rakovac.rs

About this site

rakovac.rs is an independent, unofficial guide to the village of Rakovac on Fruška Gora, made by people who live here.

Who is behind the site

The site is a volunteer project from Rakovac, made by Konstantin (Kosta) Stein together with Claude, an AI model by Anthropic. See About the author. It is not an official website of the Municipality of Beočin, the local community office, Rakovac Monastery or Fruška Gora National Park.

How we check facts

Every factual statement comes from a published source, from an inscription we have photographed, or from a named local witness. We keep a fact log with the source of each statement. Where sources disagree we say so on the page. Business details are marked “not yet confirmed by the owner” until the owner has checked them.

Found a mistake? Please tell us at konstantin.stein@gmail.com.

Local journalism

We record interviews with residents: memories of the village, the monastery, the quarry and the war years. Every interview is published only with the speaker’s consent. See People.

Privacy

This site does not use advertising or tracking cookies. Videos are loaded from YouTube only after you press play. The maps load map tiles from OpenStreetMap servers.

Licence

Texts on this site are published under CC BY 4.0: you may reuse them, including commercially, if you credit rakovac.rs with a link. Our own photos, videos and interviews are not covered: all rights reserved. Photos from other authors keep their own licences, listed below. The site’s source code is MIT-licensed.

Languages

The site is available in five languages: Serbian, English, Russian, German and Hungarian. Texts are written in English and translated with the help of Claude (Anthropic); corrections from native speakers are very welcome.

Photo credits

PhotoAuthorLicenceStatus
Konstantin (Kosta) SteinKonstantin Stein (private archive)© all rights reserved✓
Stone pillars inside the Beli Majdan quarry hallAlexkom000CC BY 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Beli Majdan, the old quarry above the monasteryAlexkom000CC BY 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Forest around Beli MajdanAlexkom000CC BY 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Entrance to the Beli Majdan gallery with the national park's warning signKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Dumbovac waterfall on the Dumbovac streamJovancavicCC BY-SA 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Fruška Gora forest in autumnGoonie BagheeraCC BY-SA 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Fruška Gora trail in the fogGoonie BagheeraCC BY-SA 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Forest path on Fruška Gora in springGoonie BagheeraCC BY-SA 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Excavated walls at the Gradina archaeological siteВанилицаCC BY-SA 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Carved inscriptions at the hermitage, with the text of May 1771 naming Isaija, hieromonk of RakovacKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
An inscription of 1830 in its own carved niche, with a cross aboveKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
A 19th-century name carved in the soft limestone of the hermitageKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Names and dates carved beside the entrance of the hermitageKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
The Kamenolom memorial: plaques with the names of the fallen, with wreathsKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
The introductory plaque of the memorial, dated 1941–1961Konstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Mosaic with Tito's portrait and the words "Druže Tito, mi ti se kunemo" above the gallery entranceKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
General map of Central Europe 1:200,000, sheet Mistrowitz (about 1910), showing Fruška Gora and RakovacMilitary Geographical Institute of Austria-Hungary (scan ELTE Lazarus, László Zentai)Public domain✓
Special map of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1:75,000, sheet Ilok und Ruma (1915), with Rakovac in its north-eastern cornerMilitary Geographical Institute, Vienna (scan IOS Regensburg / GeoPortOst)Public domain✓
Rakovac Monastery in 1885Ottokar RechnitzerPublic domain✓
Rakovac Monastery, June 2026Alexkom000CC BY 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Rakovac Monastery church and courtyardAlexkom000CC BY 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Baroque bell tower of Rakovac MonasteryPavle MarjanovićCC BY-SA 3.0TEMP PHOTO
19th-century engraving "Griechisches Kloster Rakovatz" from the Danube views seriesAdolf Friedrich KunikePublic domain✓
Iconostasis of the monastery churchAleksandar CocekCC BY-SA 2.0TEMP PHOTO
Residential wing (konak) of Rakovac MonasteryMickiCC BY-SA 3.0TEMP PHOTO
Stražilovo picnic areaMickiCC BY-SA 3.0TEMP PHOTO
Manastirska street in RakovacMickiCC BY-SA 3.0TEMP PHOTO
The Stručica memorial: three curved concrete pillars among the treesKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Information board at the memorial about the battle of August 1942Konstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
The middle pillar with wreaths and the commander's plaqueKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Plaque: "Zencel Hunjadi, courier Franja, 1942"Konstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Plaque: "Commander Đorđe Marković Đilas, 1942"Konstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Plaque: "People's Hero Stanko Paunović Veljko, 1907–1942"Konstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Rakovac village, June 2026Alexkom000CC BY 4.0TEMP PHOTO
Road sign at the entrance to RakovacMickiCC BY-SA 3.0TEMP PHOTO
A steel mine headframe near the tower, a reminder of Vrdnik's coal-mining pastKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Forest path with wood chips on the way to Vrdnik TowerKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Wooden shelter with a table near Vrdnik TowerKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Vrdnik Tower, the 18-metre keep of the medieval fortress, with its steel visitor staircaseKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
The steel staircase up to the viewing platform inside Vrdnik TowerKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
The rounded side of Vrdnik Tower above dry grass and shrubsKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
View from the tower hill over Vrdnik and the Fruške Terme resort towards the plain of SremKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓
Remains of the fortress walls at Vrdnik TowerKonstantin Stein© all rights reserved✓