User:Bbik/Golubac

=Golubac Fortress=
 * Galamboc - Pictures of Golubac fortress, labels and links are in Hungarian
 * Galamboc - Might be a repeat of already sourced info.
 * .txt-Transcribed Russian? About halfway through, starts at Zdorov'e. Is it even related?
 * Wayback dejan


 * "Kočina krajina" means "Koča's krajina" and refers to a short-lived free territory held by Serbs during the Austro-Turkish war (1788 - 1791). Koča Anđelković (Kapetan Koča Anđelković aka "Captain Koča") was the leader of the uprising.

=Golubac=
 * This page is about the municipality. For the mountain, see Golubac (mountain).

Golubac (Serbian Cyrillic: Голубац, Hungarian: Galambóc), sometimes spelled Golumbácz, is a village and municipality in north-eastern Serbia, bordering Romania on the right side of the Danube river. It is bound by Veliko Gradište to the west and Kučevo to the south. The population of the village is 1,896, and population of the municipality is 9,913.

Name
The name Golubac is derived from golub, which is Serbian for "pigeon" or "dove", and is therefore often translated as "the town of doves".

There is a legend connected to the naming of the town, that may sound like a dark fairy-tale. A young daughter of a noble family lived in the fortress and was to be married to a rich merchant who she did not love. Instead, she was in love with a young and handsome, but poor, fisherman. She was so sad about her fate that one day she confided in an old woman passing by. The old woman turned out to be a witch. The witch told the young woman that she could be with her fisherman as early as tonight by turning into a dove and running away to the other side of the river. The witch gave the young woman a potion that would turn her into a dove.

That night, the young woman drank the potion, turned into a dove and flew out of the fortress to meet her dear fisherman. The fisherman and the young woman then started crossing to the other side of the Danube. But in the city an alarm was raised when it was discovered that the young lady was missing. The guards found the old witch and she told them that the young woman was running away with the fisherman to the other side of the river. The guards caught up with the young couple halfway across the Danube, near the rock protruding from the riverbed. They killed the fisherman on the spot, and they chained the young woman to the rock for the weather, thirst and famine to finish her off. As the young woman was dying she yelled out repeatedly "Babo, kaj se!" (Grandma, regret your deed!). Hence, the rock - that even today can be seen protruding from the water - is called "Baba-Kajina stena" (Grandma-Kaja's (pronounced Kaya) rock).

Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups in the Golubac municipality (2002 census):
 * Serbs = 8,629
 * Vlachs = 870
 * Other

Features
Due to many nearby archeological sites and the Đerdap national park, the village is a popular tourist, fishing and sailing destination.

The archeological sites include the remnants of Roman Emperor Trajan's tables, his road through the Danube's Iron Gates, and the Roman fortress Diana. Golubac fortress, 4km downstream, is from the 14th century and also of interest. The fortress was a place of a battle against the Turks in 1428, where the most famous Polish knight Zawisza Czarny was captured and murdered by the Turks.

The Iron Gates national park is noted for its natural beauty and its hunting grounds, as well as many trails for more experienced hiking. The village's quay along the Danube river is popular for more relaxed hiking.