HILDENBURGHAUSEN: BATINA

It is a panoramic view of Batina on the western coast of the Danube, seen from the semi-perspective from the eastern bank of the river. The local population is presented in a pastoral scene in the foreground, recorded during the idealized economic activities of river transport. The lowland part of the Danube coast in front of floated sandbanks with crowded people on boats is seen on the eastern bank of the river in the background. The tall buildings of Batina are on elevations in the second row, while churches on the western hills above the city are in the third row. Fortified objects of this important Danube stronghold are seen north of the city, or in the right-hand side of the view. The author acknowledges the importance of commercial activity at the traditional scaffold site established here during Roman times (Batinska skela, Kiskőszeg). The settlement, as a dock on the Danube in Baranja, was founded next to the scaffold. It was formally founded in 1720 and inhabited by Croats, Serbs, Hungarians and Germans. Then the Baroque chapel of St. John of Nepomuk (sv. Ivan Nepomuk) was built in 1756. Batina an der Donau in Ungarn, is written below the bottom edge of the view. The location in which the view was produced is also noted: Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen. The author of this view is not signed, so the work is attributed to the publisher after whom the atlas was named.