Sombor

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Sombor
Сомбор
—  City  —
Old Town Hall in Sombor

Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Sombor within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°47′N 19°07′E / 45.783°N 19.117°E / 45.783; 19.117
Country  Serbia
District West Bačka
Settlements 16
Government
 • Mayor Nemanja Delić
Area[1]
 • Municipality 1,178 km2 (455 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 • Town 47,485
 • Municipality 85,569
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 25000
Area code +381 25
Car plates SO
Website www.sombor.rs
Serbian Orthodox church

Sombor (Serbian Cyrillic: Сомбор, pronounced [sɔ̂mbɔr]) is a city and municipality located in northwest part of Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina. The city has a total population of 47,485 (as of 2011), while the Sombor municipality has 85,569 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the West Bačka District of Serbia.

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Name and etymology [link]

In Serbian, the city is known as Sombor (Сомбор), in Hungarian as Zombor, in Croatian as Sombor, in Bunjevac as Sombor, in Rusyn as Zombor (Зомбор), in German as Zombor, and in Turkish as Sonbor.

The older Hungarian name for 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city (Sombor) also came from the family name Czobor, and was first recorded in 1543, although the city was mentioned in historical documents under several more names, such as Samobor, Sambor, Sambir, Sonbor, Sanbur, Zibor, and Zombar.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 Serbian name used for the city is Ravangrad (Раванград), which means Flat Town in English.

History [link]

The first historical record about 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, local Hungarian population left from this region. During the Ottoman administration, the city was populated mostly by ethnic Serbs.[3] It was called "Sonbor" during Ottoman administration and was a kaza centre in Sanjak of Segedin at first in Budin Province till 1596, and then in Eğri Province between 1596 and 1687.

In 1665, a well-known traveller, Evlia Celebi, visited Sombor and wrote: "All the folk (in the city) are not Hungarian, but Wallachian-Christian (Serb[4]). These places are something special; they do not belong to Hungary, but are 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.

File:Glavni trg u Somboru.jpg
Holy Trinity Square in 1941

Since 1687, the city was under Habsburg administration, and was included into the Habsburg Military Frontier. 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, 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 this time was Serbian, and the second largest language was German. In 1848/1849, Sombor was part of the Serbian Voivodship, a Serb autonomous region within Austrian Empire, while between 1849 and 1860, it was part of the Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš 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 the Serbian language, 10,078 spoke the Hungarian language, 6,289 spoke the Bunjevac language, 2,181 spoke the German language, etc.

Since 1918, Sombor was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to 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, city was occupied by the Axis Powers and annexed by Hungary. Many prominent citizen from Serbian community were interned and later executed. In 1944, Yugoslav partisans and Soviet Red Army expelled Axis forces from the city. Since 1944, Sombor is part of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina of the new Socialist Yugoslavia and of the socialist Serbia (since 1945). Today, Sombor is the seat of the West Bačka District.

Historical population of the town [link]

  • 1961: 37,760
  • 1971: 44,100
  • 1981: 48,454
  • 1991: 48,993
  • 2002: 51,471
  • 2011: 47,485

Inhabited places [link]

Map of Sombor municipality

Cities and villages [link]

Sombor municipality includes the city of Sombor and the following villages:

Other suburban settlements [link]

Demographics (2002 census) [link]

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Ethnic groups in the Sombor municipality [link]

The population of the Sombor municipality is composed of:

Settlements by ethnic majority [link]

Settlements with Serb ethnic majority are: Sombor, Aleksa Šantić, Gakovo, Kljajićevo, Kolut, Rastina, Riđica, Stanišić, Stapar, and Čonoplja. Settlements with Croat/Šokac ethnic majority are: Bački Breg and Bački Monoštor. Settlements with Hungarian ethnic majority are: Bezdan, Doroslovo, and Telečka. Ethnically mixed settlement with relative Hungarian majority is Svetozar Miletić.

Ethnic groups in the Sombor town [link]

The population of the Sombor town is composed of:

Culture [link]

Building of former Sombor Norma where first civil school in Serbian language was established.
Carmelite monastery and church in the centre of the town.

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 Regional Museum, the Modern Art Gallery, the Milan Konjović Art Gallery, the Teacher's College, the Serbian Reading House, and the Grammar School. Teacher's College, founded in 1778, is the oldest college in Serbia and the region.

Sombor's rich history includes the oldest institution for higher education in the Serbian language. The town is also home of numerous minority organisations, including the Hungarian Pocket Theater Berta Ferenc, the Croatian Society Vladimir Nazor, the Jewish Municipality and several other smaller organisations including German and Roma clubs.

There are two monasteries in this city:

Local media [link]

Newspapers [link]

  • Somborske novine[5]

TV stations [link]

  • K-54
  • Spektar[6]
  • RTV Sreće[7]

Radio stations [link]

  • Radio Marija (95,7)
  • Radio Sombor (97.5)[8]
  • Radio Fortuna (106.6)

Internet media [link]

  • SOinfo.org[9]

Twin cities [link]

Twin cities:

Regional cooperation:

See also [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. https://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/en/Zip/OG2006webE.zip. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  2. ^ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in The Republic of Serbia: First Results". Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2011. ISSN 0354-3641. https://media.popis2011.stat.rs/2011/prvi-rezultati.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-30. 
  3. ^ https://www.sombor.rs/istorija
  4. ^ https://www.sombor.rs/istorija
  5. ^ https://www.somborskenovine.co.rs/
  6. ^ https://www.rtvspektar.co.rs/
  7. ^ https://rtvsrece.com/
  8. ^ https://www.radiosombor.co.rs/
  9. ^ https://www.soinfo.org/
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links [link]

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GENRE
LOCATION
Radio Ada 107.7 Pop Serbia
Naxi Radio Beograd Rock,Pop Serbia
Radio Active 105,4 Mhz -Becej Varied Serbia
Radio Latinica World Serbia
Top FM Smooth Jazz & Soul Jazz Serbia
pinkradio World Europe Serbia
Antena Krusevac Folk Serbia
Szabadkai Radio Public Serbia
Radio 019 Top 40 Serbia
Kiss Radio Folk Serbia
Radio Buca Folk Serbia
Radio Svet Plus Adult Serbia
Radio DAK Folk Serbia
OK Radio Vranje Varied Serbia
Beograd 202 Varied Serbia
Radio Novi Sad - Program na srpskom jeziku Varied Serbia
Beograd 2 Public Serbia
Beograd 1 News Serbia
Rádio 90 Hajdújárás Varied Serbia
Beotel Radio Adult Contemporary,Pop,Top 40 Serbia
Radio Index Beograd Pop Serbia
Radio Morava Jagodina Folk Serbia
Radio Temerin Varied Serbia
Csantanet Rádio -Csantavér Pop Serbia
Radio Glagoljica Kids Serbia
Radio Slovo Ljubve Christian Serbia
ZaM Radio Varied Serbia
Radio Južni Vetar Folk Serbia
No Limit rádio Zenta Pop Serbia
Studentski Radio College Serbia
Desetka Beograd Easy Serbia
Radio Odžaci Pop Serbia
Medjunarodni Radio Srbija News Talk Serbia
Radio GAGA Vlasotince Rock,Pop Serbia
Radio 9 Kragujevac Pop Serbia
Radio Subotica Public Serbia
Panda Rádió -Kanizsa Pop Serbia
Radio 4 YoU 90s Serbia
Radio JAT Beograd World Europe Serbia
Cool Radio Beograd Folk Serbia
Skala Radio Folk,Pop Serbia
Radio Regije - Régió Rádió Pop Serbia
NS-Magyar Alternative Serbia
Beograund Radio Varied Serbia
Naxi Evergreen Radio Oldies Serbia
Humanitarni Radio Rock,Folk,Pop Serbia
Radio AS FM Novi Sad Dance Serbia
TOP FM NO TALK-HIT SHOCK Dance Serbia
Dženarika Čačak Folk Serbia
Rádiolakodalom Folk Serbia
TDI Radio Beograd Top 40,World,Adult Serbia

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