Old maps of Rakovac

“Neusatz und Peterwardein”: special map of Hungary 1:144,000, 1877 edition

This folded sheet, in a cloth cover with the hand-lettered title “Neusatz und Peterwardein” (Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), is in the collection of the author of this site, who bought the original. It belongs to the Spezialkarte des Königreiches Ungarn (special map of the Kingdom of Hungary): the Military Geographical Institute in Vienna engraved the series in copper on the basis of the Second Military Survey and published it in 141 sheets between 1869 and 1881, at a scale of 1:144,000 (Hungaricana). This sheet is marked “Ausg. 1877” (1877 edition) and was sold for 70 kreuzer; the scale bar is in Viennese fathoms and Austrian post miles.

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What you can find around Rakovac on this sheet:

• Rakovac in its valley, with the sign “Kls.” (Kloster, monastery) just above the village; Beočin to the west, Ledinci (Ledince) to the east. Novi Rakovac did not exist yet.
• The hill Gradac south of the village, with the height 248. Heights on this map are in Viennese fathoms: 248 fathoms is about 470 m, close to the 471 m given on modern maps.
• Along the ridge, a road named “Eugens Weg”, Eugene’s road.
• The Danube with its islands and side arms, and Futog and Novi Sad on the far bank.

Special map 1:75,000, edition of 1915

The most detailed of the old Austro-Hungarian maps. The sheet “Ilok und Ruma” (Zone 25, Column XXI) of the Special Map of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy covers the western half of Fruška Gora; Rakovac lies in its north-eastern corner, where the viewer opens.

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What you can find around Rakovac on this sheet:

• Rakovac with the sign for a monastery (“Kls.”): the old village by the monastery, today’s Stari Rakovac, with Planina, Kesten and the Gradac peak (471 m) above it.
• “H.St. Rakovac”, a railway halt on the line along the Danube.
• Beočin with its cement factory (“Cement Fb.”) and Beočin station, Dumbovo to the west, Ledinci to the east.
• The place name Salaksia between the village and the Danube, today the name of a winery below the monastery.
• Across the river: Ófutak and Újfutak (Old and New Futog), and Újvidék, the Hungarian name of Novi Sad.

General map of Central Europe, about 1910

The General Map of Central Europe at a scale of 1:200,000 was drawn by the Military Geographical Institute in Vienna from the Third Military Survey of Austria-Hungary. Each sheet covers one degree by one degree and is named after its largest town. Rakovac lies close to the eastern edge of the sheet named after Mitrovica (“Mistrowitz”).

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What you can find around Rakovac on this sheet:

• Rakovac in the hills below the Gradac peak (471 m): the old village by the monastery, today’s Stari Rakovac.
• A railway station called Rakovac on the line along the Danube.
• Beočin village and Beočin Monastery to the west, Ledinci to the east.
• Across the Danube, Futog appears twice, as “O-Futtak” and “Uj-Futtak” (Old and New Futog), and an arrow points “zu Neusatz”, towards Novi Sad.
• Novi Rakovac is not there yet. It was built after the Second World War, when the old village was not rebuilt.

Topographic maps of the Yugoslav People’s Army, 1970s–1980s

The most detailed maps of the valley from the second half of the 20th century are the topographic maps of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), drawn and printed by its Military Geographical Institute (Vojnogeografski institut) in Belgrade. For decades they were secret: the margins carry the military classification and the note “Kopiranje i umnožavanje zabranjeno” (copying and reproduction forbidden). Today scans of many sheets are collected on topografskakarta.com.

These maps are published with the permission of Haxhi Berisha, the owner of topografskakarta.com. We show only the part of each sheet around Rakovac. If you have any questions about these maps, please write to us or contact Mr Berisha through his website.

1:25,000, sheet “Novi Sad 4-1”, 1984

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What you can find around Rakovac on this sheet:

• Novi Rakovac on the road up from the Danube, and Stari Rakovac higher up the valley, by the stream marked “Veliki p. (Rakovački p.)”.
• The heights around the villages: Čardak (320 m), Krvavić (314 m), Kesten (366 m), Čot (280 m) and Plana (394 m).
• Field names in the Danube floodplain (Rit): Kupusište, Ištvanac and Salaš, and the island of Mačkov prud in the river.
• The neighbours to the east: Novi Ledinci with its blocks of flats, and Stari Ledinci.

1:100,000, sheet 378 “Novi Sad”

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What you can find around Rakovac on this sheet:

• Two places of the same name: Rakovac by the Danube road and Rakovac (St. Selo), the old village.
• V. Gradac (470 m), the highest point above the village.
• Beočin and, further up in the hills, the Beočin monastery; Ledinci to the east; Futog and Novi Sad across the Danube.

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