Sremska Kamenica

Sremska Kamenica (Сремска Каменица) is a town and urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, in Serbia.

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as "Sremska Kamenica" (Сремска Каменица), in Croatian as "Srijemska Kamenica", in Hungarian as "Kamanc", and in German as "Kamenitz".

Geography

The town is located in the Syrmia region, on the northern slopes of the Fruška Gora mountain range and on the river Danube. The Freedom Bridge crosses the River Danube and connects the town with the main part of Novi Sad. Sremska Kamenica and the villages Bukovac, Ledinci and Stari Ledinci, are all part of Petrovaradin urban municipality.

The town is divided into a couple of neighborhoods: Donja Kamenica (Lower Kamenica), Gornja Kamenica (Upper Kamenica), Bocke, Tatarsko Brdo, Čardak, and Staroiriški Put.

The settlements of Paragovo, Popovica, Glavica, and Artinjeva (Artiljevo) are also administratively parts of Sremska Kamenica. These settlements are a weekend retreat for people from Novi Sad into the countryside, because of their location on the edge of Fruška Gora National Park. [ [http://www.fruskagora-natl-park.co.yu/ Fruška Gora National Park] ]

Population

According to the last official census (2002), the population of Sremska Kamenica numbered 11,205 inhabitants, of whom 8,806 were ethnic Serbs. Other ethnic groups include Croats (561), Yugoslavs (358), Hungarians (256), Montenegrins (141), Slovaks (102), and others. The population of the town also includes Serbs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, who came here during the 1990s, escaping the wars in these two countries.

According to an unofficial estimate from 2005, the population of the town numbered 11,234 people. [ [http://www.nsinfo.co.yu/Statistika/NovaStatistika.htm 2005 city register (in Serbian)] ]

Historical population: [Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.]
*1961: 3,646
*1971: 5,051
*1981: 7,532
*1991: 7,955

History

Sremska Kamenica was first mentioned in historical documents in 1237. In this time the town belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, although its name has a Slavic origin, implying that it was initially inhabited by Slavs. The name of the town derives from the Slavic word "kamen" ("stone" in English) and was recorded as "villa Camanch" in 1237 and "Kamenez" in 1349.

Before the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century, the town had about 150 houses, while during the Ottoman rule, in 1567, the population of the town numbered only 15 houses. The inhabitants of the town during Ottoman rule were Serbs.

After the establishment of the Habsburg rule, the Habsburg census from 1702 recorded 40 houses in the town, almost all of them populated by ethnic Serbs. During the 18th century, the number of Orthodox inhabitants increased to 1,000. During the Habsburg rule, the town was a possession of the Marcibanji and Karačonji families.

In 1918, the town became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed Yugoslavia).

Important institutions, buildings and tourist destinations

In "Upper Kamenica", a small forest houses the Sremska Kamenica Institute, which is the most important and well known institute for cardiology, oncology, and pneumonic diseases in Serbia. [ [http://www.heart.ns.ac.yu/ Institute for cardiology] ] [ [http://www.onk.ns.ac.yu/ Institute for oncology] ] [ [http://www.ipb-ild.ac.yu/ Institute for pneumonic diseases] ] There is also a police academy in "Upper Kamenica"; which until 2006 was the only secondary police school in Serbia.

In "Lower Kamenica", there is a town square and the house of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, now a museum dedicated to his memory. There are also Serbian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches from the 18th century. Next to the Danube river is Kamenica Park with Castle of the Count Karačonji from the 17th century and SOS Dečje Selo (an orphanage). [ [http://www.sos-kd.org.yu/ SOS Dečje Selo] ]

The seat of the "Fruška Gora National Park" is situated in Sremska Kamenica, and there is also a business faculty known as FABUS in the town. [ [http://www.fabus.edu.yu/ FABUS] ]

Events

* Zmaj Children Games ("Zmajeve dečje igre") [ [http://www.zmajevedecjeigre.org.yu/ Zmaj Children Games] ]

Famous people

* Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1839-1904), one of the most well known Serb poets, lived and died in Sremska Kamenica.
* Novak Radonić (1826-1880), a well known Vojvodinian painter, was born in Mol, and lived and died in Sremska Kamenica.

References

ee also

*List of places in Serbia
*List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

External links

* [http://www.sremskakamenica.org.yu/ Information about Sremska Kamenica] (in Serbian and English)
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/2/Sremska_Kamenica.html Sremska Kamenica]
* [http://www.mcotpisani.org.yu/ The website of moto club Otpisani in Sremska Kamenica]
* [http://www.sremskioglasi.com/ Srem Classified Ads]

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