The Kovačica municipality is situated in the south-east of Vojvodina, on the area of 419 square kilometres. The administrative and geographic centre of the municipality is Kovačica, which is some 46 km from Belgrade (40-minute drive by car).
15 km of the river Tamiš runs through the north-west part of the Kovačica municipality. East part of the municipality is covered by the Deliblatska peščara (the only European desert) with its specific geographical features.
The arable land covers 84,02% of the total municipal territory. It is mainly made out of first-grade ploughland, some orchards, vineyards and meadows. Over 4/5 of the arable land is chernozem – the most fertile type of soil in the Pannonian plain.
The Kovačica municipality covers 8 settlements: Kovačica, Debeljača, Crepaja, Padina, Samoš, Idvor, Uzdin, and Putnikovo. They are all connected by asphalt road. The Pančevo-Kikinda railway passes through the municipality’s territory.
The municipality is a heterogenous community and an interesting fusion of four languages, epistles, religions, culture and customs. Here, people have been living side by side for 200 years maintaining and cherishing everything they are. They respect and appreciate others and are the testament of the fact that differences do not separate, but, on the contrary, bring together.
According to the 2018 census the Kovačica municipality had 23.874 inhabitants. According to the municipality’s statute Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian and Romanian language all have equal status.
Photos: archives of Tourism organisation of Kovačica municipality
TOURISM ORGANISATION OF KOVAČICA MUNICIPALITY
Address: Masarikova 69, Kovačica
Phone: +381 (0)13 660 460
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Serbian Orthodox Church in Samoš is one of the largest and most luxurious Orthodox Churches on the territory of Banat including Vojvodina. The foundations of the church were laid in 1840 and the church was consecrated in 1847. The holy temple is dedicated to the translation of the relics of St. Nicholas. The iconostasis consists…
The reformative community of Hungarian christian reformative church in Debeljača belongs to one of the oldest christian communities in Kovačica and was founded in 1799., in the centre of the village, while there was the priest Tar Janoš. The building of the first church started in 1804. The first church was burnt in the fire…
Temple of the Holy Annunciation was built in 1803. There is the iconostasis that was painted in 1876 – 79, which is the work of art the famous painter and artist Stevan Todorović. Apart from the iconostasis ,there are four icons that are also work of art Stevan Todorović – Emperor Uroš, Emperor Stefan Dečanski, St.…
Shortly after the arrival of the Slovaks to this area in 1802, in the center of Kovačica the Evangelical Church was erected. However, the construction of the present church began in 1824 and it was completed and consecrated in 1828.The church was designed by architects Suday and Kunz from Timisoara. The church is 42 m…
Slovak Evangelical church in Padina is the monumental building that dominates in Padina. It is set on the slight hill and it was built in 1839 according to the designs of the architect Bartolomeo Haneke who personally supervised the construction of the temple. In 1841 the temple was consecrated. The interior of the church is…
The household is located at 300 m from the centre of Crepaja. It has one studio apartment with a separate entrance and bathroom. The other three rooms have shared entrance, kitchenette, bathroom and a living room. The whole household has central heating and during summer the guests can use summer garden. There is also a…
The first village tourist household in the village Padina, located at just 500 m from the centre of Padina. This household has a separate entrance with five rooms – two rooms with one bed, and three rooms with two beds. There is a possibility of four additional beds. The household has two bathrooms, kitchen with…
1 room (2+0 beds) 1 room (2+1 beds) Photos: archives of Tourism organisation of Kovačica municipality
Padina is today, precisely because of its wells, called the village in which the “water changes.” Padina’s wells are deepest wells in the whole Banat region. Well digging started in 1814, and was funded by the state. Scope-wheels in Padina, today there are just three of them, may illustrate the zeal and struggle for survival…