1896–1918Wheat Square
Grain Square, looking down the tree-lined street
Grain Square looking down a row of bare street trees toward a long building with a columned portico, children and pedestrians gathered near its entrance. Captioned in Hungarian and German for both the square and the city, 'Buza-ter, Getreide-Platz' and 'Ujvidek, Neusatz', published by Jozsef Singer, court photographer.
Published by Josef Singer
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. Búza-tér
- Date
- 1896–1918
- Coordinates
- 45.25944, 19.84434
- Source
- National Széchényi Library - postcards
- Credit
- National Széchényi Library
- Licence
- Public domain
- Size
- 2480 × 1546 px
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