Bagljaš
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Bagljaš is a part of the city of Zrenjanin
. It is named after a Slovakian family named Bagljas which used to have vineyards in that area. The family still has descendants in the village of Aradac. One part of the area was a graveyard that during the Second World War became a place where fascist occupiers systematically killed partisans and patriots, among whom was the famous Sonja Marinković. A monument has been erected and the graveyard removed.
Bagljaš was urbanised after the Second World War as a "city inside a city" so that it has a particular urban wholeness. It consists of the New and Old Bagljaš, which are separated by the Boulevard of Veljko Vlahović
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Bagljas has more than 20,000 inhabitants and is the biggest part of Zrenjanin. There is a primary school, "Petar Petrovic Njegoš", a health center, and a new secondary medical school is currently being built. It lies on the exit from Zrenjanin towards Novi Sad. West of Bagljas, a new urban industrial zone being built. Administratively, Bagljas is split into two: the North, called after the Sonja Marinković and the South, Veljko Vlahović.
There is also a Zrenjanin sport airport, where famous competitions of scooter such as European Championship in free flying.
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
. It is named after a Slovakian family named Bagljas which used to have vineyards in that area. The family still has descendants in the village of Aradac. One part of the area was a graveyard that during the Second World War became a place where fascist occupiers systematically killed partisans and patriots, among whom was the famous Sonja Marinković. A monument has been erected and the graveyard removed.
Bagljaš was urbanised after the Second World War as a "city inside a city" so that it has a particular urban wholeness. It consists of the New and Old Bagljaš, which are separated by the Boulevard of Veljko Vlahović
Veljko Vlahovic
Veljko Vlahović was a Montenegrin member of the Yugoslav Communist Party from 1935. He studied in Belgrade, Prague, and the Sorbonne , and finished his postgraduate studies in Moscow. He fought in the Spanish Civil War and was active in organizing the Communist Youth League of Yugoslavia...
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Bagljas has more than 20,000 inhabitants and is the biggest part of Zrenjanin. There is a primary school, "Petar Petrovic Njegoš", a health center, and a new secondary medical school is currently being built. It lies on the exit from Zrenjanin towards Novi Sad. West of Bagljas, a new urban industrial zone being built. Administratively, Bagljas is split into two: the North, called after the Sonja Marinković and the South, Veljko Vlahović.
There is also a Zrenjanin sport airport, where famous competitions of scooter such as European Championship in free flying.