Subotica: Pregled

Subotica was first mentioned in 1391 under the Latin name Zabatka. In 1526,—1527. Subotica was the capital of the short-lived Serbian state of the self-proclaimed emperor Jovan Nenad. The Ottoman Empire ruled the city from 1542 to 1686, when Subotica became a possession of the Habsburg Monarchy. During the Ottoman administration, the name of the city was Sobotka. In the middle of the 18th century, its name was officially changed to Sancta Maria, after the Austrian empress Maria Theresa. The name of the city was changed again in 1779 to Maria Tereziopolis, and the Hungarian name Szabadka temporarily came into official use in 1845 and then again in 1867. In 1918, Subotica became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Local Serbs and Bunjevics have been using the name Subotica since the 17th century, which was made official after 1918. Since 2007, Subotica has had the status of a city.