About Karadjordjev

45 ° 18′07 ″ N19 ° 15′25 ″ E / 45.301833 ° N 19.257 ° E

Karadjordjevo is a village in Serbia in the municipality of Backa Palanka in the South Bačka District. According to the 2011 census, there were 733 inhabitants. It is 10 km away from Backa Palanka. The place contains a rich tourist offer - stable, hippodrome, museum, one of the most famous residential buildings in the former SFRY, exclusive hunting, fishing, restaurant, accommodation The Serbian Army Cup is also held, but it is also a Special Nature Reserve with numerous flora and fauna. It consists of three separate units, all with the same name: Residential building, Military Institution and local community Karadjordjevo. Extremely attractive tourist place, visited by many domestic and foreign tourists.

The settlement in the municipality of Backa Palanka is recognizable in many ways, and above all by the Special Nature Reserve of the 2nd category of protection with a stable, the Museum of Horsemanship and the Hippodrome.
It was named after the Karadjordjevic dynasty, and after the Second World War, it became a favorite destination of the then President Josip Broz Tito, where his first diplomatic hunt was organized. In Karadjordjevo, there is also Tito's holiday villa, but also a residence where many famous people came. Within the complex, artificial lakes were built, bird habitats were formed, a park was arranged, and this place was once rightly called Tito's Paradise. The nature of this area is what makes Karadjordjevo special.

A SPECIAL NATURE RESERVE

The area of the Special Nature Reserve represents the spatial forest and floodplain area of western Bačka along the Danube. It is one of the specially preserved complexes of marsh habitats in Vojvodina. It consists of two parts Bukinski rit I Mostonga. Here are formations of rare forests, indigenous willows and poplars, with characteristic herbaceous vegetation and many plants that are protected by law as natural rarities. One of the most attractive values of the reserve is certainly the high game-deer and wild boar. The mentioned types of game are the reason why hunting tourism is very developed in this area. The enjoyment of touring this terrain can be greater if you visit this complex in a horse-drawn carriage.

STABLE AND HIPPODROME

On Karadjordjevo there is a stable which has a long tradition in breeding nonius horses. It was founded in 1885, and in the immediate vicinity is the hippodrome "Mladost", where the May Day equestrian races have traditionally been held since 1983. This event attracts a large number of picnickers, families with small children and horse lovers.

EQUESTRIAN MUSEUM

Within the stud farm there is also the Museum of Horsemanship with a large number of exhibits in the form of trophies, cups, plaques and photographs. Especially interesting are the exhibits of sledges and carriages dating from the Tito period. A book of impressions from 1924 can be seen as a kind of curiosity in the museum, which makes it one of the oldest exhibits of its kind among us.
At the stables it is possible to organize individual and group visits to the stables, museum and hippodome, pony riding, carriage rides around the stables or hunting grounds as well as riding lessons. All visits are announced a few days in advance.