Serbian city that foreigners love: Flour from Kikinda horse mills ended up at court in Vienna

Photo: Ivan Strahinic

Kikinda is located in the north of Banat, near the border with Romania - a city famous for its owls, the mammoth Kika, one of the most beautiful streets and one of the three remaining horse mills on the planet.

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Although Kikinda so abounds in attractions that at least on weekends, it should be full of domestic tourists, foreigners are coming to Kikinda more and more often. It seems that they recognized the charm of this city in the north of Serbia before we have done, and that they enjoy it whenever they are given the opportunity to do so.

Kikinda has the densest nesting population of owls on the planet. Why they chose Kikinda is still a mystery, but every year from November until March, hundreds of owls stay in this city. They come from different parts of the world and build nests in the Town Square where they spend the cold months.

Owls are not the only ones who have celebrated the name of Kikinda around the world. There is also Generala Drapsina Street, which is listed among the most beautiful in the world, thanks to its magnificent tree-lined avenue that irresistibly resembles a green tunnel.

Certainly the biggest attraction of Kikinda is the skeleton of a 500,000-year-old mammoth, named Kika. It was discovered in 1996 by clay extraction workers at a depth of 20 meters. The skeleton was authentically reconstructed using archeological procedures; a life-size replica of the skeleton is located in the courtyard of the National Museum in Kikinda, while authentic skeletal remains are on display as part of a permanent exhibition.

What also attracts tourists is a horse mill, one of the remaining three on the planet. The horse-powered dry grain mill was built in 1899, and legend has it that flour was so perfectly ground in it that it reached the Viennese court.

At one point, there were more than 50 such mills in the Kikinda area alone. Today, in addition to the Kikinda horse mill, which enjoys the status of a cultural monument of great importance, there are only two more in the world - one in Hungary, the other in Croatia.

Photo: Ivan Strahinic

(Telegraf.rs)