A copper-engraved plan titled Neuer und Accurater Plan von der Stadt und Vestung Peterwardein, the Danube swinging across the sheet in fine engraved lines. The Explication keys the castle and the Wasserstadt, the upper and lower parts of the hornwork, a crownwork marked for demolition, the magazines, the arsenal, the new and old barracks, a new hospital, the Jesuits and the Franciscans, and the water, bridge and Belgrade gates. Fifteen numbered bastions follow, Leopold, Joseph, Theresa and Christina among them, with the Eugene ravelin. Cravaten Doerfl and Schwaben Doerfl are lettered as rows of houses on the low ground, and a Bruk Schantz guards the crossing.
About this place
A Habsburg star fortress on the right bank of the Danube, built between 1692 and 1780 on a site fortified since antiquity: the Romans held Cusum here, a medieval fortress followed, and Cistercian monks kept a monastery on the hill in the 13th century. Beneath its walls Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated a far larger Ottoman army on 5 August 1716. Nicknamed the Gibraltar on the Danube, the fortress conceals some 16 kilometres of underground counter-mine galleries dug in 1764-1776. On its clock tower the hands are reversed, the long hand showing the hours so that fishermen on the Danube could read the time from a distance. The fortress still stands over the river and houses the City Museum of Novi Sad.
On the card
Neuer und Accurater PLAN von der Stadt und Vestung PETERWARDEIN. Explication: A. das Schlos. B. die Wasserstadt. C. das obre theil des Hornwercks, D. das untere theil des Hornwercks, E. zu demolierendes Cronwerk, F. der Cavalier, G. die wasser Redout, H. die Pulver-Magazine, I. der Zeugstadl, K. das Proviant Magazin, L. die haubtwacht und nebenposten, M. das Generalat Haus, N. die neue Casarne, O. die alte Casarne, P. neues Hospital, Q. die Jesuiter, R. die Franciscaner. S. wasserthor, T. Bruckthor, V. Belgrader thor, W. Comunications thor, Z. Donau thurlein. Num: 1 S. Leopoldi Bast: 2 Innocentij Bast: 3. S. Josephi Bast: 4. S. Louis B. 5. S. Theresia Bast, 6. S. Ignatij Bast: 7. S. Ernesti Bast: 8. Donau Bast, 9. S. Caroli B. 10. S. Elisabet Bast: 11. S. Christina Bast. 12. Lunette B. 13. Ziegler B. 14. Eugenj Ravelin 15. neue Donau Contregarde. Labelled on the sheet: Cravaten Dorfl; Weg nach Essegk; Belgrader weg; Schiffamt; Insul Schantz.
New and accurate plan of the town and fortress of Peterwardein. The key names the castle, the water town, the upper and lower horn-work, a crown-work marked for demolition, the cavalier, the water redoubt, the powder magazines, the arsenal shed, the provision magazine, the main guard and its outposts, the general's house, the new and the old barracks, the new hospital, the Jesuits and the Franciscans, then the Water, Bridge, Belgrade and Communication gates and the little Danube door, and numbers the bastions: St Leopold, Innocent, St Joseph, St Louis, St Theresa, St Ignatius, St Ernest, Danube, St Charles, St Elisabeth, St Christina, the Lunette, the Brickworks bastion, the Eugene ravelin and the new Danube counterguard. Places named on the sheet: the Croats' hamlet, the road to Osijek, the Belgrade road, the shipping office, and the island redoubt.