This beautiful green city is located in Bačka (Bácska), in the northwestern part of Serbia. It is said that Sombor is the greenest city in the country. Dr. Bene Cihaš (Dr. Benö Csihás), the mayor of Sombor at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, was responsible for launching the largest greening initiative in the city. Among many species, the special place takes hackberry, a deciduous tree brought from America in 1903 from the area of Mississippi (USA). Sombor has almost 18,000 trees. Dense rows of trees have become one of the town's main features. In addition to hackberry, there are chestnuts, lindens, ginkgo, and sycamores.
Zombor, a történelmi város
A nagymúltú város építészetét befolyásolták a különböző népek és kultúrák. Városunkban sok szép és fontos történelmi helyet lehet megtekinteni, mint például a Megyeházát, Városházát, templomokat, múzeumokat és a híres Színházat.
Megyeháza
One of the most prominent features of Sombor is the Županija. Construction began in 1805 and was completed in 1809. The final appearance that can be seen today was completed in 1882. The look of the building faithfully resembles Vienna's Schönbrunn Castle. Županija has a large number of rooms, 365 in total. In the large ceremonial hall, there is the largest painting in Serbia, "The Battle of Senta, " the masterpiece of painter Franz Eisenhut. The painting made by oil technique is located on a one-piece canvas measuring 7x4 meters. The painting was commissioned to celebrate the millennium arrival of the Hungarians in the Pannonian Plain and represents the battle between Austria and Turkey in which almost 500 soldiers from Sombor took part. Today, it houses the headquarters of the Sombor municipality and district and various state institutions..
Town Hall
As a recognizable symbol of Sombor, the town hall has been declared a great importance cultural asset. It was built in the neoclassical style in 1842. Under the tower that rises above the building, there is a balcony and a ceremonial hall, where concerts are often organized.
The Church of St George
The Church of St. George was built in 1761. It was made under the Baroque influence, combining neoclassical and rococo elements. It is listed as a cultural monument of great importance.
Holy Trinity church
The roots of the Church of the Holy Trinity go back to the year 1497. The church located today near the Town Hall was built from 1751 to 1771. It was influenced by the Baroque style, and in the 56-meter-high tower, there is a large bell weighing 2188 kilograms.
The Carmelite Church (The Church of St Stephen the King)
The Carmelite Church of St. Stephen the King with the Carmelite Monastery was constructed from 1860 to 1904. The basilica was built in the neo-Romanesque style. It has two towers with a height of 73.5 meters. There is the largest organ in Serbia inside the church, with a total of 43 registers and about 3,400 pipes. Next to the church, a convict was built in 1905 in the style of romanticism.
Main Street
The main street is located inside the "Ring" which resembles the Vienna Ring Road (ger. Wiener Ringstraße) and surrounds the city's heart. Today, it has many magnificent editions of old buildings. That is why Sombor's main street is a protected cultural monument.
The City Museum
The origin of the museum and its activities date back to the 19th century, in 1880 when the Historical Society of Bač - Bodrog County (Hun. Bács-Bodrog Vármegyei Történelmi Társulat) was founded on the initiative of Ištvan Ivanji. The building in which the museum was moved after the Second World War and where it is still located today was built in 1870 in eclecticism. Today, the museum has a permanent exhibition that shows a human from prehistory to the middle of the 20th century in the territory of the Zapadnobacka district.
National Theatre
The National Theater Sombor was built in 1882. In the same year, it was performed very first play. The inspiration for the exterior, which is in the style of classicism, and the interior, in a rich baroque style, with painted and stucco decorations, came from the theaters in Vienna and Pesta. The Sombor theater is one of the most authentic theaters preserved today on the territory of Serbia, and in 1997 it was registered in the register of cultural monuments as a cultural asset of great importance.
Fiacre
When we mention Sombor to people from other parts of the country, one of the most common associations of the city is riding with fiacre. That is why fiacre is one of our city's most essential features.