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84-441: The municipality of Zvezdara is located east of Belgrade and occupied almost the entire eastern urban section of the city. It borders the municipalities of Palilula on the north-west, north and north-east, Grocka on the east and south-east, Voždovac on the south and south-west and Vračar on the west. Historically, Zvezdara hill was known as Great Vračar . Vračаr area at that time occupied much wider area that it does today and

168-524: A bust. The sculpture is made by Boris Deheljan, from steel bolts and nuts . It should be dedicated in July 2020. Deadline was then moved for September 2020 as city claimed the reconstruction is extremely complicated. The space was opened on 17 October 2020, but instead of the proper park it was adapted into the Plateau of Raša Popov. Apocryphal, folk etymology stories claim that name palilula came from

252-540: A construction of the 16-storey "Business Garden Tower" was announced, with the deadline of 18 months. In September 2019 it was announced that the area of the former open air shopping mall (demolished in 2017), stretching between the Kraljice Marije and Knez Danilova streets, will be adapted into the Raša Popov Park. It is named after the children's author Raša Popov  [ sr ] , who lived in one of

336-593: A name it still bears today. The school was relocated from the factory premises in 1934 in the new building, built on the land in Old Karaburma donated by the industrialists, brothers Ivković, where it is still located. During Ilić's tenure as a mayor, a King Peter II Bridge (today the Pančevo Bridge across the Danube was built and open on 27 October 1935, right at the western edge of Karaburma. A railway from

420-484: A peninsula, Karaburma's area on the right bank of Danube also became known as Ada Huja, so Karaburma is now a few hundred meters away from the river. In the expansion of the population of jackals in the outskirts of Belgrade since the 2000s, the animals were reported in Karaburma in the spring of 2022. The oldest settlement known by name on the territory of modern Belgrade was found in the Karaburma area. Remains of

504-408: A population of 182,624 inhabitants, according to the 2022 census results, Palilula is the second most populous municipality of Belgrade (after Novi Beograd . The fastest-growing population in the municipality is still the suburb of Borča . According to the 2022 Census of population: Neighborhoods of urban Palilula on the right bank of Danube: Settlements of suburban Palilula on the right bank of

588-399: A population of 36,216 in 1981, 35,579 in 1991, 34,559 in 2002 and 26,942 in 2011. Palilula in the narrowest sense (local communities of Stara Palilula and Starina Novak , excluding the neighborhoods of Tašmajdan, Hadžipopovac, Profesorska Kolonija and Bogoslovija) had a population of 12,638 in 1981, 12,178 in 1991, 11,590 in 2002 and 9,817 in 2011. First houses in the area were built in

672-657: A series of brickworks which occupy extensive areas of the northern ridge of the Field of Višnjica (Polet, Trudbenik, Jedinstvo, Kozara, Balkan, Rekord). There is also an extensive industrial zone in Krnjača and agricultural industry in Padinska Skela. Palilula is crisscrossed by some of the major railroads in Belgrade area: Zrenjaninski put , Pančevački put , Višnjička street , Slanački put , etc. Belgrade's only bridge over

756-430: Is Turkish for black ring which is supposed to mean that the area was forbidden, that is, it should be avoided by people. However, this may be an example of folk etymology as the old Ottoman and Austrian maps name the area Kajaburun (Kaya-burun) which is Turkish for rocky headland . Chronicler Milan Milićević confirms this, using also the name Kajaburma as the mid-variant of the name, referring to Karaburma as

840-491: Is a pheasantry . Animals bred in the facility include roe deer , hare , quail , mallard , greylag goose and 13,000 pheasants per year. The municipality was created in 1956. On January 3, 1957, the municipality of Karaburma was annexed to it, while in 1965 the municipality of Krnjača (with entire Pančevački Rit) also administratively joined Palilula. Presidents of the Municipality: The idea of separating

924-586: Is a modern neighborhood 10 minutes away from downtown Belgrade with good transportation connections. Before the joint German-Austro-Hungarian occupation of Serbia in World War I , Austro-Hungarian army temporarily entered Belgrade, from 3 to 14 December 1914. Already on 4 December they erected gallows in Karaburma for hanging civilians, so as in several other locations around the town. A whole string of new neighborhoods encircled eastern outskirts of Belgrade, with names usually containing "suburb" and some member of

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1008-583: Is also damaged by the unauthorized individual residential construction, so in 2007 Belgrade City government announced further plans to extend the Zvezdara Forest to the north and south, connecting it in the process to Ada Huja and Šumice , respectively, either as real park or just avenues , and thus creating Belgrade's greenway . Number of animal species protected by Serbian and international laws live in Zvezdara forest. Some of them are: Zvezdara

1092-552: Is also located here. The area close to the Danube is heavily forested. In the Pančevački Rit section there are two official, unfenced hunting grounds. One is named Pančevački Rit, while the other is called simply Rit. The Rit is located near Padinska Skela, 15 km (9.3 mi) from Belgrade along the Zrenjaninski put . It covers an area of 82.63 km (31.90 sq mi), of which 0.5 km (0.19 sq mi)

1176-522: Is arranged as a park. Apart from the observatory, objects within the forest or near it include the "Mihajlo Pupin Institute" in the north-central and seven small stadiums (FC 29. Novembar, FC Zvezdara, FC Mladi proleter) in the north-western section. Patches of the northern section are urbanized, forming a neighborhood of Zvezdara II (especially along the Dragoslava Srejovića street). The forest

1260-532: Is close to the center of the city, but the municipality also includes sparsely populated land left of the Danube . Palilula is located east of Terazije in downtown Belgrade. Like most of Belgrade's neighborhoods it has no firm boundaries and is roughly bordered by the Ruzveltova street and the municipality and neighborhood of Zvezdara on the east, the neighborhood of Hadžipopovac in its own municipality on

1344-589: Is effectively split in two by the park. It is situated north of the "Rade Končar" school of electrotechnics and west of the Pionir Ice Hall in the Hall Aleksandar Nikolić complex. The park have a children's playground and basketball court and has been renovated in May 2017. The spas of Višnjička Banja and Ovčanska Banja are not used or developed enough. Belgrade's largest kart racing track

1428-505: Is located in Ada Huja. The future artificial island of Čaplja on the Danube is planned as a modern entertainment park, with aqua parks, golf courses, etc. Palilula is twinned with following cities and municipalities: Karaburma Karaburma ( Serbian Cyrillic : Карабурма ) is an urban neighborhood of the municipality of Palilula , Belgrade , Serbia. As of 2002, it has a population of 55,343 inhabitants. The name, Karaburma,

1512-430: Is located on both banks of the Danube , which divides it in two: Šumadija section (on the right bank) and Banat section (on the left bank). Šumadija section borders the municipalities of Stari Grad to the west, Vračar and Zvezdara to the south and Grocka to the extreme southeast. It also has a river border on the Danube to the province of Vojvodina (Municipality of Pančevo ). Banat section has no land borders to

1596-423: Is located south-east of downtown Belgrade. In its original sense, the neighborhood of Zvezdara comprises areas around the Zvezdara Forest, including the neighborhood of Zvezdara II. It borders the neighborhoods of Bogoslovija and Karaburma on the north, Ćalije on the north-east (all in the municipality of Palilula ), Mirijevo on the east, Mali Mokri Lug on the south-east, Cvetkova Pijaca and Konjarnik on

1680-474: Is the largest forest in the urban zone of Belgrade, a crescent -shaped wooded area which covers most of the Zvezdara Hill. The northern and eastern border of the wood is formed mostly by the Dragoslava Srejovića street. It borders the neighborhoods of Karaburma on the north, Ćalije on the north-east, Mirijevo on the east, Cvetkova Pijaca on the south and Zvezdara itself on the west. In the beginning of

1764-411: Is twinned with the following cities and municipalities: Honoring this cooperation, one street between Zvezdara and Mirijevo was named "Kisela Voda" in the mid-2000s. |} Palilula, Belgrade Palilula ( Serbian Cyrillic : Палилула, pronounced [pǎlilula] ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade . It has the largest area of all municipalities of Belgrade. The core of Palilula

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1848-555: The Belgrade Main railway station , which encircled the central ridge of the city along the rivers, and then continuing over to the King Peter II Bridge was also constructed. He also built apartments in Karaburma for his employees, and even his villa was built on a location close to his factories, though in the western neighborhood of Viline Vode . After the war Ilić was imprisoned and his companies nationalized by

1932-551: The Bulevar kralja Aleksandra goes through the municipality of Zvezdara, one of the strongest commercial zones in Belgrade developed around this, the longest street in the old section of Belgrade (9 kilometers). The long zone along the boulevard, simply known as "Bulevar" (despite there are some 20 boulevards in Belgrade), apart from several dozens of shops of all kinds, hosted also hundreds of street sellers, which are now confined to

2016-586: The Celtic (and later Roman ) settlement of Singidunum were found near Karaburma and neighboring Rospi Ćuprija, including necropolis (Horseman's grave 16 ) rich in artifacts and parts of dunum , fortress, so it is believed that the settlement itself was located here. These remains represent a limited archaeological evidence as there were almost no traces left of the Celtic town, except for them. The necropolises contained valuable artistic artifacts which belonged to

2100-555: The Interbellum is connected with the development of the textile industry and the business enterprises of the Ilić family, especially Vlada Ilić was an industrialist and mayor of Belgrade from 1935 to 1939. In 1897, German entrepreneurs Eugen Michael and Carl Wolf founded a cloth factory in Karaburma, near the modern Velje Miljkovića Street. Kosta Ilić, father of Vlada, purchased the factory in 1906, in partnership with his sons. In 1910

2184-605: The Karaš canal which connects the Danube and the Tamiš). Šumadija section marks the northernmost point of Šumadija with Karaburma headland extending into the Danube. The prominent features in this part are the hills of Karaburma and Milićevo brdo , the spa of Višnjička Banja and the peninsula (formerly an island) Ada Huja . Banat section is the extreme southwestern part of Banat region, known as Pančevački Rit . A 400 km (150 sq mi) large, flat, marshy floodplain of

2268-519: The Roman period. Today non-existing thermal springs along the Danube's bank fumed and heated the water so the swamp was in constant mist. In the 19th century Serbian prince Miloš Obrenović ordered that Karaburma will be the official place of death sentences executions (until 1912) which just added to the notoriety of the area. Until Belgrade's expansion after the World War I , Karaburma was sparsely inhabited with small and scattered shanty towns. Today it

2352-581: The Sue Ryder charity in 1963, allowed the establishment of the first geriatrics ward in Yugoslavia. The municipality of Zvezdara was created on 1 September 1955, from (at that time) new neighborhoods around the observatory. On 1 January 1957 Zvezdara was greatly enlarged as the municipalities of Stari Đeram and Mali Mokri Lug were annexed to it. Villages of Kaluđerica, Vinča and Leštane (previously parts of Mali Mokri Lug) were later detached and annexed to

2436-536: The Višnjička street while the eastern is the Mirijevo Boulevard . On 1 September 1955, Karaburma became one of the municipalities of Belgrade, but already on 3 January 1957 it was incorporated into the municipality of Palilula. Today, it roughly consists of several communities: Stara Karaburma (Old Karaburma), the western section, Karaburma-Dunav or Nova Karaburma (Karaburma-Danube or New Karaburma),

2520-525: The roundabout of bus line number 65. It consists of several small urban patches in the northern section of Zvezdara Forest, north of the observatory and Mihajlo Pupin Institute and along the Dragoslava Srejovića street, which divides it from the neighborhoods of Karaburma and Ćalije on the north and north-east, respectively, both in the municipality of Palilula. Zvezdara Forest ( Zvezdarska šuma or Zvezdani Gaj , Serbian Cyrillic: Звездарска шума or Звездани гај ) After Topčider and Košutnjak , Zvezdara

2604-750: The royal family . These original names either never became popular or were suppressed after World War II and replaced. The inspiration for the design of the neighborhoods came from the complex built in 1912 along the Daviel Street  [ fr ] in Paris . It consisted of 40 one-floor houses with gardens, indented from the main street. This style became very popular across the Europe. Two such suburbs originated on territory of modern Karaburma, Suburb of King Alexander Karađorđević and Suburb of Prince Paul Karađorđević. The rapid development of Karaburma during

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2688-478: The "nose" of the hill which descends into the Danube. Karaburma was geographically a headland peaking into the Danube . It was the ending section ("nose" or "point") of the Great Vračar hill, today called Zvezdara , which descended in slopes where modern neighborhoods of Karaburma and Ćalije are today, plunging into the river. When the neighboring island of Ada Huja was connected to the mainland thus becoming

2772-470: The 16th century. In the direction from today's Tašmajdan and Cvijićeva street there were gardens, vineyards, pastures but also mills and summer houses of the wealthier citizens of Belgrade. The neighborhood originated in the first half of the 18th century, when the Habsburg monarchy occupied northern Serbia 1717–1739. The settlement, built as an outer suburb of Belgrade, was originally named Karlstadt and

2856-635: The 1830s, ruling prince Miloš Obrenović ordered his brother Jevrem Obrenović to resettle the Savamala neighborhood, located along the Sava river, and extending from the still Ottoman held Belgrade Fortress . Jevrem selected 30 families and settled them on the right bank of the Bulbulder stream. In 1840, villagers of Palilula rejected the regulatory plan of Belgrade, on the basis that projected new streets would be too wide, and later even tried to split from

2940-442: The 2010s, demolition of several derelict industrial complexes began. In April 2017 a new Big Fashion Mall was open on the lot of the former sportswear and sport equipment kombinat "Sport". In October 2018 it was announced that even larger lot of the former "Minel Kotlogradnja" factory will be demolished. A new residential-commercial complex will be built instead, starting from August 2019. Even larger shopping mall, Big Fashion Park,

3024-461: The 20th century the Veliki Vračar Hill area was designed for afforestation. After the construction of the observatory in 1929-32 on top of the hill, the forest creation began making a unique artificially created green zone in Belgrade's urban tissue. Today, the observatory is roughly in the middle of the forest. The Zvezdara Forest today covers an area of 137 hectares , out of which 21 hectare

3108-430: The Danube and Tamiš, it has been drained since 1945 but still has many features of a swamp, including slow, meandering and flooding streams ( Vizelj , Mokri Sebeš , Jojkićev Dunavac , Dunavac , etc.) and marshy bogs (Sebeš, Veliko Blato , Široka Bara ). An island of Kožara is located on the Danube, and is the projected starting point of the planned, much larger, artificial island of Čaplja . The spa of Ovčanska Banja

3192-548: The Danube's bank, Beograd railway, Centroprom, Martez, Tehnohemija, Jugopapir, Duga, the Avala cardboard factory, Balkan, the eastern part of the port of Belgrade and the railway station Beograd-Dunav) and Ada Huja (hangars and companies for building and construction, including a series of concrete plants and gravel and aggregates storing and treating facilities, paper and cardboard factory Avala-Ada, furniture factory Novi Dom, gravel storages of Tembo and DV Trade, etc.). It also includes

3276-540: The Danube, Pančevo Bridge (with railway) is located in Palilula. Intensive agricultural production has developed in Banat section and eastern areas around Veliko Selo and Slanci, producing large amounts of food (grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, etc.) for the population of Belgrade. Palilula has the largest agricultural area of all municipalities of Belgrade. It covers an area of 298 square kilometers, or 66,5% of

3360-545: The Danube: Neighborhoods of urban Palilula on the left bank of Danube: Settlements and neighborhoods of suburban Palilula on the left bank of Danube: Note: Borča and Ovča are classified as urban settlements (towns).  Industry and adjoining economic activities are located mostly along the right bank of the Danube. It includes the highly industrialized neighborhoods of Viline Vode (TEMPO cash-and-carry center, several gravel and sand extracting companies on

3444-632: The Takovska Street has also been adapted into the Palilula Park, which covers 0.23 hectares (0.57 acres). The Starina Novak park was thoroughly rearranged in the fall of 2023. Area bounded by the streets of Stanoja Glavaša , Dalmatinska , Starine Novaka and Kneza Danila was, for the most part, occupied by the complex of the IKL factory. Before World War II, it was the Rogožarski factory,

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3528-412: The area of former municipality of Krnjača start gaining momentum in the 2000s, this time under the name of Dunavski Venac . As procedure in the city statute provides that the municipal assembly (in this case, of Palilula) needs to start the motion in the city assembly, after years of public agitation, the municipal assembly of Palilula agreed to do so in summer 2005. However it did not officially do so, and

3612-426: The company was transformed into the joint-stock company with the capital of 3,000,000 dinars in gold. Prior to World War I , the Ilić brothers acquired the latest English technology for the cloth production as they bought the "Crompton Ltd", a Belgrade branch of the "Ungarische Tehtilindustrie". "Crompton Ltd", a successor of "Hattersley & Crompton", had looms made by the latest Hattersley technology, which boosted

3696-418: The deadline was moved to September 2019. Though deputy mayor Goran Vesić confirmed that the market will be opened on 1 September, though the construction works were finished by this date, the facility wasn't connected to communal grid, including the electric one, nothing inside was installed and the object had no necessary permits for becoming operational, so the deadline was moved for 1 December, and then to

3780-399: The eastern section. The south-eastern corner, which extends into Ćalije, is also known as Karaburma II . Karaburma is a residential area, and one of the most populous neighborhoods of Belgrade, with a combined population of 34,343 (several local communities which make the neighborhood). Some of distinctive features are two green markets and the stadium of OFK Beograd . Pedestrian square in

3864-519: The elements carved in the Serbian national style. After the slet was finished, the construction was dismantled and re-used as a mobile construction for other festivities. On the location of the stadium, the building of the University of Belgrade's Mechanical Engineering Faculty is situated today. A section of Palilula is dedicated to the hajduk Starina Novak . Features bearing his name include

3948-427: The end of December. It was finally opened on 30 December 2019. Few months later, being located indoors and due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic , it was the first Belgrade farmers market to be closed, and the last one to get opened (23 March-28 April). The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022): Urban Palilula hosts some of

4032-451: The entire municipal territory. Palilula Greenmarket ( Paliluska pijaca ) is a small farmers market in the neighborhood of Palilula, along the 27. marta Street, below the Tašmajdan. It developed as an unregulated market in 1949. In November 2017 it was closed as the construction of the combined shopping center, which would partially include the modernized greenmarket, will begin. Some of

4116-518: The expression pali lulu which in English means light a pipe . One anecdote goes back to times when Belgrade and Serbia were occupied by the Ottoman Empire and Palilula was the area where most crops were, so Turkish rulers banned smoking due to a few instances of accidentally setting crops on fire. In the late summer and early autumn when all the crops had been harvested, the smoking ban

4200-488: The first aircraft factory in Yugoslavia . After the war new Communist authorities nationalized the company, while the factory complex in Palilula was transformed into the IKL (ball bearing factory) in 1948. The complex was demolished and in 2015 construction of the residential and commercial neighborhood of "Central Garden" began. Apart from the commercial and business sections, it will have 400 apartments. In November 2017

4284-459: The highest sections of urban Belgrade, including the hills: Zvezdara basically has no real city parks, but has two large wooded areas, Zvezdara Forest (with an arranged park within, in the north-central part) and the northern section of Stepin Lug in the southern part of the municipality. Peti Park (Fifth park) is a minute green area in the neighborhood of Lipov Lad which gained a lot of publicity in

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4368-534: The highway. There is no railroad passing through the municipality, but Vukov Spomenik is one of the underground train stations of the future Belgrade Metro, which for now operates as part of the Belgrade- Pančevo railway (local Beovoz rail), connecting Nova Pazova (in the province of Vojvodina ), Belgrade and Pančevo (in Vojvodina again). A northern sub-neighborhood of Zvezdara, today mostly centered on

4452-489: The large covered fair -type store named "Depo" (" depot ").  Some of the busiest streets in Belgrade pass through the municipality of Zvezdara. Basically, the main street that goes through the central part of the entire municipality is Bulevar kralja Aleksandra which continues through the municipality of Grocka to the town of Smederevo . Additionally, in almost parallel way, the Highway Belgrade–Niš goes through

4536-566: The market stalls have been placed on the open, at the plateau near the Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center in the Ilije Garašanina Street, until the works are finished. The estimated length of the construction of the new market is 18 months, or May 2019. The new building has a total floor area of 12,691 m (41,637 ft) and because of the shape and multi-layered appearance, it has been nicknamed " Vasa's Torte ". In May 2019

4620-449: The mid-2000s with a public movement to keep the area green. Zvezdara does not come out on the river banks of two major Belgrade's rivers (the Danube and Sava ). The major water flows in the municipality are two creeks, both of which are partially conducted underground in the city sewer: Mokroluški potok and Mirijevski potok . For several hundred meters, the Bolečica river flows through

4704-493: The military importance of the hill, its gardens were neglected. Until the 1930s, the Zvezdara hill was known as Veliki Vračar (Great Vračar). In the 19th century the foothills were not urbanized and, being far from the city center, were used by the Belgraders as a resort and picnic area, named Baba Ružin kraj ("Grandma Ruža's neighborhood"). In 1929-32 an observatory designed by Czech -born architect Jan Dubový (1892–1969)

4788-784: The most important faculties within Belgrade University : the Technical Faculty, the Faculty of Law and the Mining and Geology Faculty. Also, the building of Radio Television of Serbia , St. Mark's Church , Tašmajdan Park, Pionir Hall for sports, and the stadium of the OFK Belgrade soccer team are all located in the municipality. Park "Đuro Strugar" is located between the streets Mitropolita Petra , Braće Grim , Jaše Prodanovića and Čarlija Čaplina , which

4872-504: The most populous one in Belgrade with 7,318 inhabitants, and that number grew to 10,563 in 1890. In 1930, a large, wooden stadium was built in the neighborhood. A work of Momir Korunović , it was constructed in only two months for the slet , a massive gymnastic festival held as part of the Sokol movement . It had a capacity of 45,000 spectators. In terms of architecture, it was noted for its ornamented doors, which Korunović embellished with

4956-440: The mud for bricks was mixed, shaped in molds and dried in the sun, the bricks were stacked to form conical shapes. The straw was then placed beneath, and set on fire, to bake and harden the bricks. The smoke vents beneath the bricks were called lula ("pipe"), hence the name. The area of Palilula is generally the north of Belgrade. It is the northernmost of all Belgrade's municipalities and the easternmost of all municipalities. It

5040-862: The municipality (as of 2022): Recent Presidents of the municipality were: Educational and research facilities: Theaters: Churches: Sports: The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022): As many areas of modern Zvezdara municipalities were villages and rural areas annexed to it in the 1950s, entire southern and eastern sections (Padina, Veliki Mokri Lug, Mali Mokri Lug, Mirijevo) are without industry. Industrial facilities are mostly grouped in two sections: Konjarnik (plastics Bukulja , precise and optical instruments Precizna mehanika , white metals Metal ) and upper Bulevar kralja Aleksandra section (textile Kluz , electronics Nikola Tesla , plastics Utenzilija , presses Glas Javnosti and Kurir , foundry Livnica ). As most of

5124-407: The municipality of Belgrade because of the city government's low funding for the village. However, in the late 19th century Palilula became part of the continuously built-up area of Belgrade. The neighborhood was mostly residential, with commercial facilities closer to the center of Belgrade. When Belgrade was divided into six quarters in 1860, Palilula was one of them. By the census of 1883 it became

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5208-410: The municipality of Grocka. In the first half of the 1970s, all settlements in the municipality became part of the Belgrade city proper ( uža teritorija grada ) so the entire municipality of Zvezdara is today one of six municipalities which are completely part of urban Belgrade. The Zvezdara neighborhood ( 44°48′00″N 20°30′29″E  /  44.8°N 20.508°E  / 44.8; 20.508 )

5292-462: The neighboring buildings until his death in 2017. His bust will also be placed in the park, which in total covers 2,800 m (30,000 sq ft). Citizen disproved the original design of "concrete park", asking for more green areas, so city changed the project. The park was scheduled to be finished in the spring of 2020. It was also decided to build a full, 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) tall monument of Popov with book and umbrella, instead of

5376-479: The new Communist government. Well known after-war Serbian state owned textile companies, like Beteks , Beko and Vunarski kombinat , some of which were located in Karaburma, developed from Ilić's factories. Another person who worked on development of Karaburma in this period was deputy mayor Viktor Krstić. He conducted the waterworks in the neighborhood, though only for the public service at first, and built 4 drinking fountains in Karaburma in 1932. He also organized

5460-468: The north, the neighborhood and municipality of Stari Grad and Jevremovac on the northwest (Jevremovac actually belongs to the neighborhood of Palilula, but administratively is part of Stari Grad), and the Tašmajdan and Bulevar kralja Aleksandra on the south, bordering the municipality of Vračar . Six local communities, sub-municipal administrative units, which make up the neighborhood of Palilula had

5544-545: The organization for the separation of Dunavski Venac announced it will go to court. The village of Čenta in the Vojvodina's municipality of Zrenjanin is located on the northern border of the municipality of Palilula. From time to time local residents have asked for Čenta to be annexed to the City of Belgrade. The majority of the population work in the territory of Belgrade and until recently, one regular bus line of Belgrade City public transportation connected Čenta to Belgrade. With

5628-483: The other Belgrade municipalities, but has a river border on the Danube to the municipalities of Zemun and Stari Grad. The Danube also forms a complete western border to the rest of the Syrmia region in Vojvodina (municipality of Stara Pazova ), while the river Tamiš is the eastern border (municipalities of Pančevo and Opovo ). On the extreme north, Palilula borders the municipality of Zrenjanin (village of Čenta on

5712-466: The paving of the streets with kaldrma , a type of cobblestone . On one of the fountains, the inhabitants of Karaburma placed a memorial plaque, thanking Krstić for bringing the water in the neighborhood. None of the fountains survived until today. After the economic collapse in the 1990s and bankruptcy of the major industrial companies, Karaburma began to change as the vast and neglected, previously heavily industrialized areas, began to deteriorate. Since

5796-561: The production. After his brother Sotir died in 1935, Vlada took over as a sole head of the conglomerate. Company was boosted when the new contract was signed with the Yugoslav Army in 1939. After acquiring the Michael's factory in 1906 in Karaburma, Ilić sequestered a room and adapted it into the school for the children of his workers. He personally paid the teacher's wages. As the factory complex expanded and number of workers grew,

5880-477: The provisional school became too small, so Ilić rented the upper floor of the nearby Lavadinović kafana , still fully financed by him. The local population objected that a school and kafana share a building. Ilić then purchased a lot, some 100 m (330 ft) away and built a proper school while the old one remained in use until 1933. Named elementary school "Cloth Factory Ilić", it was built from his donations in 1923. It has been renamed "Jovan Cvijić" in 1931,

5964-497: The slope which today spreads from the observatory to the Cvetko Market. When Belgrade was occupied in 1717 by Austria , a defense moat was built whose outer section crossed the hill, where the modern Volgina street is today. After Austria re-occupied Belgrade in 1789, the trench was reconstructed by the general Ernst Gideon von Laudon and became known as the "Laudan trench" (Serbian: Laudanov šanac or simply Šanac). Due to

6048-519: The south, Lion on the south-west and Bulbuder on the west. The area had a population of 10,095 by the 2002 census of population. However, after the creation of the municipality in 1955, the entire section west and south-west of Zvezdara is today considered as part of it in a narrow sense (Lion, Bulbuder, Lipov Lad, Cvetkova Pijaca, etc.). This is a list of neighborhoods in the municipality: Despite being one of Belgrade's minor municipalities in terms of area (31 square kilometer), Zvezdara covers some of

6132-473: The southern part. Ruzveltova and Mije Kovačevića in the eastern section are among the busiest and most polluted traffic areas in the city. Other major city routes include streets Vojislava Ilića , Ustanička , Dimitrija Tucovića , Dragoslava Srejovića , Milana Rakića , Jovanke Radaković , Mirijevski venac and Matice Srpske . The large bus garage depot of GSP Belgrade , city's public transportation company and Lasta , its sister company, are located on

6216-529: The southernmost part of the municipality, near Bubanj Potok . According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 172,625 inhabitants. The population of the municipality had a steady, large growth until the 1990s when birthrates plunged in all of Serbia due to the Yugoslav Wars . Zvezdara remains one of the most densely populated areas in entire Serbia, with 4,897 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2011. The ethnic composition of

6300-407: The street, a local community, an elementary school founded in 1922 and a park. Area occupied by the park today, bounded by the streets of Starine Novaka , Cvijićeva and Dalmatinska , was named Starina Novak Square until 1954. In October 2017 city administration announced that a monument to Starina Novak will be erected in the park. The park covers 0.28 hectares (0.69 acres). Pedestrian square along

6384-558: The third-class reservists, for the killed soldiers of the World War I . near KBC Zvezdara). The KBC Zvezdara, which in time became known as the City Hospital Zvezdara, doubled its capacities already prior to World War II , expanding also number of wards. After the war it expanded capacities almost 8 times compared to December 1935, when it was opened and became one of the largest medical complexes in Serbia. Donation from

6468-607: The warriors of the Scordisci tribe. An apparent Celtic cultural influences have been woven into the spiritual culture of the Singidunum inhabitants, and later mixed with Roman classical cultural elements. Though it is today generally considered that the old Celtic fortress was located where the modern Belgrade Fortress is, it can't be confirmed as there are no records of where the Celts settled. Some historians suggested that it

6552-413: Was built on top of the hill. The observatory was originally called zvezdara ("star-house") in Serbian, so the hill and the developing suburban area of Belgrade around it was named that way soon. In time, Latinism opservatorija replaced zvezdara , which in turn completely disappeared from spoken language as such, but remained as a name of Belgrade's neighborhood. As a result, many today believe Zvezdara

6636-410: Was divided into West Vračar , East Vračar and Great Vračar. Turkish source from 1621 describes it as "a hill and a big field". In the 17th and 18th century, the area was covered in vineyards, orchards and lush oriental gardens, a major excursion ground for the wealthy Belgrade Turks which called the hill Ekmekluk (Turkish ekmek , meaning bread) and built their summer houses there. The Ekmekluk occupied

6720-455: Was known for agriculture and skilled crafts and was considered as the most beautiful part of Belgrade at that time. In the early 19th century, it became overwhelmingly populated by the Serbs and was described as "the village one quarter of the hour walk" away from Belgrade. At the time, the village was made of small huts and hovels and mostly populated by the inhabitants from eastern Serbia. In

6804-412: Was lifted and locals announced this by calling neighbors, letting them know that pipes might be lit. Another explanation comes from the time of Prince Miloš Obrenović 's rule; he banned smoking in Belgrade so people could only smoke outside the city gates. However, chroniclers claim that the origin of the name comes from the brickyards which were located along the right bank of the Bulbulder stream. After

6888-602: Was named that way simply after stars (Serbian zvezda , star). In 1935 the Clinical Center (KBC) Zvezdara was built as a bequest by wealthy Serbian merchant Nikola Spasić . The area was rich in water, originally used for city waterworks. Several public drinking fountains were built (like Pasha's fountain, dating from the First Serbian Uprising , in modern Živka Davidovića street or the Fountain of

6972-455: Was opened in this complex in December 2019. Karaburma is located between the neighborhoods of Zvezdara (south), Bogoslovija (west), Ada Huja (north), Rospi Ćuprija (east) and Ćalije (southeast). Its entire southern border ( Dragoslava Srejovića street ) is also municipal border between Palilula and Zvezdara, for the most part dividing it from the Zvezdara woods. Northern border is

7056-462: Was rather close to the necropolises in Karaburma and Rospi Ćuprija. Celtic settlements belonged to the La Tène culture . In the area bounded by the modern Karaburma, Rospi Ćuprija and, at that time island, Ada Huja, Romans cultivated grapevines and used thermal springs for public bathhouses . For centuries area was a true swamp with vast quick clay areas so it was avoided by humans ever since

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