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Die Vestung Peterwardein With the Christian Army Encamped

circa 1710 · map

Designation of the Battle Fought Between Peterwardein and Carlowitz, 5 August 1716

circa 1720 · map

Peterwardein, engraved for Franz Schams, 1820

1820 · print

Peterwardein and Neusatz, by Jakob Alt

1826 · print

The Fortress of Peterwardein and the Bridgehead at Neusatz, by Jakob Alt

1826 · print

Neusatz in Hungary, from the Bibliographisches Institut

1850 · engraving

Petrovaradin fortress seen across the Danube, with a pontoon bridge

1868–1918

The Pontoon Bridge Seen From the Danube Bank

before 1883 · print

Novi Sad Seen from Petrovaradin

1883 · document

Novi Sad and Petrovaradin site map, Danube gauge register, dual scale

1894–1895 · map

Novi Sad across the Danube, with the pontoon bridge

by November 1900 · postcard

The Pontoon Bridge at Petrovaradin, in Silhouette

1896–1918 · postcard

Petrovaradin fortress at dusk, with the pontoon bridge

1896–1918 · postcard

Crossing the pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin, with a horse and cart

1896–1918 · postcard

Rowboats and Barges at the Pontoon Bridge, Petrovaradin

1896–1918 · postcard

Greetings from Petrovaradin Fortress, Prince Eugene's 1716 Victory

1896–1918 · postcard

Panoramic View of Novi Sad with the Pontoon Bridge and a Boathouse

1896–1918 · postcard

Crowds on the Pontoon Bridge to Petrovaradin, Franz Joseph Inset

1896–1918 · postcard

The Grand Hotel Mayer and Petrovaradin Fortress with its pontoon bridge

1896–1918 · postcard

The Novi Sad Skyline Beyond the Pontoon Bridge and Its Boathouses

1896–1918 · postcard

The pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin, crowded with pedestrians

1896–1918 · postcard

Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica, Three Views with the Cadet School

1896–1918 · postcard

Petrovaradin fortress, with a smoking steamer on the Danube

1896–1918 · postcard

Along the pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin

1898–1918 · postcard

A Message from Petrovaradin on Novi Sad's Newest Excursion Spot

1899 · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress, with the pontoon and railway bridges

by November 1899 · postcard

Crossing the Pontoon Bridge to Petrovaradin, Smoke Rising Beyond

by September 1899 · postcard

Two Views: Petrovaradin Fortress and a Lace-Railed Bridge, 1899

by May 1899 · postcard

Petrovaradin and the Pontoon Bridge, 1899

by February 1899 · postcard

The pontoon bridge to Petrovaradin fortress

1900

Greetings from Novi Sad on the Danube, 1900

by November 1900 · postcard

The Pontoon Bridge Opened for River Traffic

1900–1918

Petrovaradin Fortress and the Pontoon Bridge

1900–1918

Petrovaradin and the Pontoon Bridge, 1901

by June 1901 · postcard

The riverbank, with barges and a pontoon crossing

by July 1903 · postcard

Panorama with the fortress, barges and a church spire

by April 1905 · postcard

A Paddle Steamer Crowded With Passengers by the Pontoon Bridge

1905. · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress, above the stone river quay

1906. · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress, with a Man Poling a Boat, 1907

by July 1907 · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress and the Crowded Pontoon Bridge, a Rowboat Below

by December 1908 · postcard

Rowing Crews Beside the Pontoon Bridge, 1909

by September 1909 · postcard

Novi Sad Across the Danube, with the Pontoon Bridge and Steamers

1910

Men in Bowler Hats on the Pontoon Bridge Below Petrovaradin Fortress

1910s

A rowboat approaches Petrovaradin Fortress

by September 1911 · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress, with a Boatman and an Overturned Punt, 1911

by July 1911 · postcard

A panorama over the pontoon bridge

1912

Bridge Command at the Novi Sad to Petrovaradin Crossing

1914

Traffic Crossing the Military Bridge to Petrovaradin

1914

Guards at the Bridge Command, Novi Sad to Petrovaradin

1914

The pontoon bridge on blue water

1917

A paddle steamer and the pontoon bridge at Petrovaradin

by April 1918 · postcard

The pontoon bridge below the fortress

before 1918

Soldiers crossing the pontoon bridge

before 1918 · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress, seen past the riverside trees

1934. · postcard

About this place

Before any permanent bridge stood here, Novi Sad and Petrovaradin were joined by a wooden pontoon bridge laid across the Danube on oak floats. Crossings of this kind were used from the late seventeenth century, and the first standing bridge dates from 1788; it was known as Hagen's bridge after the officer, Baron von Hagen, who designed it on the model of one at Mannheim. It was laid each spring by the pontonier unit stationed at Petrovaradin and taken up again before the first ice, and its middle section could be drawn aside to let river traffic through. Carts paid a toll while anything carried by hand went free, residents of the two towns crossed without charge, and the season opened every year with a handshake between the mayor of Novi Sad and the commandant of the fortress. The bridge was removed for the last time in 1918, when work began on the permanent crossing that became the Prince Tomislav bridge.