by March 1900Wheat Square
Grain Square, with the distillery's painted gable
The Konigstadtler Brothers' distillery, its gable end painted twice over in large letters, 'KONIGSTADTLER' and, beneath, 'Bruder Konigstadtler, Cognac-Slivovitz- and Treber-Brennerei' (cognac, slivovitz and pomace-brandy distillery). Pedestrians and trees line the square in front. Captioned 'Ujvidek, Buza-ter' (Grain Square), signed in cursive at lower right, 'Lovenberg Roza'.
About this place
The Wheat Square was made at the end of the eighteenth century when the grain market was moved out of the main street, today's Zmaj Jovina, onto a stretch of the town's great bazaar. It runs about 210 metres and stands where the old road north to Temerin and on to Budapest left the town. The square carried the name Zitni trg until 1927, when it was renamed for Princess Zorka; the old name came back during the occupation in the Second World War, after which it became Svetozar Marković Square, and since 2001 it has been named for the benefactor Marija Trandafil. A Turkish caravanserai stood on it from 1748 until the bombardment of 1849, and the buildings that replaced it include the Serbian primary school of 1874, the orphanage endowed by Marija Trandafil in 1912 that now houses Matica srpska, and the craftsmen's hall of 1938. Trams crossed the square from 1911 until 1958.
On the card
Újvidék. Buza-tér
- Date
- by March 1900
- Coordinates
- 45.25944, 19.84434
- Source
- National Széchényi Library - postcards
- Credit
- National Széchényi Library
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2299 × 1516 px
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