LOESSFEST'09 | Aug. 31st – Sept. 3rd, 2009 |Novi Sad-Serbia
Loessland Project
Paško, B.1, Ivanović, M.1, Bošnjak, M.1, Marković, S.B.2, Vasiljević, Dj.A.2,
Basarin, B.2, Lukić, T.2
1Tourist organization of the Municipality of Indjija, Cara Dušana 1, 22320 Indjija, Serbia
2Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
The Stari Slankamen loess-palaeosol section is located on the northeastern part of the Srem Loess Plateau on the right bank of the Danube River, opposite the Tisa confluence (Vojvodina region, North Serbia). The c. 40-m thick cliff comprises loess intercalated with 8 major palaeo pedo-complexes and can be considered to be one of the most important Quaternary sections in the Carpathian (Panonnian) basin area.
Discovering the secrets of the Ice Age recorded at the loess profile near this interesting Srem’s village are not important only to the scientists. They might become interesting to the tourists as well, by using modern ways of presentation. Therefore, in the vicinity of the profiles, founding an attractive modern thematic museum “Loessland” has been planned. Some of the international institutions for nature protection have been making plans for setting up a Loess Geopark in Serbia and its including in the network of UNESCO Geoparks of Europe and the world. In that case the site in Stari Slankamen will have an utmost importance.
Atthis attractive locality situated in the vicinity of the Danube bank, a modern thematic museum “Loessland” is going to be built. The museum is going to be made of glass, built in several levels leaning on the loess profiles. Besides the possibility to see the loess stratums piled up in different periods of creating Earth’s crust, the visitors will be able to see interesting exhibitions within various thematic parts, which are going to present many scientific facts connected to the Ice Ages, geology, geography and many other related topics in a very interesting way. The special emphasis will be on applying modern audio-video equipment (PDA – Personal Digital Assistant) in order to make presentation as much as attractive and interesting as possible. The museum will also contain a souvenir shop, a theme café/ restaurant, as well as many other interesting contents.