Voždovac 1121200 221330071 2008-06-24T01:32:15Z DumZiBoT 6085301 robot Adding: [[it:Voždovac]] {{Infobox Settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Voždovac |other_name = |native_name =Вождовац <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = Vozdovac coa.jpg |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Belgrade Vozdovac.png |mapsize = 100px |map_caption = Location within the City of Belgrade |image_map1 = Beoogradloc.png |mapsize1 = 100px |map_caption1 = Location within Serbia |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Serbia]] |subdivision_type1 = City |subdivision_name1 = [[Belgrade]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Subdivisions of Belgrade|Status]] |subdivision_name2 = Urban |subdivision_type3 = Settlements |subdivision_name3 = 5 |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type =Municipality of Belgrade |leader_title =[[Municipality president|Mun.&nbsp;president]] |leader_name =Goran Lukačević ([[Democratic Party (Serbia)|DS]]) |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =150 <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2002 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =151,768 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW= |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postal code <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code =11000 |area_code =+381 11 |blank_name =[[Serbian vehicle registration plates|Car plates]] |blank_info =BG |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = [http://www.vozdovac.org.yu/ http://www.vozdovac.org.yu/] |footnotes = }} '''Voždovac''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Вождовац) is an [[List of Belgrade neighborhoods|urban neighborhood]] and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the [[Belgrade|City of Belgrade]], the capital of [[Serbia]]. It is one of the 10 urban municipalities, but among them also one of 4 that have both urban and suburban sections. == Neighborhood == === Location === The neighborhood of Voždovac is located 4-5 km south of downtown Belgrade, on a hill in the northern part of the municipality. Three long, more or less parallel streets shape the neighborhood into an elongated form in the north-west to south-east direction: western border is marked by the Boulevard of Liberation, which also makes the border to the municipality of [[Savski Venac]], eastern by the ''Kumodraška'' street, while the ''Vojvode Stepe'' street goes in between. Due to its shape, Voždovac borders many other neighborhoods: [[Autokomanda]] on the north, [[Diplomatska Kolonija]] on the north-west, [[Banjica]] (and [[Banjica Forest]]) on the west, [[Trošarina]] and [[Banjica II]] on the south-west, [[Kumodraž]] (it's sub-neighborhoods of [[Kumodraž II]] and [[Torlak (Belgrade)|Torlak]]) on the south, [[Braće Jerković II]] and [[Mitrovo Brdo]] on the south-east, [[Braće Jerković]] on the east and [[Dušanovac]] on the north-east. === Name and history === Name Voždovac is derived from the word ''vožd'' meaning ''leader'' (literally, a "duke", "supreme [[vojvoda]]"), one of the titles used by the [[Karageorge Petrović|Karađorđe Petrović]], the leader of the [[First Serbian Uprising]]. He also commanded the liberation of Belgrade from the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] in 1806, and on the very spot from where he started that operation today stands a Church of the [[Constantine I|Saint Emperor Constantine]] and [[Helena of Constantinople|Helena]], popularly called the Voždovac Church (''Voždovačka crkva''). === Characteristics === Originally a residential area, as the neighborhood was growing and stretching to the south, it developed different features. The south-western extension to Torlak, along the ''Vojvode Stepe'' street, developed almost rural look, while the southern extension into the Kumodraž II is turned into one of the most heavily industrialized areas in the "Old Belgrade". The western area, along the Boulvard of Liberation became somewhat of an elitistic neighborhood. Three faculties of the [[University of Belgrade]] are located in the neighborhood: Management (FON), Political sciences (FPN) and Transportation. Population of the neighborhood was 22,516 in 2002. == Municipality == === Location === The municipality is located in the south-central part of the urban area of Belgrade and in the central section of the wider Belgrade City area. It stretches meridonally (north to south) for almost {{km to mi|40|wiki=yes}}, spreading to the south more than any other urban municipality of Belgrade. Due to its shape, it borders more municipalities than any other: [[Vračar]] on the north, [[Zvezdara]] on the north-east, [[Grocka]] on the east, [[Sopot, Serbia|Sopot]] on the south, [[Barajevo]] on the south-west, [[Čukarica]] and [[Rakovica, Belgrade|Rakovica]] on the west and [[Savski Venac]] on the north-west. === Geography === Municipality is located in the northern section of the [[Šumadija]] region ("Low Šumadija"). The southern part covers the northern section of the woods of [[Lipovička šuma]] and roughly corresponds to the valley of the [[Topčiderka]] river which flows between the [[Pinosava]] and [[Ripanj]] plateaux. The central area is occupied by one of two "Belgrade" mountains, the {{m to ft|511|wiki=yes}} -high [[Avala]] (the other one being [[Kosmaj]]). In the northern, urban section, Voždovac covers several of the 32 hills on which Belgrade is built, including [[Torlak (Belgrade)|Torlak]] and [[Pašino Brdo]]. Apart from Topčiderka, numerous smaller rivers and intermittent creeks flow in the northern part of the municipality: Zavojnička reka, Vranovac, Milošev potok, [[Bubanj Potok]], Kamena voda, Lipica, Drenjak, Kumodraški potok and parts of [[Rakovički potok]], [[Bolečica]] and [[Jelezovac]]. The spring and the valley of the former [[Mokroluški Potok]] (now mostly conducted underground) is also located in the municipality. Despite having large wooded areas in the non-urban section (slopes of Avala, northern part of Lipovička šuma, [[Stepin Lug]]/[[Gaj, Belgrade|Gaj]]), the urban area has only one real park, [[Šumice (Belgrade)|Šumice]]. === Population === The massive population growth was halted in the late 1980s, despite still growing settlements on the southern and south-eastern outskirts of Belgrade. Still, with {{PD km2 to sq mi|1011}}, Voždovac is still densely populated, especially concerning large unurbanized areas in the south. Population of Voždovac according to the official census of population (since 1991 a new methodology is used): * 1961 - 85,458 * 1971 - 134,206 * 1981 - 159,364 * 1991 - 156,373 * 2002 - 151,768 ===Ethnic groups (2002 census) === * [[Serbs]] - 138,528 or 91,28% * [[Montenegrins]] - 1,879 or 1,24% * [[Yugoslavs]] - 1,740 or 1,15% * [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]] - 902 or 0,59% * [[Roma people|Roma]] - 820 or 0,54% * [[Croats]] - 810 or 0,53% === Settlements === The municipality of Voždovac has both urban neighborhoods of the Belgrade City proper (''uža teritorija grada'') and separate, suburban settlements in the Belgrade City Metro area. ''Urban:'' {| |- valign=top | *[[Autokomanda]] *[[Banjica]] *[[Banjica II]] *[[Braće Jerković]] *[[Braće Jerković II]] *[[Dušanovac]] | *[[Jajinci]] *[[Kumodraž]] *[[Kumodraž II]] *[[Lekino Brdo]] *[[Mala Utrina]] *[[Marinkova Bara]] | *[[Medaković]] *[[Medaković II]] *[[Medaković III]] *[[Mitrovo Brdo]] *[[Naselje Veljko Vlahović]] *[[Pašino Brdo]] | *[[Selo Rakovica]] *[[Šumice (Belgrade)|Šumice]] *[[Torlak (Belgrade)|Torlak]] *[[Trošarina]] *Voždovac |} '' Suburban towns:'' *[[Beli Potok]] *[[Pinosava]] '' Suburban rural:'' *[[Bela Zemlja]] *[[Brđani]] *[[Bubanj Potok]] *[[Gaj, Belgrade|Gaj]] *[[Prnjavor (Belgrade)|Prnjavor]] *[[Ripanj]] *[[Stepin Lug]] *[[Šuplja Stena]] *[[Zuce]] === History and administration === The municipality of Voždovac originates from 1904. In 1945 Belgrade was divided into districts (''rejon'') and Voždovac became part of District VI. In 1952 the districts were abolished and the municipalities re-established. Municipality of Pašino Brdo was annexed to Voždovac on [[September 1]], [[1955]] and today makes its northernmost part. The municipality was territorially shaped in the early 1960s when the municipality of Ripanj was added to Voždovac (the village of [[Veliki Mokri Lug]] was later detached and annexed to the municipality of Zvezdara). However, shaped this way, the elongated municipality causes problem to the inhabitants of its southern part as they have to travel over {[km to mi|30}} to the municipal assembly. There is an idea of separating suburban settlements (Beli Potok, Pinosava, Zuce, Ripanj) and creating new sub-Avalan municipality ([[Avalski Venac]]), with the village of [[Vrčin]] in the municipality of Grocka but no official move has been done so far in that direction. Presidents of the municipal assembly: 1952 - 1955; Nikola Stepanović (1916) 1955 - 1956; Vučko Ivković (1913) 1956 - 1965; Petar Kolundžija 1965 - 1973; Zoran Nastić 1973 - 1978; Munir Lasić 1978 - 1982; Dragomir Marić 1982 - 1986; Borislav Kuzmanović 1986 - 1988; Milorad Leković 1988 - 1991; Zoran Višnjić 1991 - 1992; Zoran Antonić 1992 - 1994; Božidar Simatković 1994 - 1997; Zoran Modrinić (1947) 1997 - [[October 12]], [[2000]]; Nebojša Atanacković (1943) [[October 12]], [[2000]] - [[December 9]], [[2004]]; Stevan Radović (1940) [[December 9]], [[2004]] - (present); Goran Lukačević (1966) === Economy === Suburban parts of the municipality are mostly agricultural, but the urban section has a large industrial zone, one of the largest in the city, mostly along the ''Kumodraška'' street. It comprises the factories of ''Vatrosprem'', ''Tunelogradnja'', ''Soko Štark'', ''Napred'', ''Montaža'', ''Ratko Mitrović'', etc. Some facilities of the Belgrade's Communal Company and of Electricity company (EDB) are located in the neighborhood of Marinkova Bara, along the highway. A small center of the building companies and cement plants is growing along Bubanj Potok. Administrative center of the municipality is located in Dušanovac, along the ''Ustanička'' street. It encompasses the building of the Municipal assembly, the police and fire station, the local clinical-ambulance center, the Fifth Municipal Court of Belgrade and the Special section of the Supreme court of Serbia for organized crime and war crimes (formerly the Supreme Military Court of Yugoslavia). The Belgrade-[[Niš]] highway passes through the northern and eastern parts of the municipality while the road of ''Kružni put'' (and the projected [[Belgrade beltway]]) goes through the central parts, including the junction of two roads and [[Toll road|tollbooth]] on Bubanj Potok, which marks the entrance into the Belgrade City proper. A railway also goes through the municipality, parallel to the ''Kružni put''. == Trivia == {{Trivia|date=August 2007}} The football club from the area, [[FK Voždovac]], plays in [[First League of Serbia]] within which they finished 3rd in the 2005/06 season. The neighborhood of [[Jajinci]] was the place where the 3rd European [[Peoples Global Action]] conference was held in July 2004. == International cooperation == Voždovac is twinned with following cities and municipalities<ref>[http://www.skgo.org/php/opstine/detalji.php?Id=87&IdSvojstva=MO] ''Stalna konferencija gradova i opština''. Retrieved on [[2007-06-18]].</ref>: *{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Florence]]''', [[Italy]] *{{flagicon|Slovenia}} '''[[Šempeter-Vrtojba|Šempeter]]''', [[Slovenia]] And has signed friendship charters with following cities and municipalities: *{{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[Drežnica]]''', [[Croatia]] *{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} '''[[Milići]]''', [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] *{{flagicon|Greece}} '''[[Nea Penteli]]''', [[Greece]] *{{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[Ogulin]]''', [[Croatia]] *{{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[Pula]]''', [[Croatia]] ==See also== *[[Subdivisions of Belgrade]] *[[List of Belgrade neighborhoods and suburbs]] ==References== {{Reflist}} * ''Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija'', Third edition (1986); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2 * Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6 == External links == *[http://www.vozdovac.org.yu/ Voždovac municipality] *[http://serbia.00page.com/3.html Voždovac Church] {{Belgrade municipalities}} {{Municipalities of Serbia}} {{coor title dm|44|47|N|20|29|E|region:RS_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vozdovac}} [[Category:Neighborhoods of Belgrade]] [[Category:Municipalities of Belgrade]] [[fr:Voždovac]] [[it:Voždovac]] [[no:Vozdovac]] [[pl:Vożdovac]] [[sr:Општина Вождовац]] [[sh:Voždovac]]