Petrovaradin (, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants.

Demographics

thumb|200px|Stari Majur neighborhood

In 1961 Petrovaradin had 8,408 inhabitants; in 1971 10,477; in 1981 10,338; in 1991 11,285; and in 2002 13,973. By city's registry estimation, from mid-2005, Petrovaradin town had 15,266 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups

;Municipality

According to the 2011 census, the total population of the territory of present-day Petrovaradin municipality was 33,865, of whom 27,328 (80.69%) were ethnic Serbs. All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority.

;Town

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!Ethnic group

!1991

!align="right"|%

!2002

!align="right"|%

|----

|align="center"|Serbs

|align="right"|5,643

|align="right"|50%

|align="right"|9,708

|align="right"|69.48%

|----

|align="center"|Croats

|align="right"|2,236

|align="right"|19.81%

|align="right"|1,364

|align="right"|9.76%

|----

|align="center"|Yugoslavs

|align="right"|1,893

|align="right"|16.78%

|align="right"|779

|align="right"|5.58%

|----

|align="center"|Hungarians

|align="right"|431

|align="right"|3.82%

|align="right"|396

|align="right"|2.83%

|----

|align="center"|Montenegrins

|align="right"|250

|align="right"|2.22%

|align="right"|228

|align="right"|1.63%

|----

|align="center"|Ruthenians

|align="right"|148

|align="right"|1.31%

|align="right"|141

|align="right"|1.01%

|----

|align="center"|Other

|align="right"|653

|align="right"|5.79%

|align="right"|1,357

|align="right"|9.71%

|----

|align="center"|Total

|align="right"|11,285

|align="right"|-

|align="right"|13,973

|align="right"|-

|}

During the Ottoman administration, Petrovaradin was mostly populated by Muslims, while some Serbs lived there as well in the Christian quarter. According to Habsburg census from 1720, inhabitants of Petrovaradin mostly had German and Serbo-Croatian names and surnames. During the subsequent period of the Habsburg administration and in the first part of the 20th century, the largest ethnic group in the Petrovaradin town were ethnic Croats. According to the 1910 census the town had 5,527 residents, of which 3,266 spoke Croatian (59.09%), 894 German (16.18%), 730 Serbian (13.21%), 521 Hungarian (9.43%) and 159 Slovak (2.88%). Since 1971 census, largest ethnic group in Petrovaradin are Serbs. Today, there are a couple of neighborhoods with sizable number of Croats in Petrovaradin, like Stari Majur and Podgrađe Tvrđave.

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of employed people per their core activity (as of 2017):

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

|-

! Activity

! Total

|-

|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|163

|-

|Mining||align="right"|12

|-

|Processing industry||align="right"|1,081

|-

|Distribution of power, gas and water||align="right"|114

|-

|Distribution of water and water waste management||align="right"|610

|-

|Construction||align="right"|373

|-

|Wholesale and retail, repair||align="right"|1,206

|-

|Traffic, storage and communication ||align="right"|333

|-

|Hotels and restaurants||align="right"|198

|-

|Media and telecommunications||align="right"|115

|-

|Finance and insurance||align="right"|15

|-

|Property stock and charter||align="right"|3

|-

|Professional, scientific, innovative and technical activities||align="right"|280

|-

|Administrative and other services||align="right"|86

|-

|Administration and social assurance||align="right"|174

|-

|Education||align="right"|384

|-

|Healthcare and social work ||align="right"|2,252

|-

|Art, leisure and recreation||align="right"|181

|-

|Other services||align="right"|117

|- class="sortbottom"

|Total||align="right"|7,687

|}

Politics

Between 1980 and 1989, Petrovaradin was a municipality within the city of Novi Sad. From 1989 to 2002, Novi Sad's municipalities were abolished and territory of the former Petrovaradin municipality was part of Novi Sad municipality, which included the whole territory of the present-day City of Novi Sad. The city municipalities of Novi Sad were formally re-established in 2002, with Petrovaradin as the second one, since it was a requirement to obtain a city status at the time. In 2007, after the update of the law of local government, the requirement for multiple municipalities for city status was lifted (and 20 additional cities were proclaimed). However, the renewed 2008 city statute also foresaw formation of two separate municipalities, but they have never been established, and the whole city was run solely by the city administration. Petrovaradin only has a local community office. In March 2019, a new city statute was adopted, abolishing any separate municipalities.

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File:Martin Garrix, Dance Arena, 2015.jpg|Petrovaradin fortress during EXIT festival

File:Atmosphere_at_Petrovaradin_fortress,_Exit_2011.jpg|Petrovaradin Fortress at night

File:Ljubav_na_Perovaradinu.jpg|Petrovaradin

File:%C5%BDelezni%C4%8Dka_stanica_Petrovaradin_-_prednja_strana.JPG|Petrovaradin railway station

File:Ribnjak_NS.JPG|Ribnjak

File:Tekije_snezna_marija.JPG|The Our Lady of Snow Ecumenic Church

File:Molinarijev_park,_Petrovaradin_(3).JPG|Molinari park

File:Petrovaradin_orthodox_church.jpg|Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Paul in Petrovaradin

File:Crkva Svete Petke u Petrovaradinu, jun 2012.JPG|Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Petka in Petrovaradin

File:City museum in Petrovaradin.jpg|City museum in Petrovaradin

File:Reconstructed facades in Petrovaradin.jpg|Petrovaradin, Downtown part of the Citadel

File:Rodna kuća bana Jelačića, Petrovaradin 05.jpg|The birthplace of Ban Josip Jelačić

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Notable people

  • Anton Hasenhut (1766–1841), Austrian comic actor
  • Josip Jelačić (1801–1859), Croatian ban and army general, born in Petrovaradin.
  • Christian von Steeb, (1848–1921), Austrian surveyor and infantry general
  • Franjo Štefanović (1879–1924), Croatian composer and writer
  • Margarethe von Flindt (1880–after 1902), Austrian theater actress
  • Karl Wolff (1890–1963), Austrian lawyer, university lecturer and constitutional judge
  • Kosta Nađ, (1911–1986), general in the Yugoslav National Liberation Army

See also

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

References

Sources

  • Petrovaradin Fortress 360Virtual Tour
  • Novi Sad Interactive Map