Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin Петроварадин
Town and municipality
Petrovaradin photomontage
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Petrovaradin within Serbia
Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°52′E / 45.250°N 19.867°E / 45.250; 19.867Coordinates: 45°15′N 19°52′E / 45.250°N 19.867°E / 45.250; 19.867
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Bačka
City	Novi Sad
Government
• President of the local community	Dušan Popović (SNS)
Area
• Town	27.2 km2 (10.5 sq mi)
Population
• Town	14,298
• Municipality	33,865
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	21131
Area code	+381 21
Vehicle registration	ns
Website	www.petrovaradinfortress.com

Petrovaradin (Serbian Cyrillic: Петроварадин, pronounced [petroʋarǎdiːn]) is a town and municipality, part of the urban agglomeration of the city of Novi Sad. The population of the town numbered 14,298 and whole municipality 33,865 people in 2011. Lying across the river Danube from the main part of Novi Sad, it is built near the Petrovaradin Fortress, known as the "Gibraltar of the Danube".

Petrovaradin was founded by Celts, but its original name is not known. During Roman administration it was known as Cusum. After the Romans conquered the region from the Celtic tribe of Scordisci, they built the Cusum fortress where present Petrovaradin Fortress now stands. In addition, the town received its name from the Byzantines, who called it Petrikon or Petrikov (Πετρικον) and who presumably named it after Saint Peter.

In documents from 1237, the town was first mentioned under the name Peturwarod (Pétervárad), which was named after Hungarian lord Peter, son of Töre. Petrovaradin was known under the name Pétervárad during Hungarian administration, Varadin or Petervaradin during Ottoman administration, and Peterwardein during Habsburg administration.

Today, the town is known in Serbo-Croatian as Petrovaradin/Петроварадин, in Hungarian as Pétervárad, and in German as Peterwardein.