Grabovo, Serbia

Last updated April 04, 2019

Coordinates: 45°10′26″N19°36′46″E / 45.1739°N 19.6128°E / 45.1739; 19.6128

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Grabovo (Cyrillic: Грабово) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Beočin municipality, in the Vojvodina province. Although, the village is geographically located in Syrmia, it is part of the South Bačka District. The village has a Serb ethnic majority. The population of the village, numbering 138 people according to a 2002 census, is steadily declining and the village is in danger of disappearing.

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a country situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe in the southern Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans. The sovereign state borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest. The country claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia's population is about seven million. Its capital, Belgrade, ranks among the oldest and largest citiеs in southeastern Europe.

Beočin is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The population of the town is 7,839, whilst Beočin's municipality population is 15,726. There is also a Beočin Monastery from the 16th century in the municipality.

Vojvodina, officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province of Serbia, located in the northern part of the country, in the Pannonian Plain.

Location

The village is located on the northern part of Fruška Gora mountain. It has only one asphalt road: to Sviloš in the west, across the hill, approximately 2 km (1.2 mi); and two dirt roads to Banoštor in the north, next to the Tekeniš stream. Grabovo is approximately 220–280 m (720–920 ft) above sea level.

Fruška Gora is a mountain in north Srem. Most of it is in Syrmia, Serbia, but a small part on its western side overlaps into Croatia. Sometimes it is also referred to as jewel of Serbia due to its beautiful landscape protection area, nature and its picturesque countryside.

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Sviloš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Beočin municipality, in the Vojvodina province. Although, the village is geographically located in Syrmia, it is part of the South Bačka District. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 362 people.

Grabovo is one of the most isolated villages in Beočin municipality, and also in the region. Bus No.84 connects the villages of Grabovo and Sviloš to Lug, Beočin and Novi Sad; it operates only on work days: three times a day to Grabovo (from Novi Sad via Beočin), and once a day from Grabovo.

Lug is a village in western part of the Serbian province of Vojvodina, in the municipality of Beočin, South Bačka District. It lies on the northwest slopes of Fruška gora mountain, in the region of Syrmia. The village has a population numbering 801 people, most of them being ethnic Slovaks.

Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia, the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Srem geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora.

History

During the Axis occupation in World War II, 151 civilians were killed in Grabovo by fascists.

Historical population

1961: 219
1971: 174
1981: 162
1991: 142
2002: 138

Features

Village has one Serbian Orthodox Church, which is in ruins. It also has a small ambulance, a small tavern, and a grocery store.

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches. It is the second-oldest Slavic Orthodox Church in the world.

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References

Miloš Lukić, Putevima slobode - naselja opštine Beočin u ratu i revoluciji, Novi Sad, 1987.
Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

v t e Cities, towns and villages in the South Bačka District
Seat of the district: Novi Sad
Novi Sad ¹	Begeč Budisava Čenej Futog Kać Kisač Kovilj Rumenka Stepanovićevo Veternik
Petrovaradin ¹	Bukovac Ledinci Sremska Kamenica Stari Ledinci
Bač	Bačko Novo Selo Bođani Plavna Selenča Vajska
Bačka Palanka	Čelarevo Despotovo Gajdobra Karađorđevo Mladenovo Neštin Nova Gajdobra Obrovac Parage Pivnice Silbaš Tovariševo Vizić
Bački Petrovac	Gložan Kulpin Maglić
Bečej	Bačko Gradište Bačko Petrovo Selo Mileševo Radičević
Beočin	Banoštor Čerević Grabovo Lug Rakovac Susek Sviloš
Srbobran	Nadalj Turija
Sremski Karlovci
Temerin	Bački Jarak Sirig
Titel	Gardinovci Lok Mošorin Šajkaš Vilovo
Vrbas	Bačko Dobro Polje Kosančić Kucura Ravno Selo Savino Selo Zmajevo
Žabalj	Čurug Đurđevo Gospođinci
*()** bold are municipalities or cities, 1 - Novi Sad`s urban municipalities, which aren't fully formed