Sremski Karlovci

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Sremski Karlovci (Serbian: Sremski Karlovci or Сремски Карловци, German: Karlowitz or Carlowitz, Croatian: Srijemski Karlovci, Hungarian: Karlóca, Turkish: Karlofça) is a town and municipality in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro, situated on the bank of the river Danube, between Belgrade and Novi Sad. In 2002, its population was 8,839.

History

Between November 16, 1698, and January 26, 1699, the town of Sremski Karlovci was the site of a congress that ended the hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League, a coalition of various European powers including Austria, Poland, Venice and Russia; the congress produced the Treaty of Karlowitz.

The town was also the spiritual and cultural center of the Serbs in the Austrian Empire. The Metropolitan of the Serb Orthodox Church resided in the town which also housed a seminary which operates to this day. It also featured of the earliest Serb (and Slavic in general) grammar schools (sr: gimnazija/гимназија, fr: lycée) founded on August 3rd, 1791. To this day, the Serb Orthodox Patriarch retains the title of Metropolitan of (Sremski) Karlovci. In the 1920's, the town became the headquarters of Russian White émigrés of General Wrangel whose monument remains to this day. It was also home to the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodoxo Church Outside Russia.

During World War 2, the city was occupied by Nazis and it was attached to the Independent State of Croatia. During that time its name was changed to Hrvatski Karlovci.

See also

• Eparchy of Križevci