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unusual facts about Sremski Karlovci


Karlovci

Sremski Karlovci, a town and municipality in Srem, Vojvodina, Serbia


Milan Orlić

He is the winner of the following literary prizes: “Isidora Sekulić,” “Milan Rakić,” “Branko Miljković,” “The Award of Prosveta,” “The Seal of Town of Sremski Karlovci,” “Pegasus,” “Marble Medallion and Sounds.”

Patriarch German of Serbia

Hranislav Đorić received a broad education and was among most educated members of the Serbian clergy, attending primary school in Velika Drenova and Kruševac, seminary in Belgrade and Sremski Karlovci (graduating in 1921), studying law in Paris' Sorbonne and finally graduating from the University of Belgrade's Orthodox Theology Faculty in 1942.

Vuk Stefanović Karadžić

After unsuccessful attempts to enroll in the gymnasium at Sremski Karlovci, for which 19 year-old Karadžić was too old, Karadžić left for Petrinje where he spent a few months learning Latin and German.

Zemun Gymnasium

Founded in 1858, it's Belgrade second oldest, and it is Serbia's fifth oldest gymnasium, after those in Sremski Karlovci (founded in 1791), Novi Sad (founded in 1810), Kragujevac (founded in 1833) and Šabac (founded in 1837) .


see also

Mojsije

Mojsije Putnik, Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci 1781-1790

Triplex Confinium

There was an actual place named the Triplex Confinium after the treaty of peace of Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci) in 1699 and today it is a territory belonging to the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (the very point where empires met was Medveđak, today Medveđa Glavica, at the top of Debelo Brdo, a mountain northeast of Knin).