The Žabalj municipality is situated in the south-east of Bačka, close to the Tisa river. It encompasses the following settlements: Žabalj, Čurug, Đurđevo and Gospođinci. It covers an area of 405 square kilometres.
The municipality is positioned on the crossroads of Bačka and Banat. Žabalj is connected to Zrenjanin by the L-7 local route and with Temerin by the R-104 regional road. Also, the R-122 regional road (Šajkaš-Bačko Gradište) and M-7 main road (Novi Sad-Zrenjanin) pass through Žabalj.
The municipality’s territory is rich with waterways: the rivers Tisa, Dead Tisa, and Jegrička and an extensive network of canals which are the part of the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal system. The municipality’s population is 25.777 people.
TOURISM ORGANISATION OF ŽABALJ MUNICIPALITY
Address: Trg Svetog Save 3, Žabalj
Phone: +381 (0)21 831 688
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It is situated between Čurug and Bačko Gradište. The fishing water is 24 km long with average wideness of 100 m and to 5m deep. The fish fund is carefully kept so the catch is guaranteed. In this fishing water there are all sorts of fish. The small number of fishing places is on the…
Jegrička is the main water stream in South- Bačka terrace. It flows into river Tisa and is 60km long and goes into west – east direction. The water stream is authentic river in Bačka, which lost its original look because of the influence of the people. Through Žabalj community it goes by its lower flow.…
The hunting association “Srndać” with the headquarters in Žabalj owns the hunting ground “Old Tisa” on the surface of 39.033 ha and hunting surface is on 35.640 ha. The association has 385 active members. The grown animals in the hunting ground “Old Tisa” are : roe, wild boar, rabbit, pheasant and field partridge. In the…
The Tennis club M&N Masters was found in 2011. It owns two courts with the light reflectors. It organizes the work with children through the tennis school with the licensed coaches. It offers excellent conditions and tennis equipment.
Golf Center is situated in the warmest part of the Vojvodina plain, leaning on the right bank of the Panon beauty Tisa, close nearby the Royal Hunting Grounds and “Carska Bara”. It is found right next to the motorway Novi Sad – Zrenjanin, in the Municipality of Žabalj. It is only 100km away from Belgrade,…
Hangar with access to water in Čurug on the Stara Tisa is officially included in the training center of the Rowing Federation of Serbia, built in 2008 from the Provincial Secretariat for Sports and Youth financed from the funds of rowing federation of Serbia. Rowing club “Čurug” from Čurug was founded in August in 2003…
The sports hall in Žabalj owns two halls: the big one meant for handball, basketball, volleyball and football, and the small one for combat sports, table tennis, picado etc. The capacity of the big hall is 1200 seats, there are also two modern locker rooms with showers. The hall was made according to all the…
Crna ćuprija (Black bridge) is the area of 472 ha, located 10 km from Žabalj towards the Tisa, on the road leading from Novi Sad to Zrenjanin. In January ,1942 the Fascist carried out mass executions of patriots from the Municipality of Žabalj. In the horrifying action of the Horti followers, which conceived and organized…