Novi Sad (Municipality, Serbia and Montenegro [Serbia])

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History of Novi Sad

Novi Sad (Hungarian, Ujvidek; German, Neusatz) is a town and district, and the capital city of Vojvodina, on the left bank of the Danube. The town has got 178,896 inhabitants (1990 census).

• 1237: First mention of the settlement, as Petervar, part of Bács County in the Kingdom of Hungary.
• 1526: Occupation and devastation by the Ottoman Empire.
• 1688: Liberation from the Ottoman rule.
• 1692 & 1739: Establishment of Serbian refugees.
• 1748: Free Royal City with the new name of Neoplanta granted by Queen Maria Theresa.
• 1848-1861: The city was part of the Serbian Vojvodina and Banat of Tamis.

The 1910 population census yielded 33,590 inhabitants, divided as follows:

• Census by mother language:
  • Hungarian: 13,343 (39.7%)
  • Serbian: 11,594 (34.5%)
  • German: 5,918 (17.6%)
  • Slovak: 1,453 (4.3%)
  • Ruthenian: 332 (1.0%)
  • Others: 950 (2.8%)
• Census by religion:
  • Roman Catholic: 13,383 (39.8%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 11,553 (34.4%)
  • Lutheran: 3,089 (9.2%)
  • Calvinist: 2,755 (8.2%)
  • Jewish: 2,318 (6.9%)
  • Others: 492 (1.5%)

From 1918/1920 (Declaration