (33 regular and 3 special) with about 26,000 students.[62] The secondary school system consists of 11 vocational schools and 4 gymnasiums with almost 18,000 students.[62]

Media

Novi Sad has one major daily newspaper, Dnevnik, and among the periodicals, the monthly magazine Vojvodjanski magazin stands out. The city also houses the headquarters of regional public broadcaster, Radio Television of Vojvodina (RTV), and municipal public broadcaster, Novosadska televizija,[63] as well as a few commercial TV stations such as Kanal 9,[64] Panonija[65] and RTV Most.[66] Major local commercial radio stations include Radio AS FM and Radio 021.[67]

Novi Sad is also known for being a publishing centre. The most important publishing houses are Matica srpska, Stilos and Prometej. Well-known journals, in literature and art, include Letopis Matice srpske, the oldest Serbian Journal, Polja,[68] which is issued by the Cultural centre of Novi Sad, and Zlatna greda, published by the Association of Writers of Vojvodina.[69]

The city hosts an annual literature conference, Book Talk.[70]

Sports

Founded in 1790, the 'City Marksmen Association' became the first sporting organization in Novi Sad. A more widespread interest in competitive sports developed after the Municipal Association of Physical Culture was created in 1959 and when the Spens Sports centre was built in 1981. Today, about 220 sports organizations are active in Novi Sad.

Professional sports in Novi Sad mostly revolve around the Vojvodina multi-sport association. Having won two championships in 1966 and 1989, the FK Vojvodina football club represents the 3rd all-time best team in Serbia, right behind its two Belgrade rivals, Red Star and Partizan. With 13 championship titles, OK Vojvodina is the top volleyball team in the country. As for handball, RK Vojvodina has won the national championship on multiple occasions.[71]

Athletes from Novi Sad had the honour of participating in the first Olympic Games in Athens. The largest number of Novi Sad competitors, to participate in the Olympics, was at the Atlanta Games. Eleven athletes won 6 medals there. Three also competed at the 1980 Moscow Games, while two participated in the 1976 Montreal Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games.

Many national and international competitions are held in the city. Novi Sad played host to the European and World Championships in table tennis in 1981[72] and the 29th Chess Olympiad in 1990. It also welcomed the European and World Championships in sambo, the Balkan and European Championships in judo, the 1987 final match of the Saporta Cup in European basketball,[72][73] and the final tournament of the European volleyball cup.[72] Furthermore, Novi Sad co-hosted the 2005 European Basketball Championship, as well as hosting the 2017 Volleyball World League matches.[72][74] The year 2018 saw the city welcome the Senior European Fencing Championships and the European Senior Karate Championships.[72][74][75][76]

The city also holds traditional sporting events such as the Novi Sad marathon, international swimming competitions and many other events. The very first 'MTB Petrovaradin Fortress Cup' took place in 2018, allowing national and regional cyclists to compete. It is also the first mountain bike competition to be held in Serbia.[77]

Recreation

 
Štrand popular beach on the Danube river.
 
Fruška Gora National Park.

Novi Sad's inhabitants engage in a wide range of recreational and leisure activities. With regards to team sports, football and basketball have the highest numbers of participants. Cycling is also popular due to the city's flat terrain and the extensive off-road network, found in nearby mountainous Fruška Gora. Hundreds of commuters cycle the roads, bike lanes and bike paths daily.

Proximity to the Fruška Gora National Park attracts many city dwellers on the weekends. They enjoy the numerous hiking trails, restaurants and monasteries located in and around the mountain area. Occurring on the first weekend of every May, the Fruška Gora Marathon lets hikers, runners and cyclists take advantage of the many hiking trails.[78] During the summer months, citizens from Novi Sad visit Lake Ledinci in Fruška Gora, as well as the numerous beaches situated along the Danube, the largest being Štrand in the Liman neighbourhood. There are also several recreational marinas bordering the river.

Transportation

Air transport

Novi Sad currently does not have its own civil airport. The city is about a one-hour drive from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, which connects it with capitals across Europe. Small Čenej Airport north of the city is used for sport and agricultural purposes. There are plans to upgrade it to serve for cargo and small-scale public transport,[79] but the future of this initiative is uncertain.

City transport
 
City bus

The main public transportation system in Novi Sad consists of bus lines, operated by public company JGSP Novi Sad. There are twenty-one urban lines and twenty-nine suburban lines, with main bus station at the northern end of the Liberation Boulevard, next to the Novi Sad railway station. In addition, there are numerous taxi companies serving the city.

The city used to have a tram system, but it was disassembled in 1957.[80][81]

Rail and road transport

Novi Sad lies on the branch B of the Pan-European Corridor X. The A1 motorway connects the city with Subotica to the north and the capital city of Belgrade to the south. It is concurrent with Budapest–Belgrade railroad, which connects it to major European cities. Starting from 18.3.2022. year there is a high-speed line between Novi Sad and Belgrade with 18 departures every day. The maximum speed is 200 km/h (train called "SOKO") and the distance from Belgrade to Novi Sad is covered in 36 minutes (75 kilometers). Novi Sad is connected with Zrenjanin and Timișoara on the northeast and Ruma on south with a regional highway; there are long-term plans to upgrade it to a motorway or an expressway, with a tunnel under the Fruška Gora shortcutting the Iriški Venac mountain pass.[82][83]

Three bridges cross the Danube in Novi Sad (as of 2020): Liberty Bridge (Most Slobode) connects Sremska Kamenica with the city proper. Varadin Bridge (Varadinski most) and Žeželj Bridge (Žeželjev most), connects Petrovaradin with city centre, and used for railway and heavy truck traffic. The bridges span the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal, running north of the city centre.

Water transport

The Port of Novi Sad is located on the outskirts of the city, on Danube river. Since may 2019. year it is owned by DP WORLD from UAE. With over million tonnes of load turnover, it is the largest cargo port in Serbia.[84]

International relations

Novi Sad has relationships with several twin towns. One of the main streets in its city centre is named after Modena in Italy; and likewise Modena has named a park in its town centre Parco di Piazza d'Armi Novi Sad. The Novi Sad Friendship Bridge in Norwich, United Kingdom, by Buro Happold, was also named in honour of Novi Sad. Besides twin cities, Novi Sad has many signed agreements on joint cooperation with other European cities (see also: Politics of Novi Sad).

Novi Sad is twinned with:[85]

Novi Sad is an associate member of Eurocities.[86]

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  • Veljko Milković, Petrovaradinska tvrđava – podzemlje i nadzemlje, Novi Sad, 2005
  • Veljko Milković, Petrovaradinska tvrđava – kosmički lavirint otkrića, Novi Sad, 2007
  • Agneš Ozer, Petrovaradinska tvrđava – vodič kroz vreme i prostor, Novi Sad, 2002
  • Agneš Ozer, Petrovaradin fortress – a guide through time and space, Novi Sad, 2002
  • 30 godina mesne zajednice "7. Juli" u Novom Sadu 1974–2004 – monografija, Novi Sad, 2004
  • Branko Ćurčin, Slana Bara – nekad i sad, Novi Sad, 2002
  • Branko Ćurčin, Novosadsko naselje Šangaj – nekad i sad, Novi Sad, 2004
  • Zvonimir Golubović, Racija u Južnoj Bačkoj 1942. godine, Novi Sad, 1991
  • Petar Jonović, Knjižare Novog Sada 1790–1990, Novi Sad, 1990
  • Petar Jonović – Dr Milan Vranić – Dr Dušan Popov, Znameniti knjižari i izdavači Novog Sada, Novi Sad, 1993
  • Ustav za čitaonicu srpsku u Novom Sadu, Novi Sad, 1993
  • Sveske za istoriju Novog Sada, sveske 4–5, Novi Sad, 1993–1994

External links

  •   Novi Sad travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Novi Sad – Official website (in Serbian and English)
  • (in Serbian)
  • Virtual tours through Novi Sad

novi, other, uses, disambiguation, serbian, cyrillic, Нови, Сад, pronounced, nôʋiː, sâːd, listen, hungarian, Újvidék, pronounced, ˈuːjvideːk, german, neusatz, below, other, names, second, largest, city, serbia, capital, autonomous, province, vojvodina, home, i. For other uses see Novi Sad disambiguation Novi Sad Serbian Cyrillic Novi Sad pronounced noʋiː saːd listen Hungarian Ujvidek pronounced ˈuːjvideːk German Neusatz see below for other names is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina Novi Sad is home for 367 121 inhabitants It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Backa and Syrmia geographical regions Lying on the banks of the Danube river the city faces the northern slopes of Fruska Gora Novi Sad Novi Sad Serbian Ujvidek Hungarian CityCity of Novi SadPhoto montage of Novi Sad The Name of Mary Church Petrovaradin Clock Tower The Our Lady of Snow ecumenic Church Town Hall Petrovaradin Fortress Building of the Matica srpska Liberty Square Bishop Palace Novi Sad Synagogue FlagCoat of armsLogo of Novi SadNickname Serbian AthensNovi SadLocation within SerbiaShow map of SerbiaNovi SadLocation within EuropeShow map of EuropeCoordinates 45 15 N 19 51 E 45 250 N 19 850 E 45 250 19 850 Coordinates 45 15 N 19 51 E 45 250 N 19 850 E 45 250 19 850Country SerbiaProvince VojvodinaDistrictSouth BackaSettled by Scordisci4th century B C Founded1694City status1 February 1748 274 years ago 1748 02 01 Government MayorMilan Đuric SNS Ruling partiesSNS SDPS SPO SPS JS LSV SVMArea Administrative702 7 km2 271 3 sq mi Urban129 4 km2 50 0 sq mi Rank36th in Serbia City proper106 2 km2 41 0 sq mi Elevation80 m 262 ft Population 2022 1 2 Administrative367 121 Rank2nd in Serbia Urban277 522 Urban density2 100 km2 5 600 sq mi City proper231 798 City proper density2 200 km2 5 700 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST Postal code21000Area code 381 0 21Vehicle registrationNSWebsitewww novisad rsAccording to the 2011 census update Novi Sad proper has a population of 231 798 3 while its urban area including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica comprises 277 522 inhabitants The population of the administrative area of the city totals 367 121 people according to 2022 census 4 Novi Sad was founded in 1694 when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress 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 5 6 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 the Serbian economy Novi Sad is the European Capital of Culture for the year 2022 7 and was the European Youth Capital in 2019 Contents 1 Name 2 History 2 1 Older settlements 2 2 Founding of Novi Sad 2 3 Habsburg monarchy 2 4 Serbia and Yugoslavia 3 Geography 3 1 Climate 4 Settlements 4 1 Neighbourhoods 4 2 Suburbs 5 Demographics 5 1 Ethnic groups 5 2 Religion 6 Culture 6 1 Cuisine 6 2 Museums 6 3 Tourism 7 Economy 8 Politics 9 Society 9 1 Education 9 2 Media 9 3 Sports 9 4 Recreation 10 Transportation 11 International relations 12 See also 13 References 14 Bibliography 15 External linksName EditThe name Novi Sad means new plantation in Serbian Its Latin name stemming from the establishment of Habsburg city rights is Neoplanta The official names of Novi Sad in local administration are 8 9 Serbian Novi Sad Novi Sad Hungarian Ujvidek Slovak Novy Sad Rusyn Novi Sad transliterated Novi Sad In both Croatian and Romanian which are official in provincial administration the city is called Novi Sad Historically it was also called Neusatz and Neusatz an der Donau 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 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 History EditMain article History of Novi Sad This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is History section needs summarization move of intricate information to History of Novi Sad Please help improve this section if you can February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Older settlements Edit Roman golden helmet Museum of Vojvodina Historical affiliations Ottoman Empire 1526 1687 Habsburg monarchy 1694 1804 Austrian Empire 1804 1867 Austro Hungarian Empire 1867 1918 Kingdom of Serbia 1918 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 10 1918 1941 Hungary 1941 1944 SFR Yugoslavia 11 1944 1992 FR Yugoslavia 12 1992 2006 Republic of Serbia 2006 Human habitation in 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 Avijaticarsko Naselje 13 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 the Scordisci Celts were 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 with the name Cusum and was included in the Roman province of Pannonia In the 5th century Cusum was devastated by Hunnic invasions By the end of the same century the Byzantines had reconstructed the town and called it by the names Petrikon or Petrikov Greek Petrikon after Saint Peter Slavic tribes such as the Severians the Obotrites and the Serbs including the subtribes of the Branicevci and the Timocani settled today s region around Novi Sad mainly in the 6th and 7th centuries 14 unreliable source The Serbs absorbed the aforementioned Slavic groups as well as the Paleo Balkanic peoples of the region 14 In the Middle Ages the area was subsequently controlled by the Ostrogoths Gepids Avars Franks West Slavic groups again by the Byzantines and finally by the Hungarians It became a part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary between the 11th and 12th centuries Hungarians began to settle in the area which before that time was mostly populated by Slavs and the place was first mentioned under the Hungarian variant Peturwarad or Petervarad Serbian Petrovaradin Petrovaradin which derived from the Byzantine variant found in documents from 1237 That same year several other settlements were mentioned as existing in the territory of modern day urban Novi Sad citation needed From the 13th century to the 16th century the following settlements existed within the territory of the urban areas of modern day Novi Sad 15 16 on the right bank of the Danube Petervarad Serbian Petrovaradin and Kamanc Serbian Kamenica on the left bank of the Danube Baksa or Baksafalva Serbian Baksa Baksic Kuszentmarton Serbian Sent Marton Bivalyos or Bivalo Serbian Bivaljos Bivalo Vasarosvarad or Varad Serbian Vasaros Varad Varadinci Zajol I Serbian Sajlovo I Gornje Sajlovo Gornje Isailovo Zajol II Serbian Sajlovo II Donje Sajlovo Donje Isailovo Bistritz Serbian Bistrica Some other settlements existed in the suburbs of Novi Sad Mortalyos Serbian Mrtvaljos Csenei Serbian Cenej Kemend Serbian Kamendin Rev Serbian Rivica citation needed An etymology of settlement names reveals that some designations are of Slavic origin which indicates that the areas were initially inhabited by Slavs particularly the West Slavs For example Bivalo Bivaljos was a large Slavic settlement dating from the 5th 6th centuries 15 Other names are of Hungarian origin for example Belakut Kuszentmarton Vasarosvarad Rev indicating that the settlements were inhabited by Hungarians before the Ottoman invasion in the 16th century 16 Some settlement names are of uncertain origin Tax records from 1522 show a mix of Hungarian and Slavic names among the inhabitants of these villages including Slavic names like Bozso Bozo 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 during the Ottoman rule and were populated by ethnic Serbs citation needed Between 1526 and 1687 the region was under Ottoman rule In the year 1590 the population of all villages that existed in the territory of present day Novi Sad numbered at 105 houses inhabited exclusively by Serbs Ottoman records mention only those inhabitants 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 17 Founding of Novi Sad Edit Habsburgs prohibited Orthodox Christians to settle in Petrovaradin That policy pushed Serbs to form the Serb city which later became Novi Sad The city was proclaimed to be a free royal city by Maria Theresa by 1748 Habsburg rule was aligned with the Roman Catholic doctrine and as it took over this area near 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 German Ratzen Stadt Another name used for the settlement was Petrovaradinski Sanac In 1718 the inhabitants of the village of Almas were resettled to Petrovaradinski Sanac where they founded Almaski Kraj the Almas 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 Ujvidek Neoplanta in Latin in 1748 when it became a free royal city in German language it 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 Sanac which lies on the other side of the Danube in the Backa 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 Sanac renaming it Neoplanta Latin Uj Videgh Hungarian Neusatz German and Novi Sad Serbian In 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 Habsburg monarchy Edit Serb uprising of 1848 49 Serbian patriarch Josif Rajacic is giving a blessing to the army of Serbian Vojvodina in 1848 For much of the 18th and 19th centuries Novi Sad remained the largest city inhabited by Serbs The reformer of the Serbian language Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic 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 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 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 18 Between 1849 and 1860 Novi Sad 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 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 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 the language they spoke 19 Postcard of Novi Sad with a picture of Lajos Kossuth Street early 20th century 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 20 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 21 Serbia and Yugoslavia Edit Great Assembly of Serbs Bunjevci and other Slavs proclaimed the unification of Vojvodina region with the Kingdom of Serbia in Novi Sad in 1918 On 25 November 1918 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 the Serbian language 12 991 Hungarian 6 373 German 1 117 Slovak etc 22 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 the icy waters of the Danube Monument dedicated to the victims of Novi Sad raid which took place during the Hungarian occupation in WWII The total death toll of the raid was around 2 500 23 24 Citizens of all nationalities Serbs Hungarians Slovaks and others fought together against the Axis authorities 24 In 1975 the whole city was awarded the title People s Hero of Yugoslavia The Yugoslav Partisans of Syrmia and Backa entered the city on 23 October 1944 During the military administration of Banat Backa and Baranja 17 October 1944 27 January 1945 the Partisans killed tens of thousands mostly Serbs Germans and Hungarians who were perceived as opponents to the new regime 25 better source needed 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 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 Zezelj Bridge Varadin Bridge and Liberty Bridge communications water and electricity Residential areas were cluster bombed several times while 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 Geography EditThe city lies on the meander of the river Danube which is only 350 meters wide beneath the marking stones of Petrovaradin 26 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 Backa while the smaller settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica lie on the right bank in the region of Srem Syrmia The section situated on the left bank of the river lies on one of the southernmost and lowest parts of the Pannonian Plain while Fruska 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 between 80 to 83 metres 262 to 272 feet The northern part of Fruska Gora is composed of massive landslide zones although they are largely inactive with the exception of the Ribnjak neighbourhood between Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin Fortress 27 The total land area of the city is 699 square kilometres 270 sq mi while its urban area spans 129 7 km2 50 sq mi 26 Panoramic view from the Petrovaradin Fortress Climate Edit Novi Sad has a humid subtropical climate Koppen climate classification Cfa 28 closely bordering on humid continental climate Dfa with 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 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 Kosava 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 Kosava is 25 to 43 km h 16 to 27 mph but certain strokes can reach up to 130 km h 81 mph In wintertime accompanied by snow storms the winds can cause large snow drifts Climate data for Rimski Sancevi Novi Sad 1991 2020 extremes 1948 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 18 9 66 0 22 4 72 3 30 0 86 0 31 5 88 7 34 2 93 6 37 6 99 7 41 6 106 9 40 0 104 0 37 4 99 3 30 1 86 2 26 9 80 4 21 0 69 8 41 6 106 9 Average high C F 4 3 39 7 6 9 44 4 12 7 54 9 18 4 65 1 23 1 73 6 26 6 79 9 28 8 83 8 29 2 84 6 23 9 75 0 18 3 64 9 11 5 52 7 5 1 41 2 17 4 63 3 Daily mean C F 0 7 33 3 2 3 36 1 7 0 44 6 12 4 54 3 17 3 63 1 20 9 69 6 22 5 72 5 22 4 72 3 17 2 63 0 12 0 53 6 6 8 44 2 1 8 35 2 11 9 53 4 Average low C F 2 5 27 5 1 7 28 9 1 9 35 4 6 6 43 9 11 4 52 5 14 9 58 8 16 1 61 0 16 1 61 0 11 8 53 2 7 3 45 1 3 2 37 8 1 2 29 8 7 0 44 6 Record low C F 30 7 23 3 28 6 19 5 19 9 3 8 6 2 20 8 0 4 31 3 0 2 32 4 5 4 41 7 6 9 44 4 1 6 29 1 6 4 20 5 13 8 7 2 24 0 11 2 30 7 23 3 Average precipitation mm inches 38 9 1 53 36 4 1 43 38 6 1 52 46 6 1 83 77 3 3 04 92 2 3 63 68 1 2 68 59 7 2 35 58 8 2 31 58 6 2 31 51 5 2 03 49 1 1 93 675 8 26 61 Average precipitation days 0 1 mm 12 1 10 5 10 6 11 2 13 4 11 1 9 9 8 1 10 1 10 1 10 8 12 9 130 8Average snowy days 6 4 5 8 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 4 9 22 2Average relative humidity 85 5 80 2 70 8 64 4 67 9 69 7 68 2 67 4 72 5 77 1 82 1 86 7 74 5Mean monthly sunshine hours 67 9 100 6 164 1 205 8 257 3 284 8 316 2 298 9 207 1 160 9 94 7 59 4 2 217 7Source 1 Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia 29 30 Source 2 Meteo Climat record highs and lows 31 Settlements EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also List of buildings in Novi Sad Liman Towers 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 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 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 is still relatively mild apart from a few major arteries Neighbourhoods Edit Main article Neighborhoods of Novi Sad Zmajeva street 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 Novo Naselje are neighbourhoods built during 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 Novo Naselje 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 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 Grbavica have completely been transformed Neighbourhoods with single family homes are mostly located away from the city centre Telep situated in 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 an influx of Serb refugees fleeing the Yugoslav wars Suburbs Edit 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 the administrative city s total population resides in the suburbs which consist of 12 settlements and 1 town 4 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 Fruska Gora s slopes with 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 Beocin share the same public transportation system and are economically tied to Novi Sad City of Novi Sad City Municipality of Novi Sad City Municipality of Petrovaradin No Name Status City municipality Population 4 1 Begec Village Novi Sad 3 3252 Budisava 3 6563 Bukovac Petrovaradin 3 9364 Cenej Novi Sad 2 1255 Futog Town 18 6416 Kac 11 7407 Kisac Village 5 0918 Kovilj 5 4149 Ledinci Petrovaradin 1 91210 Rumenka Novi Sad 6 49511 Stari Ledinci Petrovaradin 93412 Stepanovicevo Novi Sad 2 02113 Veternik Town Novi Sad 17 454Demographics EditSee also Demographic history of Novi Sad Historical populationYearPop 17986 890 184818 530 168 9 190028 763 55 2 191033 089 15 0 192139 122 18 2 193163 985 63 6 194161 731 3 5 194869 431 12 5 195376 752 10 5 1961102 469 33 5 1971141 375 38 0 1981170 020 20 3 1991198 326 16 6 2002216 583 9 2 2011277 522 28 1 Historical populationYearPop p a 1948111 358 1953120 686 1 62 1961155 685 3 23 1971206 821 2 88 1981250 138 1 92 1991265 464 0 60 2002299 294 1 10 2011341 625 1 48 Source 32 Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia after Belgrade and the largest city in Vojvodina Since its founding 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 33 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 4 Ethnic groups Edit The ethnic composition in the city administrative area last three censuses Ethnicity 1991 34 2002 35 2011 36 Serbs 173 420 225 995 269 117Hungarians 20 245 15 687 13 272Slovaks 8 165 7 230 6 596Croats 8 848 6 263 5 335Romani 1 133 1 740 3 636Montenegrins 6 226 5 040 3 444Rusyns 2 032 2 160Yugoslavs 32 803 9 514 2 355Muslims 1 737 1 015 1 138Macedonians 1 144 1 111Romanians 902 860 891Gorani 358 709Ukrainians 484Germans 429Slovenians 412Albanians 356Russians 329Others 18 211 22 416 31 861Total 265 464 299 294 341 625All of the inhabited places in the municipalities have an ethnic Serb majority while the village of Kisac has an ethnic Slovak majority Religion Edit See also Religious architecture in Novi Sad Name of Mary Church 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 is the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Backa 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 Culture EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Serbian National Theatre In the 19th and early 20th century Novi Sad was the capital of Serbian culture earning it the nickname Serbian Athens During that time almost every Serbian novelist poet jurist and publisher had lived or worked in Novi Sad at some point in their career Some of these cultural workers included Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic Mika Antic Đura Jaksic and Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj among others Matica srpska 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 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 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 37 Novi Sad also hosts a fashion show twice a year attracting local and international designers Called Serbia Fashion Week the event also features the works of applied artists musicians interior decorators multimedia experts and architects 38 In addition to the Serbian National Theatre other prominent playhouses consist of the Novi Sad Theatre Youth Theatre and the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad The Novi Sad Synagogue also houses many cultural events Other cultural institutions include the Detachment of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art Library of Matica Srpska Novi Sad City Library and Azbukum The city is also home to the Archive of Vojvodina which has collected numerous documents from the Vojvodina region 39 dating back to 1565 Novi Sad has several folk song societies which are known as kulturno umetnicko drustvo or KUD The best known societies in the city are KUD Svetozar Markovic AKUD Sonja Marinkovic SKUD Zeljeznicar FA Vila and the oldest SZPD Neven established in 1892 National minorities express their own traditions folklore and songs through various societies such as the Hungarian MKUD Petofi Sandor Slovak SKUD Pavel Jozef Safarik and Ruthenian RKC Novi Sad Novi Sad was chosen to be the European Capital of Culture for 2021 however its mandate was moved to 2022 due to the COVID 19 pandemic Cuisine Edit Typical Serbian food can be found in Novi Sad including traditional dishes like cevapi burek kajmak kiseli kupus kiflice and pasulj as well as fish dishes local cheeses and charcuterie 40 Restaurants and farmsteads offer fresh produce from local farmers and also regional vintages from Fruska Gora s wineries 40 41 Modern alternatives are available at some of the city s top restaurants which prepare traditional fare with an updated twist 42 43 Pastry shops serve local specialties such as layered cakes made from ground nuts and cream referred to as torta in Serbian Desserts also often include raspberries one of the region s largest exports and historic Dunavska Street is home to many ice cream parlors 44 45 Museums Edit Museum of Vojvodina is an art and natural history museum The city has several museums and galleries both public and privately owned The best known institution in the city is the Museum of Vojvodina founded in 1847 which houses a permanent collection of Serbian culture and life in Vojvodina since ancient times The Museum of Novi Sad located in the Petrovaradin Fortress has a permanent collection featuring the history of the old fortress The Gallery of Matica Srpska is the largest and most respected exhibition space in the city with two galleries in the city centre Other museums include The Gallery of Fine Arts Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzic and The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection featuring one of the most extensive collections of Serbian art from the 1900s until the 1970s Tourism Edit Petrovaradin Fortress during the Exit festival Since 2000 the number of tourists visiting Novi Sad each year has steadily risen During the annual EXIT music festival in July the city is full of young people from all over Europe In 2017 over 200 000 visitors from 60 countries came to the festival attending about 35 concerts 46 47 Other events include shows and congresses organized by Novi Sad Fair a local management company bringing in many businesspersons and entrepreneurs to the city Every May Novi Sad is home to the largest agricultural show in the region having attracted 600 000 attendees in 2005 48 The tourist port near Varadin Bridge in the city centre welcomes cruise boats from across Europe that travel the Danube river The most recognized structure in Novi Sad is the Petrovaradin Fortress which dominates the skyline and also offers scenic views of the city The nearby historic neighbourhood of Stari Grad has many monuments museums cafes restaurants and shops Also in the vicinity is the Fruska Gora National Park approximately 20 km 12 mi from the city centre Economy EditNovi Sad is the economic centre of Vojvodina the most fertile agricultural region in Serbia The city also represents one of the largest economic and cultural hubs in Serbia Novi Sad had always been a developed city within the former Yugoslavia In 1981 its GDP per capita was 172 of the Yugoslav average 49 During the 1990s the city like the rest of Serbia was severely affected by an internationally imposed trade embargo and hyperinflation of the Yugoslav dinar The embargo along with economic mismanagement led to a decay or demise of once important industrial combines such as Novkabel electric cable industry Pobeda metal industry Jugoalat tools Albus and HINS chemical industry Practically the only viable large facilities remaining today are the oil refinery located northeast of the town and the thermal power plant The economy of Novi Sad has mostly recovered from that period and grown strongly since 2001 shifting from an industry driven economy to the tertiary sector The processes involved in privatizing state and society owned enterprises as well as strong private incentives have increased the share of privately owned companies to over 95 in the district with small and medium size enterprises dominating the city s economic development 50 The significance of Novi Sad as a financial centre is already proven by being home to the national headquarters of numerous banks such as Erste Bank Vojvođanska banka and Credit Agricole 51 as well as the third largest insurance company in Serbia DDOR Novi Sad Furthermore the city is home to major energy companies like Naftna Industrija Srbije oil company and Srbijagas gas company It is also the seat of the wheat market Petroleum Industry of Serbia Novi Sad Fair Convention Center Aleksandar Bulevar Centar Novi Sad is also a growing information technology centre within Serbia second only to Belgrade As of September 2017 Novi Sad has one of 14 free economic zones established in Serbia 52 The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity as of 2018 53 Activity TotalAgriculture forestry and fishing 1 276Mining and quarrying 980Manufacturing 22 551Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supply 1 888Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities 2 259Construction 7 952Wholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 26 357Transportation and storage 8 424Accommodation and food services 5 811Information and communication 8 886Financial and insurance activities 4 483Real estate activities 662Professional scientific and technical activities 10 147Administrative and support service activities 7 785Public administration and defense compulsory social security 8 117Education 10 807Human health and social work activities 13 463Arts entertainment and recreation 3 397Other service activities 3 556Individual agricultural workers 777Total 149 578Politics EditMain articles Politics of Novi Sad and List of mayors of Novi Sad Banovina Palace seat of the provincial institutions of AP Vojvodina Novi Sad is the administrative centre of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and as such home to Vojvodina s Government and Provincial Assembly The city s administrative bodies include the city assembly as the representative body as well as the mayor and city government defining the executive bodies The mayor and city assembly members are chosen through direct elections The city assembly has 78 seats 54 while the city government consists of 11 members The mayor and members of the city s assembly are elected to four year terms The city government is elected by the city assembly at the proposal of the mayor As of 2022 the mayor of Novi Sad is Milan Đuric of the Serbian Progressive Party 55 While his party holds the majority of seats in the city assembly the Socialist Party of Serbia the Democratic Party of Serbia as well as other parties and groups are also represented The city of Novi Sad is divided into 47 local communities within two city municipalities Novi Sad and Petrovaradin which are separated by the Danube river 56 City holidays1 February On this day in 1748 Novi Sad gained free royal city status 23 October The partisan forces from Srem and Backa entered and liberated the city from occupation on this day in 1944 9 November Troops of the Kingdom of Serbia entered the city on this day in 1918 led by commandant Petar Bojovic 25 November In 1918 the Assembly of Serbs Bunjevci and other Slavs of Vojvodina Banat Backa and Baranja in Novi Sad proclaimed the unification of Vojvodina region with the Kingdom of Serbia The city commemorates the year 1694 when it was established 57 Coat of armsThe design consists of three white towers placed in the centre set against a blue sky A white dove holding an olive branch flies above the larger middle tower All three structures have rooftops with crenallations as well as opened windows and closed gates Below the towers lies a green background with a wavy white line depicting the Danube River Society EditEducation Edit Main article Education in Novi Sad University of Novi Sad Gymnasium Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj is one of the oldest educational institutions in Serbia Novi Sad is one of the most important centres of higher education and research in Serbia with four universities overall and numerous professional technical and private colleges and research institutes including a law school with its own publication 58 The largest educational institution in the city is the University of Novi Sad a public school established in 1960 As of 2012 update it has 14 faculties 9 of which are located on the main university campus 59 It is attended by more than 50 000 students and has total staff of nearly 5 000 59 Business Academy University and Educons University are private schools also located in the city 60 61 Other educational institutions include Novi Sad Open University offering professional courses in adult education and the Protestant Theological Seminary Regarding primary and secondary education there are 36 elementary schools 33 regular and 3 special with about 26 000 students 62 The secondary school system consists of 11 vocational schools and 4 gymnasiums with almost 18 000 students 62 Media Edit Novi Sad has one major daily newspaper Dnevnik and among the periodicals the monthly magazine Vojvodjanski magazin stands out The city also houses the headquarters of regional public broadcaster Radio Television of Vojvodina RTV and municipal public broadcaster Novosadska televizija 63 as well as a few commercial TV stations such as Kanal 9 64 Panonija 65 and RTV Most 66 Major local commercial radio stations include Radio AS FM and Radio 021 67 Novi Sad is also known for being a publishing centre The most important publishing houses are Matica srpska Stilos and Prometej Well known journals in literature and art include Letopis Matice srpske the oldest Serbian Journal Polja 68 which is issued by the Cultural centre of Novi Sad and Zlatna greda published by the Association of Writers of Vojvodina 69 The city hosts an annual literature conference Book Talk 70 Sports Edit Founded in 1790 the City Marksmen Association became the first sporting organization in Novi Sad A more widespread interest in competitive sports developed after the Municipal Association of Physical Culture was created in 1959 and when the Spens Sports centre was built in 1981 Today about 220 sports organizations are active in Novi Sad Professional sports in Novi Sad mostly revolve around the Vojvodina multi sport association Having won two championships in 1966 and 1989 the FK Vojvodina football club represents the 3rd all time best team in Serbia right behind its two Belgrade rivals Red Star and Partizan With 13 championship titles OK Vojvodina is the top volleyball team in the country As for handball RK Vojvodina has won the national championship on multiple occasions 71 Athletes from Novi Sad had the honour of participating in the first Olympic Games in Athens The largest number of Novi Sad competitors to participate in the Olympics was at the Atlanta Games Eleven athletes won 6 medals there Three also competed at the 1980 Moscow Games while two participated in the 1976 Montreal Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games Spens Sports centre Karađorđe Stadium Many national and international competitions are held in the city Novi Sad played host to the European and World Championships in table tennis in 1981 72 and the 29th Chess Olympiad in 1990 It also welcomed the European and World Championships in sambo the Balkan and European Championships in judo the 1987 final match of the Saporta Cup in European basketball 72 73 and the final tournament of the European volleyball cup 72 Furthermore Novi Sad co hosted the 2005 European Basketball Championship as well as hosting the 2017 Volleyball World League matches 72 74 The year 2018 saw the city welcome the Senior European Fencing Championships and the European Senior Karate Championships 72 74 75 76 The city also holds traditional sporting events such as the Novi Sad marathon international swimming competitions and many other events The very first MTB Petrovaradin Fortress Cup took place in 2018 allowing national and regional cyclists to compete It is also the first mountain bike competition to be held in Serbia 77 Club Sport Founded League VenueFK Vojvodina Football 1914 Jelen Superliga Karađorđe StadiumFK Proleter Football 1951 Jelen Superliga Slana Bara StadiumRFK Novi Sad Football 1921 Serbian League Detelinara StadiumKK Vojvodina Basketball 1948 League B Spens Sports centreOK Vojvodina Volleyball 1946 Serbian volley league Spens Sports centreRK Vojvodina Handball 1949 Handball League of Serbia Slana Bara Sports centreHK Vojvodina Ice hockey 1957 Serbian Hockey League Spens Sports centreZFK Fruskogorac Women s football 1998 Druga Liga Srbije Sever FK Mladost StadiumRecreation Edit Strand popular beach on the Danube river Fruska Gora National Park Novi Sad s inhabitants engage in a wide range of recreational and leisure activities With regards to team sports football and basketball have the highest numbers of participants Cycling is also popular due to the city s flat terrain and the extensive off road network found in nearby mountainous Fruska Gora Hundreds of commuters cycle the roads bike lanes and bike paths daily Proximity to the Fruska Gora National Park attracts many city dwellers on the weekends They enjoy the numerous hiking trails restaurants and monasteries located in and around the mountain area Occurring on the first weekend of every May the Fruska Gora Marathon lets hikers runners and cyclists take advantage of the many hiking trails 78 During the summer months citizens from Novi Sad visit Lake Ledinci in Fruska Gora as well as the numerous beaches situated along the Danube the largest being Strand in the Liman neighbourhood There are also several recreational marinas bordering the river Transportation Edit Liberty Bridge Air transportNovi Sad currently does not have its own civil airport The city is about a one hour drive from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport which connects it with capitals across Europe Small Cenej Airport north of the city is used for sport and agricultural purposes There are plans to upgrade it to serve for cargo and small scale public transport 79 but the future of this initiative is uncertain City transport City bus The main public transportation system in Novi Sad consists of bus lines operated by public company JGSP Novi Sad There are twenty one urban lines and twenty nine suburban lines with main bus station at the northern end of the Liberation Boulevard next to the Novi Sad railway station In addition there are numerous taxi companies serving the city The city used to have a tram system but it was disassembled in 1957 80 81 Rail and road transport Novi Sad s main railway station Novi Sad lies on the branch B of the Pan European Corridor X The A1 motorway connects the city with Subotica to the north and the capital city of Belgrade to the south It is concurrent with Budapest Belgrade railroad which connects it to major European cities Starting from 18 3 2022 year there is a high speed line between Novi Sad and Belgrade with 18 departures every day The maximum speed is 200 km h train called SOKO and the distance from Belgrade to Novi Sad is covered in 36 minutes 75 kilometers Novi Sad is connected with Zrenjanin and Timișoara on the northeast and Ruma on south with a regional highway there are long term plans to upgrade it to a motorway or an expressway with a tunnel under the Fruska Gora shortcutting the Iriski Venac mountain pass 82 83 Three bridges cross the Danube in Novi Sad as of 2020 Liberty Bridge Most Slobode connects Sremska Kamenica with the city proper Varadin Bridge Varadinski most and Zezelj Bridge Zezeljev most connects Petrovaradin with city centre and used for railway and heavy truck traffic The bridges span the Danube Tisa Danube canal running north of the city centre Water transport Danube Tisa Danube Canal The Port of Novi Sad is located on the outskirts of the city on Danube river Since may 2019 year it is owned by DP WORLD from UAE With over million tonnes of load turnover it is the largest cargo port in Serbia 84 International relations EditSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia Novi Sad has relationships with several twin towns One of the main streets in its city centre is named after Modena in Italy and likewise Modena has named a park in its town centre Parco di Piazza d Armi Novi Sad The Novi Sad Friendship Bridge in Norwich United Kingdom by Buro Happold was also named in honour of Novi Sad Besides twin cities Novi Sad has many signed agreements on joint cooperation with other European cities see also Politics of Novi Sad Novi Sad is twinned with 85 Budva Montenegro Changchun China Dortmund Germany Gomel Belarus Ilioupoli Greece Kumanovo North Macedonia Modena Italy Nizhny Novgorod Russia Norwich England United Kingdom Pecs Hungary Timișoara Romania Toluca Mexico Novi Sad is an associate member of Eurocities 86 See also EditNATO bombing of Novi Sad in 1999 Clinical centre of Vojvodina Festival of Street Musicians List of places in Serbia List of cities towns and villages in Vojvodina List of people from Novi Sad Novi Sad Fair South Backa DistrictReferences Edit Serbian census 2022 First results of the 2022 Census of Population Households and Dwellings PDF stat gov rs in Serbian Statistical Office of Serbia Archived from the original on 22 December 2022 Retrieved 22 December 2022 https pod2 stat gov rs ObjavljenePublikacije Popis2011 Starost 20i 20pol Age 20and 20sex pdf bare URL PDF a b c d 2011 Census of Population 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