Vojvodina
South Bačka District
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Bačka Palanka

Bačka Palanka is a town and municipality located in the of the autonomous province of , . It is situated on the left bank of the .
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  • Type: Town with 25,500 residents
  • Description: town in Serbia
  • Also known as: “Alt-Palanka”, “Backa Palanka”, “Deutsch-Palanka”, “Német-Palánka”, “Nova Palanka”, “Ópalánka”, “Plakenburg”, “Stara Palanka”, and “Újpalánka”
  • Historically known as: “Palanka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. John the Baptist, Bačka Palanka and Ilok–Bačka Palanka Bridge.

Church
The Church of St. John the Baptist in Bačka Palanka, dedicated to the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, was constructed between 1783 and 1787. Built in the late baroque style by architects Josif Cigler and Ernest Harle, the church features a single nave with a semi-circular apse, a rectangular choir wider than usual for the region, and a tall baroque bell tower.

Bridge
Photo: Szeder László, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or the 25 May Bridge crosses the at its 1297th kilometer, connecting the towns of , and Bačka Palanka, . It is the 825 meters long single-carriageway road bridge, built as a box girder construction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ilok and Neštin.

Town
Photo: Goran.Smith2, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is the easternmost town in forming a geographic salient surrounded by . Located in the region, it lies on the hill overlooking the river, which forms the border with the Bačka region of . is situated 3½ km south of Bačka Palanka.

Village
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is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the of the autonomous province of , . Geographically, it is located in the region of . is situated 6 km southeast of Bačka Palanka.

Village
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is a village in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the of . had a total population of 1,077 inhabitants in 1991 and 1,012 inhabitants in 2002. is situated 8 km northwest of Bačka Palanka.

Bačka Palanka

Latitude
45.2501° or 45° 15′ 0″ north
Longitude
19.38973° or 19° 23′ 23″ east
Population
25,500
Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)
United Nations Location Code
RS BPA
Open location code
8FQX792Q+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1647188835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3204674
Wiki­data ID
Q477170
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bačka Palanka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باتشكا بالانكا”
  • Arabic: “باكا بالانكا، جوزنو-باكا”
  • Belarusian: “Бачка Паланка”
  • Belarusian: “Бачка-Паланка”
  • Bosnian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Bulgarian: “Бачка паланка”
  • Catalan: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Cebuano: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Central Kurdish: “باچکا پالانکا”
  • Chechen: “Бачка Паланка”
  • Chinese: “巴奇卡帕兰卡”
  • Chinese: “巴奇卡帕蘭卡”
  • Croatian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Czech: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Dutch: “Backa Palanka”
  • Dutch: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Esperanto: “Baĉka Palanka”
  • Esperanto: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Estonian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • French: “Backa Palanka”
  • French: “Bačka Palanka”
  • German: “Backa Palanka”
  • German: “Bačka Palanka”
  • German: “Báčska Palanka”
  • German: “Bácspalánka”
  • German: “Küçük Hisar”
  • Hebrew: “באצ’קה פאלאנקה”
  • Hebrew: “באצקה פאלאנקה”
  • Hungarian: “Palánka”
  • Italian: “Backa Palanka”
  • Italian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Japanese: “バチュカ・パランカ”
  • Korean: “바치카팔란카”
  • Lithuanian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Lombard: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Macedonian: “Бачка Паланка”
  • Malay: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Moksha: “Бачка Паланка”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Backa Palanka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Norwegian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Ossetian: “Бачкæ-Паланкæ”
  • Persian: “باچکا پلانکا”
  • Polish: “Backa Palanka”
  • Polish: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Portuguese: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Romanian: “Backa Palanka”
  • Romanian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Russian: “Бачка-Паланка”
  • Serbian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Serbian: “Küçük Hisar”
  • Serbian: “Бачка Паланка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Бачка Паланка”
  • Slovak: “Báčska Palanka”
  • Slovenian: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Slovenian: “Báčska Palanka”
  • Slovenian: “Palánka”
  • Slovenian: “Plankenburg”
  • Spanish: “Backa Palanka”
  • Spanish: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Swedish: “Backa Palanka”
  • Swedish: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Tatar: “Бачка Паланка”
  • Tatar: “Бачка-Паланка”
  • Turkish: “Baçka Palanka”
  • Ukrainian: “Бачка-Паланка”
  • Vietnamese: “Bačka Palanka”
  • Western Panjabi: “باچکا پلانکا”

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