Bežanija ( Serbian Cyrillic : Бежанија , pronounced [bɛʒǎnija] ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade , Serbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd , in the Syrmia region.
132-634: Bežanija is located west of the downtown Belgrade, across the Sava river, in the Syrmia region. It is situated in the central part of the Novi Beograd municipality, on the southern extension of the elongated, crescent-shaped yellow loess ridge of Bežanijska kosa . The ridge (or slope, as it is called in Serbian, kosa ) gives its name to the northern extension of Bežanija, Bežanijska Kosa, and stretches to
264-694: A "ghost town" feel ("only every tenth window is lit, only on every thirtieth someone actually appears on the terrace". Envisioned by the former plan and reconfirmed in March 2023, it was announced that the existing FK BUSK stadium will be upgraded into the Center for Sports and Recreation for the students at the University of Belgrade. The present earthen stadium has few additional courts for tennis and basketball. The complex will cover 10 hectares (25 acres). The completely new stadium will be built with 1,600 seats, by
396-530: A cost of 800 million euros. The four power plants will have an installed capacity of 122 megawatts and an annual production capacity of 610 gigawatt-hours. Use of water for public water supply in the Sava River basin is estimated at 783,000,000 cubic metres (2.77 × 10 cubic feet) per year, and another 289,000,000 cubic metres (1.02 × 10 cubic feet) of water per year is used for industrial production purposes. Use of water for agriculture in
528-436: A hundred complaints from the local residents. However, the citizens organized in civil initiative "Bežanija stays, Kosa defies", and rejected such "megalomaniacal complex" in the mostly family oriented neighborhood. Also, from the early draft to the announced one, city doubled the area covered by the complex from 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft) to 163,595 square metres (1,760,920 sq ft), which means some of
660-592: A part of European route E70 Bordeaux – Turin –Ljubljana–Zagreb–Belgrade– Bucharest , and the European route E61 Villach –Ljubljana– Trieste – Rijeka . A largely double track and electrifried railway is also a part of the Corridor X. The railway was a part of the Simplon-Orient-Express and Direct-Orient-Express routes. The navigable river course between Belgrade and Galdovo north of Sisak
792-524: A population of 1,639,121. Zagreb is the second largest city on the river, comprising population of 688,163 living in the city itself, and 802,588 in the city-administered area. Together with the Zagreb County, largely corresponding to various definitions of the city's metropolitan area, it has a combined population of 1,110,517. Ljubljana is the third-largest city on the banks of the Sava, encompassing
924-474: A population of 19,036 in 2002 and 29,792 in 2011. In May 2022, city announced plans to build a complex of skyscrapers along the motorway, next to the FK BUSK football stadium. Two buildings would measure 100 metres (330 ft), while the third would reach 120 metres (390 ft). All three would have the conjoined base and communal, underground garage. The investor claimed they have accepted almost all of over
1056-604: A population of 258,873 living in the city itself and 265,881 in the city-governed area. The largest city of Bosnia-Herzegovina on the river is Brčko, whose urban population is estimated at 40,000. Other cities along the river, with populations of 20,000 and larger, are Slavonski Brod (53,473), Šabac (52,822), Sremska Mitrovica (37,586), Kranj (35,587), Sisak (33,049), Obrenovac (24,568), and Bosanska Gradiška (est. 20,000). [REDACTED] Belgrade [REDACTED] Zagreb [REDACTED] Ljubljana [REDACTED] Slavonski Brod The Sava River basin covers
1188-623: A range of facilities for swimming, water sports and cycling. The island of Ada Ciganlija in Belgrade is the major recreational zone of the city, gathering as many as 100,000 visitors daily in the summer months. The Sava River is the site of several regattas . Those include the International Sava Tour rowing regatta taking place between Zagreb and Brčko, and the Belgrade Regatta ( sailing regatta). The river
1320-435: A rapid growth of population after 1948 as it was almost immediately attached to the newly constructed city-within-the city of Novi Beograd. As internal communal boundaries changed a lot since the 1970s, despite further expansion, censuses showed a reduced number of population as many border areas (entirely or partially) were detached from Bežanija (Bežanijska Kosa, blocks 61–65, etc.). Historical population of Bežanija (1921–61 as
1452-799: A role. The Sava River basin is very significant because of its biological diversity , and it contains large alluvial wetlands and lowland forests. This led to the designation of six protected areas under provisions of the Ramsar Convention by the countries in the basin. Those are Lake Cerknica in Slovenia, Lonjsko Polje and Crna Mlaka in Croatia, Lake Bardača in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Obedska and Zasavica bogs in Serbia. There are several sports and recreational grounds on
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#17327987756121584-643: A separate neighborhood of Blokovi . Sava The Sava is a river in Central and Southeast Europe , a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube . It flows through Slovenia , Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina , and finally through Serbia , feeding into the Danube in its capital, Belgrade . The Sava forms the main northern limit of the Balkan Peninsula , and
1716-699: A short losing stream flowing nearby, is the source of Zelenci Pools water. The Sava Dolinka is considered the Sava's initial, 45-kilometre (28 mi) segment. The Sava Bohinjka originates in Ribčev Laz , at the confluence of the Jezernica , a short watercourse flowing out from Lake Bohinj and the Mostnica River. Some sources define the Jezernica as a part of the Sava Bohinjka, specifying
1848-602: A source of water for industrial use, but also as the mainstay of aquatic ecosystems . There are 41 identified significant groundwater bodies in the Sava River basin of basin-wide importance, ranging in area size from 97 to 5,186 square kilometres (37 to 2,002 square miles), as well as numerous minor ground water bodies. Even though most of them are transboundary waters , eleven are considered to be largely in Slovenia, fourteen in Croatia, seven in Bosnia-Herzegovina, five in Serbia and four in Montenegro. Mean annual discharge of
1980-511: A total area of 97 713.2 km² making it the second largest Danube tributary catchment by area size, surpassed only by the Tisza basin, and it encompasses 12% of the Danube basin, draining into the Black Sea. The Sava represents the third longest tributary of the Danube and its largest tributary by discharge. The catchment area borders the remainder of the Danube basin to the north and east, and
2112-637: A valley separating the Julian Alps from the Karavanke mountain range . The spring is near the Slovene- Italian border at 833 metres (2,733 feet) above sea level , in a drainage divide between the Adriatic and Danube basins . The Sava Dolinka spring is fed by groundwater possibly exhibiting bifurcation of source karst aquifer to the Sava and Soča basins. Nadiža creek,
2244-577: Is a 700 metres (2,300 feet) long sport fishing competition ground near Hotemež , Slovenia. Even though the name Sava became very common among Slavs , and has a "Slavic tone", the river's name has pre- Slavic Celtic and Roman origins; Strabo writes in Geographica 4.6.10 (composed between 20 BCE and 20 CE) of the River Saüs , and the Romans used the name Savus . Another name, used for
2376-559: Is also the oldest preserved building on the territory of the New Belgrade municipality. Bežanija has many Sports facilities including tennis courts, basketball courts and the Stadion Bežanije , where FK Bežanija play their home matches. FK Bežanija was founded in 1921. Stara Bežanija ( Serbian Cyrillic : Стара Бежанија , lit. 'Old Bežanija'), as the name says, is the oldest section of Bežanija, location of
2508-460: Is also the site of the Šabac Swimming Marathon —an open water swimming competition, running on an 18.8-kilometre (11.7 mi) course between the village of Jarak and the city of Šabac in Serbia. The competition is held annually since 1970, and was included in FINA international calendar from 1984 to 2012. Recreational and sport fishing is a popular activity along the Sava River course. There
2640-485: Is compounded with a meandering of the river's course—limiting the length of vessels—and low bridge clearance. Further problems are incurred through poor transport infrastructure along the route, including poor navigation markings, and presence of sunken vessels and unexploded munitions . Navigation along further 68 kilometres (42 miles) of the river upstream to Rugvica near Zagreb is possible for vessels with tonnage below 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons; 1,100 short tons), and
2772-621: Is crescent shaped, leaning on the western border of the urban area of Novi Beograd, stretching along the Tošin Bunar street to Zemun. Northern section of the neighborhood is crossed by the Belgrade- Zagreb highway. In 1883 Austrian general Laudon built a trench through the loess to make way for the railway, thus creating an artificial hill, known today as Bežanijska Kosa. Laudon's trench, whose remnants still can be seen but are turned into an informal settlement , marked to border between
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#17327987756122904-400: Is especially troublesome for navigation as it offers 250 centimetres (98 inches) draught in less than 50% of an average hydrological year, causing navigation to cease each summer. Similar interruptions are less frequent elsewhere on the river, occurring 30 days a year on average upstream from Oprisavci, and even more rarely downstream from Slavonski Šamac. The restricted draft and fairway
3036-484: Is estimated that the nutrient pollution levels generated by manure production equal 32,394 tonnes of nitrogen and 3,784 tonnes of phosphorus per year. As a consequence, the Sava River is microbiologically polluted in areas affected by the nutrient pollution. One such part of the river is the lowermost part of its course between Šabac and Belgrade, where acceptable freshwater bacterial counts are exceeded. Levels of industrial pollution vary significantly throughout
3168-685: Is flanked by the Krndija and the Dilj Hills on the eastern rim of the Požega Valley . The Bilogora, Papuk and Krndija Mountains consist mostly of Paleozoic rocks which are 300–350 million years old, while the Dilj consists of much more recent Neogene rocks, 2–18 million years old. Further east of the chain, the watershed runs through the Đakovo – Vinkovci and Vukovar Plateau. The loess plateau, extending eastward from Dilj and representing
3300-566: Is formed by the headwaters of the Tara and the Piva at the border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro, near Šćepan Polje . Its 20 319.9 km² catchment extends across parts of four countries—reaching as far south as Albania. The Bosna and the Kupa river basins are the second and third largest catchments of the Sava tributaries, each surpassing 10 000 km² in size. The average annual flow rate of
3432-634: Is formed from the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka headwaters in northwest Slovenia . The drainage basin has other key tributaries , including the 52-kilometre (32 mi) Sora , the 27-kilometre (17 mi) Tržič Bistrica and the 17-kilometre (11 mi) Radovna rivers—flowing into the Sava at confluences as far east downstream as Medvode . The Sava Dolinka rises at the Zelenci Pools near Kranjska Gora , Slovenia, in
3564-472: Is left over from various conflicts including the World War II , Croatian War of Independence , Bosnian War , and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia . Before reaching confluence of Una at Jasenovac and 86.8 metres (285 feet) a.s.l, the Sava River traces Lonjsko polje Nature Park , encompassing marshes frequently flooded by the Sava and its tributaries in the area. Downstream of confluence of
3696-505: Is one additional plant under construction near Krško. The Krško hydroelectric power plant, as well as two additional plants planned on the Sava River course downstream of Ljubljana—Brežice and Mokrice—should be completed by 2018. The power plants downstream of Ljubljana, except Vrhovo, are developed as a chain of five Slovenia's Lower Sava Valley plants since 2002. They will have production capacity of 2,000 gigawatt-hours per year and 570 megawatts of installed capacity . Completion of
3828-731: Is sometimes used to describe the northern boundary of the Balkans , and the southern border of the Central Europe . Before the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 the Sava was the longest river lying completely within the country. The Sava Dolinka rises in the Zelenci Pools, west of Podkoren in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia at 833 metres (2,733 feet) above sea level (a.s.l.), and flows east, past Kranjska Gora to Jesenice , where it turns southeast. At Žirovnica ,
3960-559: Is spanned by 25 bridges. The Sava River valley east of Sisak is also used as a route for the Jadranski naftovod , a crude oil pipeline. The system connects the Port of Rijeka oil terminal to oil refineries in Rijeka and Sisak, to Bosanski Brod in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as Novi Sad and Pančevo in Serbia. The main pressure on the Sava River basin environment is generated by
4092-453: Is tasked with the establishment of sustainable management of surface water and groundwater resources in the Sava River basin. The Sava is navigable to larger vessels for 593.8 kilometres (369.0 miles) between its confluence with the Danube in Belgrade, Serbia and Galdovo Bridge in Sisak, Croatia , 2.8 kilometres (1.7 miles) upstream from confluence of Sava and Kupa rivers. The confluence marks
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4224-844: The 1848 Revolution , the Hungarians demanded independence from the Austrian Empire. However, they did not recognize the national rights of other nationalities which lived in the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary at that time. Therefore, the Serbs of Vojvodina took action to separate from the Kingdom of Hungary (which was at that time part of Habsburg Austria). An assembly was convened in Sremski Karlovci lasting from May 13 to 15, 1848, where Serb representatives demanded
4356-704: The Alps and the Dinarides reaching elevations in excess of 2000 m a.s.l, while the latter is dominated by the Pannonian Plain . The mean elevation of the basin is 545 m a.s.l. The most important tributaries of the Sava River found in its upper basin are characterized by relatively steep grades of flow, high flow velocities and rapids . Those are left tributaries: the Kokra , the Kamnik Bistrica and
4488-524: The Bežanija and Radnički soccer clubs, auto-camp, hotel Nacional , sports center of 11 April , Bežanija retirement home and one of the major Belgrade hospitals, KBC Bežanijska Kosa . In the northeast it borders the Studentski Grad while northwestern section belongs to the municipality of Zemun. The railway tunnel has been dug through the loess ridge. The Bežanijska Kosa Forest, which encircles
4620-942: The Brka , the Tinja, the Drina and the Kolubara . Left tributaries in the lower segment drain plains consequently exhibiting less steep course grades, lower flow rates and meandering. They include the Sutla, the Krapina , the Lonja , the Ilova , the Orljava and the Bosut . The 346 km Drina is the largest tributary of the Sava, flowing in Bosnia-Herzegovina and along border of the country and Serbia. It
4752-671: The Brčko District , having gateway to the river), while the opposite bank belongs to Croatia and its Sisak-Moslavina, Brod-Posavina and Vukovar-Srijem counties, except in the area of Jamena and further downstream—which belongs to Serbia and the province of Vojvodina . No cities in this segment of the course span the river. It represents an international frontier, three times seeing adjacent, opposing key settlements: Bosanska Gradiška, Bosanski Brod and Brčko in Bosnia-Herzegovina, opposing Stara Gradiška , Slavonski Brod and Gunja in Croatia. The 337.2-kilometre (209.5 mi) segment between
4884-506: The European Union and as of October 2012 , an agreement to implement the plan was signed by Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, while Serbia is invited to join the project. The plan aims to increase the safety and volume of river transport, which declined by about 70% since the breakup of Yugoslavia, largely because of poor maintenance of the route. The ISRBC is tasked with the establishment of an international regime of navigation on
5016-772: The Mavčiče and the Medvode power plants. The Sava then flows through the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana , where another reservoir is on the river, adjacent to the Tacen Whitewater Course . There the river course turns east and leaves the Ljubljana Basin via Dolsko , at 261 metres (856 feet) a.s.l. (at confluence of the Ljubljanica and the Kamnik Bistrica ). The course continues through
5148-662: The Periadriatic Seam . Mesozoic and Upper Triassic rocks are exposed in the region. The Ljubljana Basin represents the boundary of the Southern Alps and the Dinarides. Valleys of the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka are glacial valleys , carved out by the Sava Dolinka and Bohinj glaciers advancing down Karavanke range to vicinity of present-day Radovljica. In the late Pleistocene , Bohinj Glacier
5280-470: The Pleistocene during the uplift of the Transdanubian Mountains . Ultimately, up to 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) of the sediment was deposited in the basin, and the Pannonian sea eventually drained through the Iron Gate gorge. In the southern Pannonian Basin, the Neogene to Quaternary sediment depth is normally lower, averaging 500 to 1,500 metres (1,600 to 4,900 feet), except in central parts of depressions formed by subduction . A subduction zone formed in
5412-597: The Quaternary , but it is possible that the tectonic activity continues in the present day. The Sava Folds largely exhibit Paleozoic and Triassic rocks, and clastic sediments . The lower course of the Sava in the Pannonian Basin—first reached by the Sava River in the Krško Basin on the western rim of the Pannonian Basin. The Pannonian Basin took shape through Miocenian thinning and subsidence of crust structures formed during Late Paleozoic Variscan orogeny . The Paleozoic and Mesozoic structures are visible in Papuk and other Slavonian mountains. The processes also led to
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5544-675: The Romanian nationality. The metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci , Josif Rajačić , was elected for patriarch , while Stevan Šupljikac for the first duke ( voivod ). A National committee was formed as the new government of Serbian Vojvodina . Instead of the old feudal regime, a new regime was formed based on the national boards with the Head Serbian National Board presiding. By 1840 data, Serbs formed relative majority of 49.1% in Vojvodina (compared to absolute majority of 51.1% in 1828). Besides Serbs, these areas were also populated by some other ethnic groups such as Hungarians, Germans, Romanians and Croats. The new Hungarian government responded to
5676-435: The Sava Hills , where it passes the Litija Basin with the mining and industrial town of Litija , the Central Sava Valley with the mining towns of Zagorje ob Savi , Trbovlje , and Hrastnik , turns to the southeast and runs through the Lower Sava Valley with the towns of Radeče , Sevnica , and Krško . The course through the Sava Hills forms the boundary of traditional regions of Lower Carniola and Styria , At Radeče,
5808-400: The Savinja ; and right tributaries: the Sora, the Ljubljanica and the Krka (Sava) . Further downstream larger rivers empty into the Sava, as the right bank of the basin grows steadily. Right tributaries in this lower segment of the basin start as fast flowing courses, only to slow down as they enter the Pannonian Basin . They include the Kupa , the Una, the Vrbas , the Ukrina , the Bosna ,
5940-457: The Sisak-Moslavina County , the city of Sisak , reaching 91.3 metres (300 feet) a.s.l. The city of Sisak marks the westernmost extent of the Sava River navigable to larger vessels. Navigation conditions on the river are poor due to limited draft and fairway width, meandering of the river, bridge clearance restrictions, poor fairway markings as well as presence of sunken vessels and other objects, including unexploded ordnance . The ordnance
6072-466: The Sutla ( Slovene : Sotla ). At that point, the Sava reaches 132 metres (433 feet) a.s.l. after flowing 221 kilometres (137 miles) through Slovenia and along its border. The westernmost part of the 562-kilometre (349 mi) Sava River course in Croatia, takes the river east, through the western part of the Zagreb County , between Samobor and Zaprešić . The area encompasses forests interspersed by marshes and lakes formed in gravel pits . As
6204-436: The Vrhovo hydroelectric dam reservoir stands. The latter is site of the Krško Nuclear Power Plant , which uses the Sava River water to dissipate excess heat. The easternmost stretch of the Sava River course in Slovenia runs to the south of Brežice , where it is joined by the Krka, and the river ultimately becomes a border river between Slovenia and Croatia , marking 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) of their border near confluence of
6336-408: The 1850s, Austrians colonized a large number of Germans in Bežanija. In 1848-1849 it was part of the Serbian Vojvodina , an ethnic Serb autonomous region within the Austrian Empire, but in 1849 was again placed under administration of the Military Frontier. As the Frontier was abolished in 1881–1882, it became part of the Syrmia County within the autonomous Habsburg kingdom Croatia-Slavonia , which
6468-445: The 7.9 km (4.9 mi) long, New Belgrade's direct connection to the Obrenovac-Surčin Bridge and Miloš the Great Motorway began. It starts from the roundabout. Originally planned to be finished in September 2022, the road was opened on 1 April 2023. Northeastern extension of the Bežanija, along the loess ridge, is called Bežanijska Kosa ( Serbian Cyrillic : Бежанијска Коса , lit. 'Slope of Bežanija'). It
6600-465: The Adriatic Sea basin to the west and south. The river basin generally consists of parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro , Serbia and Slovenia, with a very small part of the catchment area belonging to Albania . Topography of the basin varies significantly. Upstream portion of the basin is more rugged than downstream one, but asymmetry of the basin topography is particularly apparent when comparing right and left bank areas—the former dominated by
6732-470: The Belgrade area but with its own municipality. As the construction of Novi Beograd began in 1948, municipality of Bežanija was abolished an annexed to the municipality of Novi Beograd in 1955 (itself established in 1952), becoming one of its local communities . Bežanija is mostly residential area. Some very important industrial facilities are located in the areas geographically, though not administratively, parts of Bežanija: IMT and FOM factories, section of
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#17327987756126864-425: The Belgrade waterworks system, the reservoir will be the largest basin of drinking water in Southeast Europe. New Bežanija Cemetery New Bežanija Cemetery ( Novo Bežanijsko groblje ), west of the settlement, is Belgrade's largest cemetery, covering an area of 94 ha (230 acres). It was open in 1974 and was conceived as the main cemetery for the Syrmian part of urban Belgrade (Zemun and New Belgrade). The project
6996-461: The Belgrade's Waterwoks and Sewage, Minel, etc. Commercial sector is developing recently, including a green market, several gas pumps, a stadium and several shopping malls (like Immo Idea ). The major transmission grid 's substation for western Belgrade is located in Bežanija and was heavily damaged during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. The graphite bombs (or blackout bombs ) were used. The major substation for eastern Belgrade, in Leštane
7128-553: The Danube's confluence and the Black Sea. Population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and includes four capitals: Belgrade, Ljubljana, Sarajevo and Zagreb. All except Sarajevo, are on the river banks and represent the three largest settlements found along the river. Belgrade, at the lowest end of the river, is the largest city in the basin with urban population of 1,135,502. Ten municipalities of its outer conurbation have combined population of 1,283,783, taking in many mutual suburbs. The Belgrade metropolitan area has
7260-425: The Habsburg army and helped in crushing the revolution in Hungary. With the help of Imperial Russia , the forces of reaction smothered the revolution in the summer of 1849, defeating Hungarian national movement in the Habsburg monarchy. After the defeat of the Hungarian revolution, by a decision of the Austrian emperor , in November 1849, an Austrian crownland known as Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar
7392-400: The Kupa. Besides the altar found at the Zelenci Pools, inscriptions and sites dedicated to Savus have been found in remains of Emona, Andautonia and Siscia. Several years after 1751 completion of the Robba Fountain in Ljubljana, the three male figures sculpted as parts of the fountain became identified with the river gods of Sava, Krka and Ljubljanica. In the early 20th century, the fountain
7524-404: The Sava Dolinka. Downstream from the confluence, the river is referred to as the Sava. The Sava spans Central- Southeast Europe , flowing through Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and along the Bosnia-Herzegovina border. Its total length is 990 kilometres (615 miles), including the 45-kilometre (28 mi) Sava Dolinka and the 945-kilometre (587 mi) Sava proper. As a right tributary of the Danube ,
7656-401: The Sava River at Zagreb (period from 1992 to 2019), Sremska Mitrovica and Belgrade (period from 1992 to 2021): Mitrovica The course of the Sava River runs through several diverse geological units and orographic regions . The uppermost course of the river and its headwaters in the Karavanke area, is in the Southern Alps , tracing the Sava Fault —itself running parallel to
7788-405: The Sava River at Radovljica, immediately downstream of the Sava Dolinka and the Sava Bohinjka confluence, stands at 44.9 cubic metres (1,590 cubic feet) per second. Downstream of the Krka confluence the average flow rate reaches 317 cubic metres (11,200 cubic feet) per second, gradually increasing as tributaries discharge along the course—340 cubic metres (12,000 cubic feet) per second downstream of
7920-470: The Sava River basin is relatively high, but most of it is applied in non-consumptive uses, such as fish farming . Use of water for irrigation is relatively low, estimated at 30,000,000 cubic metres (1.1 × 10 cubic feet) per year. Commercial fishing on the Sava River is in decline since the middle of the 20th century. In 1978, there were only 97 commercial fishermen there, while recreational fishing became dominant. The decline became more rapid during
8052-547: The Sava River near Belgrade were assessed as representing little to no risk, and the conclusion drawn was that in order to "reduce the existing bacterial contamination of the Sava River it is necessary to control faecal discharge near cities like Belgrade." The two countries (Croatia and Montenegro) with the greatest direct access to the Adriatic showed by far the least polluted basin surface waters, although other factors, such as demography, agricultural/environmental development and, especially, investment (internal and external), play
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#17327987756128184-489: The Sava approaches the capital of Croatia, Zagreb , the marshes give way to urban landscape, but there are surviving examples of the gravel pit lakes, such as the Jarun , and the Bundek within the city. At the western outskirts of Zagreb, there is the western terminus of the 32-kilometre (20 mi) Sava–Odra flood-relief canal connecting the Sava to the Odra River plain which is intended to act as flood control retention basin . The canal has been built in response to
8316-411: The Sava in entirety or its lower part by Strabo, is Noarus . Worship of various river gods in the area dates to the Late Bronze Age , when the first settlements were founded along the Sava River. Taurisci associated their river goddess Adsullata with the Savus . Altars or inscriptions dedicated to the river-god Savus have been found at a number of locations along the river course, including at
8448-443: The Sava river and settled in Syrmia after fleeing the fall of the medieval Serbian Despotate under the hands of the Ottoman Empire (hence the name bežanija , "refugee camp" in archaic Serbian). Kruševski pomenik was later transferred to the National Library of Serbia and perished during the German bombing of Belgrade on 6 April 1941. An old German map of the Syrmia , shows a village south of Zemun called Verschania. In 1521,
8580-512: The Serb political actions by using force. On June 12, 1848, a war between Serbs and Hungarians began. Austria took the side of the Kingdom of Hungary at first, while Serbs were aided by volunteers from the Principality of Serbia . A consequence of this war was the growth of conservative factions on both sides. In early 1849, when the Austrian army lost battle to the Hungarian hussars , the feudal and clerical circles of Vojvodina formed an alliance with Austria. Serb troops from Vojvodina then joined
8712-406: The Serbian Vojvodina was essentially the Austrian Habsburg imperial arms, with the coat of arms of the Serbs ( Serbian cross , with four Cyrillic letters "S", on the chest of a black eagle). The bearer of the Serbian arms was the Austrian black eagle, instead of the Serbian white one, in order to show the fidelity of the newly established Voivodship to the Imperial Court in Vienna. The coat of arms
8844-464: The Sutla, 880 cubic metres (31,000 cubic feet) per second following discharge of the Kupa and the Una, 990 cubic metres (35,000 cubic feet) per second downstream of the Vrbas confluence, 1,180 cubic metres (42,000 cubic feet) per second after the Bosna river empties into the Sava, and finally of 1,564 cubic metres (55,200 cubic feet) per second at confluence of the Sava in Belgrade. The highest flow rate of 6,007 cubic metres (212,100 cubic feet) per second
8976-574: The Una River, the Sava is once again tracing an international border—between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina . Its meandering course runs generally eastwards along Bosanska Gradiška , and Slavonski Brod to Županja , where it turns south to Brčko . There, the river resumes its predominantly eastward course towards Sremska Rača and confluence of the Drina River. The right bank of the Sava, in this segment of its course, belongs to Bosnia-Herzegovina (with Bosnia's all three administrative entities, Republika Srpska , Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
9108-406: The Una and the Drina confluences, corresponding to the Sava flowing along the border of Bosnia-Herzegovina, exhibits small change of elevation, such as from 86.8 metres (285 feet) ASL at Jasenovac to 76.6 metres (251 feet) ASL at Brčko gauges : over 287.5 kilometres (178.6 miles) of the river between them. The river below Zagreb has a 0.4‰ slope (gradient) on average, much less steep than
9240-537: The Zelenci Pools where the Sava Dolinka rises, and a number of Roman settlements and castra built along the Via Pannonia, the Roman road running from Aquileia to the Danube. The settlements include Emona , Andautonia and Siscia (near modern-day Ljubljana, Velika Gorica and Sisak respectively) upstream of the Kupa River confluence, and Marsonia , itself built atop a prehistoric settlement, Cibalae , Sirmium and Singidunum (in modern-day Slavonski Brod, Vinkovci, Sremska Mitrovica and Belgrade) downstream of
9372-482: The activities of the urban population in the basin. Even though nearly all population centres generating pollution above 10,000 population equivalent (PE) have some sort of sewage treatment in place, less than a quarter of them are adequate. Wastewater from 86% of Sava River basin settlements, generating more than 2,000 PE, goes untreated. Pollution levels vary along the river. The best conditions in terms of wastewater treatment are found in Slovenia, although
9504-591: The addition of Vojvodina to Serbia and the restoration of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć . Serbs declared the constitution of the Serbian Vojvodina (Serbian Duchy) which included the regions of Srem (Syrmia), Bačka (Batschka), Banat , and Baranja (Branau). They also formed a political alliance with the Kingdom of Croatia "based on freedom and perfect equality". They also recognized
9636-422: The basin, with four of them on the Sava, including one on the Sava Dolinka. Most of the reservoirs are used primarily, or even exclusively, for electricity generation , but they are also used as supply of drinking water , industrial water source, for irrigation and food production . Groundwater is a very important resource in the Sava River basin, generally used for public water supply of potable water, as
9768-435: The basin. In 2007, significant sources of industrial pollution were identified in Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic measured in the Sava River at Zagreb in 2003 did not exceed permitted concentrations, but measured levels of mercury exceeded permitted levels in four out of 216 samples. Levels of heavy metals , specifically zinc, copper, lead and cadmium, measured in sediments in
9900-531: The book Kruševski pomenik from 1713, which was kept in the Dobrun monastery near Višegrad , settlement of Bežanija was mentioned for the first time under its present name as far as 1512, as a small village with 32 houses, populated by Serbs . In this time, the village was under the administration of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary , and was part of the Syrmia County . The inhabitants of the village crossed
10032-460: The company, named Aeroput and established on 17 June 1927, to purchase its first 4 airplanes. New administrative building was constructed in 1931 and to celebrate the occasion, a big air show of the biplanes was held. Around the airport, a workers settlement developed. The airport was destroyed by the Germans in 1944, and became defunct in 1962 when the new airport near the village of Surčin
10164-531: The confluence of the Kupa in Sisak a few kilometers below Zagreb. The name is believed to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sewh 1 - ('to press, push (forth); to take liquid, water', whence the English word sup ) and the ending *eh 2 , so that it literally means 'that which waters [the ground]'. The ancient Greeks called it Saos ( Ancient Greek : Σάος ). The Sava River
10296-409: The course in Slovenia, where the average slope exceeds 0.7‰. This results in the Sava's meandering course running through a wide plain bordered by wetlands . Downstream from the confluence of the Drina, the Sava River changes its eastward course to northeast, until it reaches Sremska Mitrovica , whence it flows southeast and then south to Šabac , before finally turning east towards Belgrade. Most of
10428-548: The course, with the largest among them—800-hectare (2,000-acre) Ada Ciganlija in Belgrade—connected to the right bank by a pair of artificial embankment dams forming Lake Sava since 1967. The Sava discharges into the Danube, after reaching 68.3 metres (224 feet) a.s.l. as its right tributary at the Great War Island off the easternmost tip of Syrmia in Belgrade, 1,169.9 kilometres (726.9 miles) away from
10560-474: The existing facilities are inadequate. In Serbia, on the other hand, 68% of population centres have no wastewater treatment facilities at all. Population centres exceeding 2,000 PE directly discharge into the Sava River basin's surface waters 11112 tonnes of nitrogen and 2,642 tonnes of phosphorus . Agriculture is another significant source of the Sava River basin surface water pollution, specifically through livestock manure production. It
10692-416: The expansion became necessary. Air force then swapped the former airport complex for the apartments for its members throughout massively constructed New Belgrade. It was suggested that museum should remain, with added parcel of 2.6 ha (6.4 acres) around it, but this was still not enough for all the hangars needed for the exhibitions. The idea was abandoned and the exhibition moved to Zemun in 1967 before it
10824-428: The family villas and houses in the vicinity will have to be demolished. Also, plan hasn't envisioned almost any greenery. The "Bureau Cube Partners", which designed the complex, dismissed the complaints, saying that residents got everything wrong. Citizens responded that the presented data are false, tailored for the area 50% smaller than the planned one, so that the infrastructure appears adequate. City accepted to correct
10956-536: The five power plants is expected to cost 700 million euros . There are also plans for construction of ten new powerplants in the middle Sava valley HE Suhadol, HE Trbovlje, HE Renke, HE Ponovice, HE Kresnice, HE Jevnica, HE Zalog, HE Šentjakob, HE Ježica and HE Tacen. Croatia is planning the construction of four hydroelectric power plants on the Sava River in the Zagreb area. The four plants— Podsused , Prečko, Zagreb and Drenje —are scheduled to be completed by 2021 at
11088-478: The forest (730). In the end, the crematorium was not built and the animals will be cremated at the Lešće cemetery. Mayor Aleksandar Šapić said that city need another pet cemetery which will be built in the opposite side of the city. West of Bežanija and 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Zemun, between the village and the Sava river, is the location of the old Belgrade airport which was finished in March 1927. The locality
11220-610: The formation of a stratovolcanic chain in the basin 17–12 Mya (million years ago) and intensified subsidence observed until 5 Mya as well as flood basalts about 7.5 Mya. Contemporary uplift of the Carpathian Mountains prevented water flowing to the Black Sea, and the Pannonian Sea formed in the basin. Sediments were transported to the basin from uplifting Carpathian and Dinaric mountains, with particularly deep fluvial sediments being deposited in
11352-458: The guidelines of the UEFA . Five additional structures will be constructed, hosting main hall, conference center, training hall, dormitories, basketball court, four tennis courts, 500 parking spots and five trim trails. Construction of the first structure, National training volleyball center, began on 6 June 2023 and should be finished in 2025. Not considered part of the modern Bežanija, but rather as
11484-472: The heating material for the nurseries, while the rest is treated into the compost for the public green areas. In February 2021, jackals were spotted in the neighborhood. Their number is constantly growing in the vicinity of Belgrade since the 2010s, and Bežanijska Kosa is on the outskirts of the city hence easily accessible to wild animals. It distinguishes itself from the rest of Novi Beograd as it has no skyscrapers, but smaller, more 'humane' buildings. It had
11616-457: The hospital, in the Zemun's section of the neighborhood, covers 26.06 hectares (64.4 acres). Behind the neighborhood are green areas where complex of Belgrade's public greenery company is located. It includes the nursery gardens. A green waste treatment facility "Biobaza" is also within the complex. It treats 15,000 m (530,000 cu ft) of plant waste yearly: two thirds are prepared into
11748-526: The latter as flowing directly out of the lake, while another group of sources include the Savica , rising at the southern flank of Triglav as the 78-metre (256 ft) Savica Falls , downstream from Triglav Lakes Valley , and flowing into the lake, as a part of the Sava Bohinjka. The watercourse flows 41 kilometres (25 miles)—including the length of the Savica—east to Radovljica , where it discharges into
11880-742: The locality Belanović Hole ( Belanovića rupa ), there is a memorial cemetery, dedicated to the World War II victims. Some 8,000 both civilian and military victims were buried here. Pet Cemetery First plans for the pet cemetery were made in 1996. In January 2019 it was announced that the forested area in Block 51, south of the Belgrade-Novi Sad highway, is chosen as the location of the first Belgrade's pet cemetery. The cemetery will cover an area of 1.51 ha (3.7 acres), 70% of which will be green areas. The entire complex will be bordered with
12012-474: The major tributaries of Drina , Bosna , Kupa , Una , Vrbas , Lonja , Kolubara , Bosut and Krka . The Sava is one of the longest rivers in Europe and among the longest tributaries of another river. The population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and is shared by three capital cities: Ljubljana , Zagreb and Belgrade. The Sava is about 2 ⁄ 3 -navigable for larger vessels: from
12144-665: The maximum beam of 9.5 metres (31 feet), the maximum draught of 2.5 metres (8 feet 2 inches) and tonnage up to 1,500 tonnes (1,500 long tons; 1,700 short tons). The Sava River downstream of Sisak, is designated as European waterway E 80-12, branching off from the E ;80 waterway spanning the Danube and Le Havre via the Rhine . The largest ports on the Sava River are Brčko and Šamac in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sisak and Slavonski Brod in Croatia, and Šabac and Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia. As of 2008 , 24.5 kilometres (15.2 miles) of
12276-529: The most destructive flooding of the river that occurred in Zagreb in 1964 , when one third of the city was flooded and 17 people were killed. The city itself marks the western extent of the Sava River basin area especially prone to flooding, spanning from Zagreb to confluence of the river in Belgrade , Serbia . East of Zagreb, the river turns southeast again further through the Central Croatia , to
12408-536: The newly formed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs . On November 24, 1918, as part of Syrmia region, the village became part of the Kingdom of Serbia , and on December 1, it became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (future Yugoslavia ). From 1918 to 1922, the village was part of the Syrmia County and from 1922 to 1929 part of the Syrmia Oblast. Bežanija became part of
12540-535: The old airport. The Old Elementary School, at 68 Vojvođanska Street, was built in 1891. It was a standard object of its kind, designed by the subdued postulates of the Academism . As the representative of the continual development of education in the 19th century, but also of the economic status and economy in general among the Serbian population of this area, it was declared a cultural monument in January 2019. It
12672-399: The original village. It had a population of 13,378 in 2002 and 8,412 in 2011. At the roundabout on the corner of Vojvođanska, Vinogradska, Surčinska and Dr Ivana Ribara streets, an obelisk was erected in 2012 to celebrate the 500 years of the first mention of Bežanija. It is 5 m (16 ft), or 500 cm (200 in) tall, one centimeter for each year. On 31 March 2021 construction of
12804-438: The plan, but the protests continued. The projected Tempo Tower complex would cover 5.36 hectares (13.2 acres). Over 2,200 residents joined the initiative, and organized petitions and public protests. The movement is part of the larger and growing opposition to such complexes all over the town. Real estates are not purchased to be an actual living or working space, so a very small number of residents live in such buildings, creating
12936-460: The present Vojvodina autonomous region in Serbia. In German , it was known as Serbische Woiwodina . In Serbian is also known as Srpsko Vojvodstvo ( Serbian Cyrillic : Српско Војводство , German: Serbische Woiwodschaft ; "Serbian Voivodeship"), Srpska Vojvodovina (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска Војводовина ; "Serbian Vojvodovina"), and Vojvodovina Srbija (Serbian Cyrillic: Војводовина Србија ; "Vojvodovina of Serbia"). During
13068-772: The present-day Sava River valley, and approximately 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) deep sediments were deposited in the Slavonia-Syrmia depression and 5,500 metres (18,000 feet) in the Sava depression. The results of those processes are large plains in the Sava River valley and the Kupa River valley. The plains are interspersed by the horst and graben structures, believed to have broken the Pannonian Sea surface as islands , which became watershed between Drava and Sava River basins extending along Ivanščica – Kalnik – Bilogora –Papuk mountain chain. The Papuk Mountain
13200-657: The protective green belt, 15 m (49 ft) wide. The complex will consist of several areas: open area (800 burial places), forested cemetery (900), columbarium and rosarium (1,100), communal cemetery (1,400) and memorial park for the animals from the Belgrade Zoo . In the best case scenario, the construction was not to start before 2020. In February 2020, city administration announced works for November 2020. The complex will also include administrative building, veterinary clinic and incinerator. Works began in March 2021, but with somewhat changed number of burial lots. Deadline
13332-424: The right banks of the Danube in the neighborhood of Zemun . Once a suburb of Belgrade, separated from it by the vast marshlands on the Sava's left bank, Bežanija today forms one completely urbanized area with Belgrade thanks to the rapid development of Novi Beograd after World War II . Today, Bežanija extends to the northeast into Bežanijska Kosa and the west into Ledine . After the World War II ended, Belgrade
13464-564: The river banks and gravel pits and artificial lakes adjacent. Tacen Whitewater Course, on the right bank of the Sava in Tacen , a suburb of Ljubljana, was built as a permanent kayaking course in 1948. It hosts a major international competition almost every year, examples being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in 1955 , 199 1 and 2010 . In Zagreb, Jarun complex of lakes along the river course offers
13596-460: The river belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin. The Sava River is the third longest tributary of the Danube , slightly shorter than the 966-kilometre (600 mi) Tisza and the 950-kilometre (590 mi) Prut —the Danube's two longest tributaries—when the Sava Dolinka headwater is excluded from its course. It is also the largest tributary of the Danube by discharge . The river course
13728-541: The river course between Slavonski Šamac and Oprisavci , as well as additional 219.8 kilometres (136.6 miles) between Slavonski Brod and Sisak, are considered by Croatia's Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure to fail the Class IV criteria, permitting navigation of vessels up to 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons; 1,100 short tons) only, complying with the AGN's Category III. The Slavonski Šamac–Oprisavci section
13860-612: The river enters the Ljubljana Basin and encounters the first hydroelectric dam — Moste plant—before proceeding to the east of the glacial Lake Bled towards Radovljica and confluence of the Sava Bohinjka, at 411 metres (1,348 feet) a.s.l. Downstream of Radovljica, the Sava proceeds southeast towards Kranj . Between Kranj and Medvode, its course comprises the Lake Trboje and the Lake Zbilje reservoirs , built for
13992-595: The river since 2005. The Sava River valley is also a route for road and rail traffic. The river valley routes are a part of the Pan-European Corridor X , and forming junctions with Pan-European Corridors V, Vb, Vc , Xa and Xb in area of Ljubljana (V), Zagreb (Vb, Xa), Slavonski Šamac (Vc), and Belgrade (Xb). The motorways forming the Pan-European Corridor X in the area— Slovenia's A2 , Croatia's A3 and Serbia's A1 motorways—represent
14124-406: The river's basin is used to cool thermoelectric and nuclear power plants. Power plant cooling represents the main type of use of the Sava River waters. As of October 2012 , there are six existing hydroelectric power plants built along the Sava River. Upstream of Ljubljana there are Moste, Mavčiče and Medvode power plants, while Vrhovo, Boštanj and Blanca are downstream of the capital. There
14256-617: The river's course in Serbia represents a border between province of Vojvodina, on the left bank, and Central Serbia , on the right bank. Exceptions to that are in area around Sremska Mitrovica, where both banks are in Vojvodina, and downstream of Progar suburb of Belgrade where both banks are in Central Serbia. The river meanders and forms wetlands there as well—the most significant centering on Obedska bara oxbow lake . The Sava River forms several large islands in this segment of
14388-454: The sale of the shares, pilot Tadija Sondermajer decided to conduct the promotional flight Paris - Bombay -Belgrade. With his colleague Leonid Bajdak [ sr ] , he started the journey on 20 April 1927 from Paris, arriving back to Belgrade after 11 days and 14.800 km (9.196 mi), on 8 May. They were awaited as heroes by the crowd of 30,000. The sale of the shares was boosted and in three months there were sufficient funds for
14520-480: The section of the river belongs to the AGN's Category II. There are plans for the restoration of the Category IV compliant waterway downstream of Sisak and betterment of navigation infrastructure between Sisak and Rugvica, as well as upgrading of the waterway between Brčko and Belgrade to Category Va, matching that of the Danube, with uninterrupted navigation through the year. The plan is planned to be supported by
14652-590: The separate settlement, 1971–81 as a local community, 2002–11 as local communities of Bežanija and Bežanijska kosa): Bežanija is the oldest part of today's Novi Beograd, where a settlement existed from the neolithic to the Roman period. The remains belonging to the Scordisci , a Celtic tribe which founded Singidunum and Taurunum , the predecessors of Belgrade and Zemun , respectively, were found in Bežanija. In
14784-425: The south Kalvarija and north Bežanijska Kosa. Modern neighborhood was built in 1987. It roughly comprises Blocks 6, 35, 49, 50 and 60. Southern section is industrialized (IMT and Minel factories) and the location of the old airport (now a new neighborhood in the process of construction, Airport City Belgrade ), while the central parts are mostly residential. Northern section, along the highway, comprises stadiums of
14916-584: The southern edge of the Pannonian Plain . The Sava is 990 kilometres (615 miles) long, including the 45-kilometre (28 mi) Sava Dolinka headwater rising in Zelenci , Slovenia. It is the largest tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and the second-largest after the Tisza in terms of catchment area ( 97 713 km² ) and length. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps region, through
15048-575: The village became part of the Habsburg monarchy and was placed under military administration. It was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier ( Petrovaradin regiment of Slavonian Krajina ). During the 17th and 18th centuries, hunger and constant Turkish intrusions devastated the village, but it was constantly being repopulated by the refugees from central Serbia. In 1810, population census counted 115, mostly Serbian households. By
15180-675: The village became part of the Ottoman Empire. From 1527 to 1530, Bežanija was part of Radoslav Čelnik 's Duchy of Syrmia, an Ottoman vassal, until its subsequent organization into the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia . The Habsburg monarchy conquered it temporarily during the Great Turkish War (1689–1691), but it remained under Ottoman administration by the provisions of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, until 1718. In 1718,
15312-476: The wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, reducing the quantity of fish caught in the river to approximately one-third of the pre-war catches which ranged from 719 to 988 tonnes (708 to 972 long tons; 793 to 1,089 short tons) between 1979 and 1990. The International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC), a cooperative body established by Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia and Montenegro in 2005,
15444-767: The watershed between the Vuka and Bosut rivers, gradually rises to the Fruška Gora south of Ilok. There are 18 hydroelectric power plants with power generation capacity exceeding 10 Megawatts in the Sava River basin. In Slovenia, most of them harness the Sava itself. In other countries, the hydroelectric power plants are on its tributaries. Total power generation capacity of the 18 power plants, and additional smaller plants largely found in Slovenia, amounts to 41542 megawatts, and their annual production capacity stands at 2,497 gigawatt-hours . Approximately 3.3 cubic kilometres (0.79 cubic miles) of water per year in
15576-557: The westernmost point of the river course designated as a Class IV international waterway in compliance with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 's European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN). The classification means that the river course between Sisak and Belgrade is navigable to ships of the maximum length of 80 to 85 metres (262 to 279 feet),
15708-471: The wider Belgrade area for the first time in 1929 after coup d'état conducted by the king Alexander I of Yugoslavia , who, among other things, draw a new map of Yugoslavia's administrative division creating a new administrative unit Uprava grada Beograda or Administration of the City of Belgrade which comprised Belgrade , Zemun (with Bežanija) and Pančevo . Administrative area of the village of Bežanija
15840-400: Was also bombed. In August 2021, city announced that Bežanija will be one of the termini of the second line of the planned subway system. Construction of the terminus in Bežanija was scheduled for 2023, and completion of the route, which will connect it to Mirijevo on the eastern outskirts of the city, is planned for 2030. In 2022, construction of the Bežanija reservoir was underway. Part of
15972-421: Was called Dojno Polje. Construction of an airfield began in 1923. An initiative asked for the creation of the airline company in 1926 which was approved by the government on 23 March 1926. Then the initial public offering began but largely failed as only 10% of the planned amount was gathered. According to the existing laws, the airline company was to be closed even before it was officially formed. In order to bust
16104-540: Was decided that the Aeronautical Museum Belgrade will be built near Surčin. In April 2016 works began on the construction of the access road to the Ada Bridge . During works on the new boulevard, remnants of the old airport's runway, hangars and warehouses were discovered. The area is today occupied by the modern commercial and business neighborhood of Airport City Belgrade , named so after
16236-628: Was designed in the Urbanism and Planning Institute Belgrade, and the main architect was Slobodanka Prekajski. Construction of the Church of Thomas the Apostle began in 2001. It was finished and consecrated on 19 October 2003, on the Saint Thomas the Apostle day. Old Bežanija Cemetery Old cemetery, much smaller than the new one, is located in the old part of the settlement. Adjacent to it, in
16368-503: Was divided into raions and Bežanija was part of the Raion X. When this division was abolished in 1952, Bežanija became a municipality. In 1955 it was annexed to the municipality of New Belgrade, but remained as the separate settlement until 1971, when it became a local community ( Serbian : mesna zajednica ) within Belgrade. In the 1990s, local community was administratively divided into Bežanija and Bežanijska Kosa. Bežanija experienced
16500-444: Was finished (today's Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport ). In 1960, 500 m (5,400 sq ft) of the former officer's club were adapted for the first permanent location of the future military aeronautical museum. First exhibition was held in 1961 and the permanent setup was organized in 1965. It was then decided that the museum would also host civilian aircraft. Civilian wing was established and by 1966 already held some 30 planes and
16632-440: Was formed as the successor of Serbian Vojvodina. However, Serbs were not fully satisfied with the new voivodeship, which was more ethnically mixed and included ethnic Romanian eastern parts of Banat, but excluded some areas with Serb majority. The first capital of Serbian Vojvodina was in Sremski Karlovci . It was later moved to Zemun , Veliki Bečkerek (today known as Zrenjanin), and Temišvar (Timișoara). The coat of arms of
16764-594: Was located within the Hungarian part of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary . In 1910, the largest ethnic group in the village were Serbs , while other sizable ethnic groups were Germans , Hungarians and Croats . During the heavy shelling of Belgrade in 1914 after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Austro-Hungarian army bombarded Belgrade from artillery positions in Bežanija. After dissolution of Austria-Hungary, in autumn of 1918, Bežanija became part of
16896-670: Was named the Fountain of Three Carniolan Rivers. Serbian Vojvodina The Serbian Vojvodina ( Serbian : Српска Војводина , romanized : Srpska Vojvodina ) was a short-lived self-proclaimed Serb autonomous province within the Austrian Empire during the Revolutions of 1848 , which existed until 1849 when it was transformed into the new (official) Austrian province named Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar . The Serbian Vojvodina gave its name to
17028-663: Was quite large at the time, stretching to the King Alexander Bridge , which was a dividing point between Bežanija and Zemun. It means it encompassed of what would be 2/3 of the area of modern New Belgrade. During World War II, from 1941 to 1944, the village was occupied by the Axis Powers and was attached to the Pavelić's Independent State of Croatia . After World War II, Bežanija became part of new socialist Serbia within restored Yugoslavia . It remained part of
17160-488: Was recorded by Slavonski Šamac gauging station in May 2014. Seven out of eight largest reservoirs in the Sava River basin are in the Drina catchment, the largest among them being the 0.88-cubic-kilometre (0.21 cu mi) Lake Piva on the eponymous river in Montenegro, created after construction of Mratinje Dam . Overall, there are 22 reservoirs holding more than 5,000,000 cubic metres (180,000,000 cubic feet) of water in
17292-474: Was set for the end of 2023 summer. By 2023, residents living in the neighborhood began organizing protests against the animal crematorium in their vicinity, especially after it was leaked that the incinerator will be used for destruction of the medical waste, too. They also organized a petition against it, collecting over 4,000 signatures. The works were finished in late September 2023, with somewhat enlarged number of lots in open spaces (839), but reduced number in
17424-639: Was the largest glacier in the territory of present-day Slovenia, up to 900 metres (3,000 feet) thick. Sava Folds, southeast and east of the Ljubljana Basin are thought of as a part of the Dinarides, separating the Ljubljana and Krško Basins , and forming the Sava Hills. The east–west oriented folds are younger than the Miocene and the folding is considered to had taken place in the Pliocene and
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