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31-565: Doroslovo is located between Sombor and Novi Sad , 15 km from Sombor, 60 km from Novi Sad and 45 km from Osijek in Croatia , across the Danube bridge. Ethnic groups in the village include: The miracle fountain shrine of Bajkut (Бајкут, Bajkút), now called Sentkut (Сенткут, Szentkút - holy well) is located close to the village of Doroslovo. It has been known since the Middle Ages when

62-472: A part of Bačka and Wallachia. Most of the inhabitants are traders, and all of them wear frontiersmen clothes; they are very polite and brave people." According to Celebi, the city had 200 shops, 14 mosques and about 2,000 houses. Since 12 September 1687, the city was under Habsburg administration, and was included into the Habsburg Military Frontier . Ottomans attempted to recapture it during

93-451: Is New Belgrade (214,506 inhabitants). The city of Kragujevac had its own city municipalities from 2002 until 2008, when they were abolished. Novi Sad used to be formally divided into city municipalities of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin , but in March 2019 a new city statute was adopted, abolishing any separate municipalities. In 2013, the city municipality of Sevojno within the city of Užice

124-873: Is Svetozar Miletić. The ethnic composition of the city: Sombor is famous for its greenery, cultural life and beautiful 18th and 19th century center. The most important cultural institutions are the National Theater , the Sombor City Museum , the Modern Art Gallery, the Milan Konjović Art Gallery, the Teacher's College (Preparandija) , the Serbian Reading House, and the Sombor Gymnasium . Teacher's College (Preparandija) founded in 1778,

155-574: Is a city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina , Serbia . The city has a total population of 41,814 (as of 2022 ), while its administrative area (including neighboring villages) has 70,818 inhabitants. In Serbian , the city is known as Sombor (Сомбор), in Hungarian as Zombor , in Rusyn as Zombor (Зомбор). The older Hungarian name for

186-405: Is elected through popular vote, elected by their citizens in local elections. Also, the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage. There are 29 cities ( gradovi , singular: grad ), each having an assembly and budget of its own. As with a municipality, the territory of a city is composed of a city proper and surrounding villages (e.g. the territory of

217-594: Is the oldest college in Serbia and the region. There are two monasteries in this city: The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022): Radnički Sombor is the main football club from the city competing in Vojvodina League North . Sombor is the hometown of Radivoj Korać , the FIBA Hall of Fame basketball player. Korać holds

248-557: The Battle of Zenta on 11 September 1697. However their attack was repulsed. In 1717, the first Orthodox elementary school was opened. Five years later a Roman Catholic elementary school was opened as well. In 1745, Sombor was excluded from the Military Frontier and was included into Bacsensis County . In 1749, Sombor gained royal free city status. In 1786, the city became the seat of Bacsensis-Bodrogiensis County . According to 1786 data,

279-602: The EuroLeague record for points in a game at 99. Sombor is the hometown of 3x NBA MVP, NBA Champion and Finals MVP Nikola Jokić . The local basketball club where he began his playing career renamed itself KK Joker in 2017 after his English-language nickname, and was promoted to the top-level Basketball League of Serbia at the end of the 2022–23 season. Twin cities: Regional cooperation: Buses offer direct connections to major Serbian cities including Belgrade , Novi Sad and Subotica , as well as many regional towns. Among

310-550: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ). Between 1918 and 1922 it was part of Bačka County, between 1922 and 1929 part of Bačka Oblast , and between 1929 and 1941 part of Danube Banovina . In 1941, the city was occupied by the Axis powers and annexed by Hungary. Many prominent citizens from the Serb community were interned and later executed. In 1944,

341-701: The City of Subotica is composed of the Subotica town and surrounding villages). The capital Belgrade is the only city on the level of a district . All other cities are on the municipality level and are part of a district. The city may or may not be divided into city municipalities . Five cities ( Belgrade , Niš , Požarevac , Vranje and Užice ) comprise several city municipalities. Competences of cities and city municipalities are divided. The city municipalities of these six cities also have their assemblies and other prerogatives. The largest city municipality by number of residents

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372-678: The Yugoslav Partisans and Soviet Red Army expelled the Axis forces from the city. Since 1944, Sombor was part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina of the new Socialist Yugoslavia and (since 1945) socialist Serbia . Today, Sombor is the seat of the West Bačka District in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Republic of Serbia. In recent times, Sombor became known all around the world because NBA champion and finals MVP Nikola Jokic

403-518: The addition of two towers in 1875. A sculpture of Virgin Mary was erected close by the well in 1861 and a Lourdes cave shrine with a statue of St. Mary was consecrated in 1910. A building with a long outside corridor, to be used for confessions was built in 1909 and the whole area was turned into a nice park with trees and bushes. The outside of the church was renovated in 1942 but the coloured glass windows were demolished during World War II . The inside of

434-405: The area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary . Doroslovo probably was the location of a monastery founded in the 12th century and a church built in memory of the martyr St. Lõrinc , which is now ruined and forgotten. The first documents of Bajkut (Bajkút) as a parish are from 1382 and the existence of a fountain with miraculous powers was mentioned already then. The settlement became the property of

465-418: The area between the sculpture and the church reconstructed and provided with new benches. The following years the church underwent a much needed renovation and extension with a new chapel on the northern side of the church. In 2012 the caretaker's house and the adjacent house for visiting priests were demolished. Unfortunately, all the fresco paintings of the open-air altar and the demolished house were removed in

496-452: The church was renovated in 1967. An open-air altar attached to the outside of the church was consecrated in 1974 and fresco paintings by Lajos Horvath were made behind the open-air altar, on the walls of the confessional corridor and on the outside of the nearby caretaker's house. In 2009 the open-air altar was reconstructed and enlarged, the Holy Mary sculpture was moved closer to the church and

527-540: The city is Ravangrad (Раванград), which literally means "flat town" in Serbian. The first historical record relating to the city is from 1340. The city was administered by the Kingdom of Hungary until the 16th century, when it became part of the Ottoman Empire . During the establishment of Ottoman authority, the local Hungarian population left the region. As a result, the city became populated mostly by ethnic Serbs . It

558-575: The city was Czoborszentmihály . The name originates from the Czobor family, who were the owners of this area in the 14th century. (The family name came from the Slavic name Cibor .) The Serbian name for the city (Sombor) also came from the family name Czobor, and was first recorded in 1543, although the city was mentioned in historical documents under several more names, such as Samobor, Sambor, Sambir, Sonbor, Sanbur, Zibor, and Zombar . An unofficial name for

589-606: The companies operating in the area is Severtrans . Sombor is linked by direct rail links to Novi Sad and Subotica , among others. The city houses Sombor Airport . List of cities in Serbia This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia , according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia , which classifies the settlements into urban and rural , depending not only on size, but also on other administrative and legal criteria. Also villages with

620-510: The fountain Sentkut (Szentkút) on several occasions and it is believed that she asked God to give healing power to the water of the well. Many miraculous events have been linked with Sentkut (Szentkút). In 1792, a 40-year-old blind man, Janos Zabloczky was told by The Holy Mother in a dream, to go to Doroslovo and wash his eyes in the Sentkut (Szentkút) water and he gained his sight back. The priests of Doroslovo have since then noted many healings at

651-493: The last official census done in 2011, the city of Sombor has 85,903 inhabitants. Settlements with Serb ethnic majority (as of 2002) are: Sombor, Aleksa Šantić, Gakovo, Kljajićevo, Kolut, Rastina, Riđica, Stanišić, Stapar, and Čonoplja. Settlements with Croat / Šokac ethnic majority (as of 2002) are: Bački Breg and Bački Monoštor. Settlements with Hungarian ethnic majority (in 2002) are: Bezdan, Doroslovo, and Telečka. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Hungarian majority

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682-517: The municipal rights have been added to the list. cities in administrative sense are defined by the Law on Territorial Organization. The territory with the city status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants, but is otherwise very similar to municipality. They enjoy a special status of autonomy and self-government, as they have their own civic parliaments and executive branches, as well as mayor ( Serbian : gradonačelnik , plural: gradonačelnici )

713-592: The nuns and remained so for a very long time until the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), Doroslovo is mentioned as a place populated by ethnic Serbs . Since the end of the 17th century it was part of the Habsburg monarchy and since 1918 part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and subsequent [Yugoslavian] states. According to the legend, The Holy Mother has appeared at

744-584: The population of the city numbered 11,420 people, mostly Serbs. According to the 1843 data, Sombor had 21,086 inhabitants, of whom 11,897 were Orthodox Christians, 9,082 Roman Catholics, 56 Jewish, and 51 Protestants. The main language spoken in the city at that time was Serbian, and the second-largest language was German. In 1848/1849, Sombor was part of the Serbian Vojvodina , a Serb autonomous region within Austrian Empire , while between 1849 and 1860, it

775-555: The process. A new house has been built to replace the demolished buildings. Today, Doroslovo offering a beautiful place for pilgrimage and attracts Christians from all the neighbouring countries. At the holy days of special celebration, the Doroslovo shrine is visited by large numbers of pilgrims. 45°37′N 19°11′E  /  45.617°N 19.183°E  / 45.617; 19.183 Sombor Sombor ( Serbian Cyrillic : Сомбор , pronounced [sɔ̂mbɔr] )

806-419: The shrine. Many believers, including the blind and crippled are visiting the shrine, hoping for blessing, recovery and peace of mind and the number of pilgrims have greatly increased. The first chapel in honour of The Holy Mother was built in 1796. A new one replaced it in 1809 but was destroyed by fire after 50 years. A third chapel was made of bricks in 1825 and rebuilt and enlarged into the present church with

837-399: Was born here in 1995. Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is " Cfa " (Warm Temperate Climate/ humid subtropical climate ). The city administrative area of Sombor includes following villages: Smaller and suburban settlements, "Salaši" include According to

868-583: Was called "Sonbor" during Ottoman administration and was a kaza centre in the Sanjak of Segedin at first in Budin Province until 1596, and then in Eğri Province between 1596 and 1687. In 1665, a well-known traveller, Evliya Çelebi , visited Sombor and wrote: "All the folk (in the city) are not Hungarian, but Wallachian-Christian (Serb). These places are something special; they do not belong to Hungary, but are

899-548: Was established. The following cities have official administrative city rights: This is a list of cities and municipalities (excluding city municipalities) in Serbia, as defined by the Law on territorial organisation The data on population is taken from the 2011 census. It does not include municipalities in Kosovo created by the UNMIK after 1999. The census was not conducted in Kosovo, which

930-612: Was part of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banat , a separate Austrian crown land. Sombor was a seat of the district within voivodship. After the abolishment of this crown land, Sombor again became the seat of the Bacsensis-Bodrogiensis (Bács-Bodrog, Bačka-Bodrog) County. According to the 1910 census, the population of Sombor was 30,593 people, of whom 11,881 spoke Serbian , 10,078 spoke Hungarian , 6,289 spoke Bunjevac , and 2,181 spoke German. In 1918, Sombor became part of

961-535: Was under administration of UNMIK, so the population numbers are not given for the municipalities in Kosovo. According to the statistic criteria, the settlements in the table are classified as "urban" (i.e. cities and towns ), as opposed to "rural" (villages). These criteria are not limited to the settlement size, but also include the percentage of residents engaged in agriculture, population density etc. Thus, not all towns in statistical sense are greater than villages, and they are not always municipality centers. Note that

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