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Fruška Gora TV Tower – Iriški Venac TV tower memorial loop from Banstol II - Br. 72 - Inđijski breg
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Fruška Gora TV Tower – Iriški Venac TV tower memorial loop from Banstol II - Br. 72 - Inđijski breg
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Fruška Gora TV Tower – Iriški Venac TV tower memorial loop from Banstol II - Br. 72 - Inđijski breg
03:18
50.3km
740m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: September 23, 2026
Tips
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Калин поток
Национални парк Фрушка гора
Waypoints
A
Start point
Bus stop
1
984 m
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Banstol
Highlight • Religious Site
This is new Christian Orthodox Church, St. Mary of Banistor, built in Russian style, unusual for this area. Serbian churches are modest and less flashy. Once finished, will be glorious.
Enjoy and respect. Happy Trails.
Enjoy and respect. Happy Trails.
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2
26.8 km
Monument to Fallen Fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror in Vrdnik
Highlight • Monument
During the mid-19th century, Vrdnik was a typical village of the Fruška Gora region, located near the Mala Ravanica Monastery, famous for housing the relics of the legendary medieval Serbian ruler Knez Lazar, who fell in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
The discovery of coal altered the character of this settlement, transforming it into the one of the main industrial centers of Fruška Gora. Due to the mining operations, Vrdnik attracted mining proletariat from various ethnic groups. New parts of the village were constructed for the new settlers – the Old and New Colonies.
The electric power plant and the coal mine in Vrdnik held significant strategic importance for the occupiers, which is why Vrdnik was one of the most fortified settlements in the Srem throughout the war. Hundreds of German and Ustasha soldiers were stationed there during the occupation. While the mine was under strict Ustasha control, the village itself, predominantly inhabited by Serbs, provided strong support to the People's Liberation Movement (NOP).
By the end of 1941, five local partisan units were formed in this area.
In the spring of 1942, dozens of residents from Vrdnik joined the Danube and Fruška Gora partisan Detachments. Due to their support of the partisans, the people of Vrdnik were repeatedly subjected to fascist terror, meanly executed by the Ruma Gestapo police under Anton Bauer's leadership.
Throughout the war, Vrdnik had numerous fallen fighters and innocent victims. In addition to Serbs, these included members of Slovenian, Croatian, and other ethnicities, reflecting the complex ethnic composition typical of this mining settlement.
In honor of the fallen fighters and victims of fascist terror, one of the first representative monuments in the Fruška Gora region was erected in a park in the center of Vrdnik. The sculpture of a barefoot partisan fighter was created by the academic sculptor Sava Sandić. The park also houses plaques with the names of fallen residents of Vrdnik, as well as those from the 7th and 9th Vojvodina Brigades, which fought for four days (from October 22 to 26, 1944) against the strong German defenses to liberate Vrdnik.
[This site is part of the Liberation Routes cycling tour "Fruška Gora Liberation Circuit"]
komoot.com/de-de/tour/1870928931?share_token=arNOGj2dKOO605JTe2ZpbVW7s7N624smYsy5No7bVl78oCzjv4&ref=wtd
The discovery of coal altered the character of this settlement, transforming it into the one of the main industrial centers of Fruška Gora. Due to the mining operations, Vrdnik attracted mining proletariat from various ethnic groups. New parts of the village were constructed for the new settlers – the Old and New Colonies.
The electric power plant and the coal mine in Vrdnik held significant strategic importance for the occupiers, which is why Vrdnik was one of the most fortified settlements in the Srem throughout the war. Hundreds of German and Ustasha soldiers were stationed there during the occupation. While the mine was under strict Ustasha control, the village itself, predominantly inhabited by Serbs, provided strong support to the People's Liberation Movement (NOP).
By the end of 1941, five local partisan units were formed in this area.
In the spring of 1942, dozens of residents from Vrdnik joined the Danube and Fruška Gora partisan Detachments. Due to their support of the partisans, the people of Vrdnik were repeatedly subjected to fascist terror, meanly executed by the Ruma Gestapo police under Anton Bauer's leadership.
Throughout the war, Vrdnik had numerous fallen fighters and innocent victims. In addition to Serbs, these included members of Slovenian, Croatian, and other ethnicities, reflecting the complex ethnic composition typical of this mining settlement.
In honor of the fallen fighters and victims of fascist terror, one of the first representative monuments in the Fruška Gora region was erected in a park in the center of Vrdnik. The sculpture of a barefoot partisan fighter was created by the academic sculptor Sava Sandić. The park also houses plaques with the names of fallen residents of Vrdnik, as well as those from the 7th and 9th Vojvodina Brigades, which fought for four days (from October 22 to 26, 1944) against the strong German defenses to liberate Vrdnik.
[This site is part of the Liberation Routes cycling tour "Fruška Gora Liberation Circuit"]
komoot.com/de-de/tour/1870928931?share_token=arNOGj2dKOO605JTe2ZpbVW7s7N624smYsy5No7bVl78oCzjv4&ref=wtd
Tip by
3
31.3 km
Zmajevac Viewpoint, Fruška Gora National Park
Highlight • Viewpoint
This viewpoint offers a view of the southern slopes of Fruška Gora, with the Vrdnik Tower visible on a nearby hill. The tower is a remnant of a 14th-century fortification destroyed during the Turkish conquests in the 16th century.
Although no extensive archaeological research has been conducted, indications suggest that the medieval fortress may have been built on older foundations, possibly dating back to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus (3rd century AD), who was originally from this region.
Beyond the foothills of Fruška Gora, the plains of Srem stretch southward for about 30 kilometers to the Sava River, which marked the boundary between the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and occupied Serbia during World War II. Although the anti-fascist movement had significant support in most villages of Srem, and despite the villages being well connected with alternative route networks, the plain presented challenging terrain. The greatest threats came from larger cities like Ruma and Sremska Mitrovica, as well as key roads and the heavily guarded Belgrade–Zagreb railway, where fascist units, bunkers, and armored trains were stationed.
[This site is part of the Liberation Routes cycling tour "Fruška Gora Liberation Circuit"]
komoot.com/de-de/tour/1870928931?share_token=arNOGj2dKOO605JTe2ZpbVW7s7N624smYsy5No7bVl78oCzjv4&ref=wtd
Although no extensive archaeological research has been conducted, indications suggest that the medieval fortress may have been built on older foundations, possibly dating back to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus (3rd century AD), who was originally from this region.
Beyond the foothills of Fruška Gora, the plains of Srem stretch southward for about 30 kilometers to the Sava River, which marked the boundary between the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and occupied Serbia during World War II. Although the anti-fascist movement had significant support in most villages of Srem, and despite the villages being well connected with alternative route networks, the plain presented challenging terrain. The greatest threats came from larger cities like Ruma and Sremska Mitrovica, as well as key roads and the heavily guarded Belgrade–Zagreb railway, where fascist units, bunkers, and armored trains were stationed.
[This site is part of the Liberation Routes cycling tour "Fruška Gora Liberation Circuit"]
komoot.com/de-de/tour/1870928931?share_token=arNOGj2dKOO605JTe2ZpbVW7s7N624smYsy5No7bVl78oCzjv4&ref=wtd
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36.0 km
Иришки венац
Mountain Pass
5
36.7 km
Hotel Iriški Venac
Highlight • Historical Site
The building is a good example of modernist architecture that was dominant in Yugoslavia between the two world wars. Although the author of the hotel was Marjan Ivačić, the original project was adapted by Đorđe Tabaković, one of the leading architects of Yugoslav modernism.
The hotel was erected in 1935 on the initiative of the Mountaineering Society "Fruška Gora." The society was founded in 1924 to popularize and develop local tourism, mountaineering, and re-connection with nature.
Among the founders was the lawyer Ignjat Pavlas (1886-1942), a pre-war Yugoslav patriot and leader of anti-Axis demonstrations held in Novi Sad on the 27th of March 1941, as well as Vasa Stajić, a famous Serbian intellectual, politician, and anti-fascist.
In the Youth Organization of the Mountaineering Society "Fruška Gora," some prominent communist and anti-fascist activists were active, such as Branko Bajić (1911-1942), a member of the Regional Committee of KPJ for Vojvodina. He used this organization as a cover to organize camping meetings of Communist Youth from the Vojvodina province on Fruška Gora before the war started.
During the war, Hotel "Venac" and its surroundings were one of the most important fascist strongholds in the Fruška Gora hills, and the hotel was occupied by German and Croatian military units throughout the conflict. Iriški Venac region was liberated by the 7th Vojvodina Brigade in the middle of October 1944.
After the war, the hotel was renovated and used for tourist accommodation until the civil war in Yugoslavia in the 1990s, when the hotel was transformed into a refugee center for Serbian people from Bosnia and Croatia. After their resettlement, the hotel was closed down and left to decay, which remains the case to this day.
[This site is part of the Liberation Routes Hiking Tour "The Liberation Walk" (6km)]
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The hotel was erected in 1935 on the initiative of the Mountaineering Society "Fruška Gora." The society was founded in 1924 to popularize and develop local tourism, mountaineering, and re-connection with nature.
Among the founders was the lawyer Ignjat Pavlas (1886-1942), a pre-war Yugoslav patriot and leader of anti-Axis demonstrations held in Novi Sad on the 27th of March 1941, as well as Vasa Stajić, a famous Serbian intellectual, politician, and anti-fascist.
In the Youth Organization of the Mountaineering Society "Fruška Gora," some prominent communist and anti-fascist activists were active, such as Branko Bajić (1911-1942), a member of the Regional Committee of KPJ for Vojvodina. He used this organization as a cover to organize camping meetings of Communist Youth from the Vojvodina province on Fruška Gora before the war started.
During the war, Hotel "Venac" and its surroundings were one of the most important fascist strongholds in the Fruška Gora hills, and the hotel was occupied by German and Croatian military units throughout the conflict. Iriški Venac region was liberated by the 7th Vojvodina Brigade in the middle of October 1944.
After the war, the hotel was renovated and used for tourist accommodation until the civil war in Yugoslavia in the 1990s, when the hotel was transformed into a refugee center for Serbian people from Bosnia and Croatia. After their resettlement, the hotel was closed down and left to decay, which remains the case to this day.
[This site is part of the Liberation Routes Hiking Tour "The Liberation Walk" (6km)]
komoot.com/tour/1881448190?share_token=aQX2irH9OHv16zbghqkWFCaaumiVA4C634I6ri4nXXDKLs8eSK&ref=wtd
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6
39.7 km
Fruška Gora TV Tower
Highlight • Monument
Remnants of a TV tower damaged during NATO bombing campaign of '99.
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7
39.8 km
Iriški Venac TV tower memorial
Highlight • Monument
Further up the road, not far away from the TV tower, there is Hotel Norcev, and a public water tap next to it, where you can replenish your water supply.
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8
46.4 km
Fruška Gora National Park
Highlight • Natural Monument
A detour via the national park is definitely worth it, although the route is very strenuous but shady and the many barbecue areas are more like rubbish dumps.
Overnight in Sremski Karolinka
Pre-booked through Booking.com
Residential ,, Žeravica b & b ''; apartman.zeravica@gmail.com 16.62 € 07/30/2017
Address: Браће Дејановић 7, Sremski Karlovci 21205, Serbia
Information about the route Fruska Gora
npfruskagora.co.rs and fruskagora.rs.
see also danube.trevel.
Overnight in Sremski Karolinka
Pre-booked through Booking.com
Residential ,, Žeravica b & b ''; apartman.zeravica@gmail.com 16.62 € 07/30/2017
Address: Браће Дејановић 7, Sremski Karlovci 21205, Serbia
Information about the route Fruska Gora
npfruskagora.co.rs and fruskagora.rs.
see also danube.trevel.
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9
49.6 km
Crkva Blage Marije Banstol
Highlight • Other
B
50.3 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
44.7 km
2.33 km
2.01 km
1.39 km
Surfaces
49.3 km
958 m
130 m
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