VIA DELIBLATICUM - Sand Dunes Route - Trail 3: „Čardak“ - Šušara - Zagajica Hills

 

Locations:

1. Educational Centre “Čardak” - Special Nature Reserve “Deliblato Sands”

It represents the destination of pupils and students’ excursions, a place of workshops and explorers of Deliblatska peščara. The capacity of the Centre consists of: 3 low-rise houses with total area of 400m2, reception office, two conference halls with the capacity of 20 and 30 seats, toilet block, kitchen and wine cellar, and the rooms with the capacity of 18 beds in total in the attic. There are two eaves with the capacity of 100 persons , botanical garden with a museum exhibition of tools in foundation, in the courtyard area of 40ares . The Centre in woodland is surrounded by educative paths on which rest-areas and watch towers are situated.

2. ŠUŠARA ECO DESTINATION

Šušara is located in the south-east border of Special reservation Deliblatska peščara, surrounded by orchards and vineyards.

The settlement Šušara dates from the year 1810 (in German: Schuschara Sanddorf, in Hungarian: Szusara Puszta).

This place got its name after yellow sand that was dispersed by the wind when, in 1808, the work about linking sand with the ground in this region started by the order of Austrian Empire and in command of archduke Ludvig, and it was almost over in 1909.

In distant year 1887, more than 180 wine-growers settled here, aiming to raise vineyards and raise vine resistant to phylloxera.

Location:

1. Sanctuary St. Ladisava and pastoral center of the Diocese
2. Windmill
3. Old Šušara, remains of the former village

The History of the Windmill

The Windmill was constructed in 1900. Shortage of water was eliminated by drilling artesian wells on October 15th,1893 and one water borehole 168 metres deep. In 1900, more than 10km of water pipeline for the village were built. There was a pipeline in Šušara one year before it was built in Paris. This Windmill was constructed by donation of Austrian Empire. The complete Windmill was ordered in Dresden ,and its parts were made in the Eiffel workshop in Paris, for newly arisen Šušara settlement.

The Windmill was driven by wind power, and as the wind blew only periodically, demands for water were greater, so they changed to a diesel engine to fulfil the needs for water consumption.

Since the year 1962, when the village got electricity, it has been set in motion by electric power. The pumps draw water from water boreholes from the depth of 168 m.

This structure is of great importance, it has been renovated and brought back into its original appearance of the Windmill in the year 1900.

It has been the Museum of Technology since the year 2010.

3. Zagajička brda (Zagajica Hills)

Zagajička brda, area of 641.75 ha - a unique area of very interesting and unusual relief located on the northeastern edge of Deliblatska peščara (Deliblato Sands). The hills are ancient sand dunes, partly wooded and partly overgrown with steppe vegetation, they are a unique relic of the primitive landscape of the Pannonian Plain.

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