Almaški Kraj
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Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is situated between the Almaška church and the Saborna church and includes parts of the Podbara
Podbara
Podbara is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia.-Borders:The southern borders of Podbara are Ulica Miloša Bajića , Trg Republike , Daničićeva ulica , Ulica Zlatne grede , Pašićeva ulica , Ulica Matice srpske , Sterijina ulica , and...
, Salajka
Salajka
Salajka , also known as Slavija , is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia.-Borders:The western and southern border of Salajka is Kisačka ulica , the eastern border is Temerinska ulica , and the northern border is Danube-Tisa-Danube channel.-Neighbouring city quarters:The neighbouring city...
and Stari Grad
Stari Grad, Novi Sad
Stari Grad is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the main part of Novi Sad, and it is also known as City Centre...
neighborhoods.
History and culture
It was settled in 1718 by SerbSerbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
families from the village Almaš
Almaš
Almaš , also known as Ajmaš and Aljmaš , was an ethnic Serb village in Bačka. It existed until the first half of the 18th century. The village was located on Almaška bara , between Temerin, Nadalj, and Gospođinci.The hungarian name means "apple".According to the 1715 census, the population of...
, who thus named this part of the city Almaški Kraj ("the Almaš quarter"). The Almaš Orthodox church was built here in 1797. It is the largest Orthodox
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
church in Novi Sad. The oldest cultural-scientific institution of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, Matica srpska
Matica srpska
The Matica srpska is the oldest cultural-scientific institution of Serbia. Matica srpska was founded in 1826 in Budapest and moved to Novi Sad in 1864....
, is also located in Almaški Kraj.