Kovin

Kovin lies on the northern bank of the Danube opposite the Serbian lands around Smederevo. Its fortress and market town guarded a crossing on the southern edge of the Kingdom of Hungary. Serbs settled here under royal privileges, and merchants from Dubrovnik traded across the river with partners in Smederevo and other Serbian towns.

Ottoman raids brought repeated destruction to the frontier. After Smederevo fell in 1439, Ottoman forces crossed the Danube and plundered Kovin, taking inhabitants captive. The town was attacked again in 1458, and some of its Serbian inhabitants were resettled near Buda. The Ottomans conquered Kovin in 1551. Its fortress was eventually demolished after the Treaty of Belgrade in 1739, when the Danube again became a frontier between the Habsburg and Ottoman realms.