About Kladovo

Romanised Greek as Zanes. In the time of the Roman Empire, the name of the town was Zanes while the fortifications was known as Diana and Pontes (from Greek "sea" -pontos, or Roman "bridge" -pontem). Emperor Trajan let build a number of fortification in the area during Roman times, as the well-known Trajan's Bridge (Pontes was built on the Serbian side, Theodora was built on the Romanian side). Later, old Slavs founded here their settlement that was named Novi Grad , while Ottomans built here a fortress named Fetislam. The present-day name of Kladovo is first recorded in 1596 in one Austrian military document.

There are several theories about origin of the current name of the town: 

According to one theory (Ranka Kuic), name of the town derived from Celtic word "kladiff" meaning "cemetery" in English.

According to another theory (Ranko Jakovljevic), the name derived from the word "klad" (a gadget used fom imprisonment of the people).

According to the third theory, the name derived from Slavic word "kladenac" meaning "well" in English or from Slavic word "klada" meaning "stump" in English.

There is also a theory that name of the town derived from the Bulgarian duke Glad, who ruled over this region in the 9th century.

There is a settlement with the same name in Russia near Moscow and it is believed that this settlement was founded by Serbs who moved there from Serbian Kladovo in the 18th century. One of the suburbs of Berlin also has this name,