Savski Venac
Encyclopedia
Savski Venac is one of 17 urban municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade
, the capital of Serbia
. Savski Venac is one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center of the city (together with Stari Grad
and Vračar
).
, to Banjica
) and east-west direction for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) (from Senjak
and the Sava bank to Autokomanda
). It borders the municipalities of Stari Grad
to the north, Vračar
to the north-east, Voždovac
to the east, Rakovica
to the south and Čukarica
to the west.
Ethnic structure:
fortress, they are actually the most recently-created urban municipalities of Belgrade. Both were formed in 1957 by merger of older, smaller municipalities; Savski Venac was formed in by merger of the municipalities of Zapadni Vračar (its main predecessor) and Topčidersko Brdo and a new, geographical name, Savski Venac, was coined for it.
(Venac is usually used in Belgrade's geography in term of a round street (Obilićev Venac, Kosančićev Venac) or a rim of the river (Dunavski Venac
). In this case it was the "rim of the Sava".)
. Most government offices and administrative buildings are located in the municipality, including:
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, the capital of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. Savski Venac is one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center of the city (together with Stari Grad
Stari Grad, Belgrade
Stari Grad is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It encompasses some of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade, thus the name...
and Vračar
Vracar
Vračar is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade. With an area of only , it is the smallest of all Belgrade's municipalities, but also the most densely populated. Vračar is one of the three municipalities that constitute the central area of the...
).
Location
Savski Venac is located on the right bank of the Sava river. It stretches in the north-south direction for 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) (from downtown Belgrade, just 200 metres (656.2 ft) from TerazijeTerazije
Terazije is the central square and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad.- Location :...
, to Banjica
Banjica
Banjica is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between the Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac and Voždovac .- Location :...
) and east-west direction for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) (from Senjak
Senjak
Senjak is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Located in Savski Venac, one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center of the city, it is an affluent and distinguished neighborhood lavished with embassies, diplomatic residences, and mansions...
and the Sava bank to Autokomanda
Autokomanda
Autokomanda is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located on the tripoint of the Belgrade's municipalities of Voždovac, Savski Venac and Vračar.- Location :...
). It borders the municipalities of Stari Grad
Stari Grad, Belgrade
Stari Grad is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It encompasses some of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade, thus the name...
to the north, Vračar
Vracar
Vračar is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade. With an area of only , it is the smallest of all Belgrade's municipalities, but also the most densely populated. Vračar is one of the three municipalities that constitute the central area of the...
to the north-east, Voždovac
Voždovac
Voždovac is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...
to the east, Rakovica
Rakovica, Belgrade
Rakovica is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...
to the south and Čukarica
Cukarica
Čukarica is an urban neighborhood and one of the 17 municipalities than constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Neighbourhoods :...
to the west.
Geography
With an area of 14 square kilometres (5.4 sq mi), Savski Venac is the third smallest municipality of Belgrade after Vračar and Stari Grad. Despite being small in area, it includes several diverse geographical features:- the low section on the right bank of the Sava river (SavamalaSavamalaSavamala is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac and Stari Grad.- Location :...
and Bara VenecijaBara VenecijaBara Venecija is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.-Location:...
). Due to its low altitude toward the Sava, and lack of any protection, this is the only part of central urban area of Belgrade that gets flooded during the extremely high waters of the river. It was almost completely flooded in 1984 and during major floods in 20062006 European floodsFrom February to April 2006 many rivers across Europe, especially the Elbe and Danube, swelled due to heavy rain and melting snow and rose to record levels...
.
- southern slopes of the hill of Terazije (Terazijska Terasa) which descends from downtown Belgrade to the Sava.
- entire western slope of the Vračar Hill (Karađorđev Park and former Zapadni Vračar) which also descends to the Sava.
- the former valley of the stream od Mokroluški PotokMokroluški potokThe Mokroluški potok is a stream in north-central Serbia, which forms a 15 km-long former right tributary to the Sava river. During its entire concourse, it runs through the urban section of Belgrade...
, now conducted underground. It is a route to the modern highway and the new railstation of ProkopProkop (Belgrade)The Prokop railway station or Belgrade [Centre] railway station is the new railway station as the core of the massive reconstruction of the Belgrade railway junction in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia that officially started 1974...
.
- the hill of Topčidersko BrdoTopcidersko BrdoTopčidersko Brdo is an urban neighborhood and former municipality of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.- Location :...
which has a cliff-like edge above the Sava (SenjakSenjakSenjak is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Located in Savski Venac, one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center of the city, it is an affluent and distinguished neighborhood lavished with embassies, diplomatic residences, and mansions...
).
- the hill of Banjica in the extreme south of the municipality.
- the upper valley of Topčiderska rekaTopciderska rekaThe Topčiderska Reka or colloquially Topčiderka is a river in north-central Serbia, a 30 km-long right tribtuary to the Sava river to which it flows in the urban section of Belgrade...
and the vast park-forest of TopčiderTopciderTopčider is a forest park and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica, Rakovica and Savski Venac...
.
Population
According to the census of 2002, Savski Venac has a population of 42,505. As all the other central city municipalities, it has been depopulating for decades, however, it still remains one of the most densely populated: 2657 /km2 (4,686/km² or 12,136/sq mi back in 1961). Population of Savski Venac:- 1961 - 74,971
- 1971 – 63,531
- 1981 – 53,374
- 1991 – 45,961
- 2002 – 42,505
Ethnic structure:
- SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
= 36,928 (86.87%) - YugoslavsYugoslavsYugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
= 952 (2.24%) - Montenegrins = 878 (2.06%)
- CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
= 356 (0.84%) - Roma = 276 (0.65%)
- MacedoniansMacedonians (ethnic group)The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
= 239 (0.56%)
History and name
While Savski Venac and Stari Grad are often styled the oldest municipalities of Belgrade due to their inclusion of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade outside the walls of the KalemegdanKalemegdan
Belgrade Fortress , represent old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the River Sava and Danube, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad...
fortress, they are actually the most recently-created urban municipalities of Belgrade. Both were formed in 1957 by merger of older, smaller municipalities; Savski Venac was formed in by merger of the municipalities of Zapadni Vračar (its main predecessor) and Topčidersko Brdo and a new, geographical name, Savski Venac, was coined for it.
(Venac is usually used in Belgrade's geography in term of a round street (Obilićev Venac, Kosančićev Venac) or a rim of the river (Dunavski Venac
Dunavski Venac
Dunavski Venac is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula, geographically located in Banat.- Location & neighborhood :...
). In this case it was the "rim of the Sava".)
Neighborhoods
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Jatagan Mala Jatagan Mala is the former urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It was located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.- Location :... Lisicji Potok Lisičji Potok is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.-Location:Lisičji Potok is located in the eastern section of the municipality... Mostarska Petlja Mostar interchange or colloquially Mostar is a major interchange and a surrounding urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.... |
Prokop (Belgrade) The Prokop railway station or Belgrade [Centre] railway station is the new railway station as the core of the massive reconstruction of the Belgrade railway junction in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia that officially started 1974... Savamala Savamala is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac and Stari Grad.- Location :... Senjak Senjak is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Located in Savski Venac, one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center of the city, it is an affluent and distinguished neighborhood lavished with embassies, diplomatic residences, and mansions... Stadion (Belgrade) Stadion is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.... |
Topcider Topčider is a forest park and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica, Rakovica and Savski Venac... Topcidersko Brdo Topčidersko Brdo is an urban neighborhood and former municipality of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac.- Location :... Zeleni Venac Zeleni Venac or colloquially Zelenjak is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia... |
Features
Savski Venac constitutes the western section of the downtown BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. Most government offices and administrative buildings are located in the municipality, including:
Administration
- The Government of the Republic of SerbiaGovernment of SerbiaOfficially the Government of the Republic of Serbia is the executive branch of government in Serbia.-Current government:The current government was elected on 7 July 2008 by the majority vote in the National Assembly of Serbia and restructured on 14 March 2011...
in Nemanjina StreetNemanjina StreetNemanjina Street is a very important thoroughfare in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, in the Savski Venac municipality. After the completion of the construction of the Railway station in 1884, it became one of the city's main communicational links... - The building of the ministries, also in Nemanjina street
- The new building of the National Bank of SerbiaNational Bank of SerbiaNational Bank of Serbia is the central bank of Serbia; its main responsibilities are the protection of price stability and maintenance of financial stability....
, (SlavijaSlavija (Belgrade)Slavija Square , officially Dimitrije Tucović Square , is one of the central town squares and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
) - The former buildings of republic and federal police (destroyed during the 1999 NATO's attackLegitimacy of NATO bombing of YugoslaviaThe legitimacy of the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been subject to question by many bodies and individuals from the time of the action continuing to this day. The key basis governing the legality of any act of war is international law...
- The former complex of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (same as the above)
- Over 30 embassies and dozens of ambassadorial residences
- Archives of Yugoslavia (Senjak)
Traffic
- Main railway station of Belgrade (Savski trg)
- Main bus station of Belgrade {BAS)
- Main bus station of Lasta (Bara Venecija)
- Future main railway station of Belgrade (Prokop)
- The highway and all the five bridges across the Sava to Novi BeogradNovi BeogradNovi Beograd or New Belgrade is the most populous municipality that constitutes the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is a planned city, built in 1947 on the left bank of the Sava river which was previously an uninhabited area, opposite of the old Belgrade...
: Brankov, Stari savski, Gazela, Stari želenički, Novi železnički) - Both major interchangeInterchange (road)In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
s in old Belgrade: Mostarska PetljaMostarska PetljaMostar interchange or colloquially Mostar is a major interchange and a surrounding urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac....
and Autokomanda
Economy and tourism
- "BIP" breweryBreweryA brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
- Belgrade FairBelgrade FairThe Belgrade Fair or Beogradski Sajam is a large complex of three large domes and dozens of smaller halls which are the location of the major trade fair, the capital city of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Savski Venac, on the bank of the Sava river...
(Beogradski sajam, on the bank of the Sava) - Open green market "Zeleni Venac"
- Hotel "Astorija"
- Hotel "Beograd"
- Park Manjež
- Hajd Park
- Topčider Park, with the entire complex around the Konak of Prince Miloš and the Topčider wood
- Beli DvorBeli DvorBeli Dvor is a mansion located in Belgrade, Serbia. The mansion is part of the Royal Compound, a real estate of royal residences and parklands located in Dedinje, an exclusive area of Belgrade....
, former royal court
Health
- Clinical center Belgrade, with 24 clinics and hospitals (beginning at Karađorđev park)
- City ambulance (Mostar)
- Hospital Dragiša Mišović (Dedinje)
- Železnička hospital (Dedinje)
- Orthopaedic hospital (Banjica)
- Vojnomedicinska akademijaVojnomedicinska akademijaMilitary Medical Academy , often simply called VMA , is a military hospital centre in the Banjica neighbourhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1844...
("VMA", Banjica)
Culture and education
- Yugoslav drama theatreYugoslav drama theatreYugoslav drama theatre is a theatre in Belgrade, Serbia. The theatre was established in 1947 with an intention of consolidating actors and writers from all over the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
- Theater Bojan Stupica
- Student's Cultural Center (SKC)
- University of Belgrade Faculty of EconomicsUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of EconomicsThe University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics is one of the educational institutions of the University of Belgrade, Serbia. The building is located in the city center of Belgrade...
- Faculty of the veterinarian medicine of the Belgrade University
- Touristic high school (Jug Bogdanova street)
- French School (Ecole Française de BelgradeEcole Française de BelgradeEcole Française de Belgrade is an international French school in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is composed of a preschool , primary school , junior high , and high school . It was founded in 1951. Nowadays it has about 370 pupils and about 30 staff . It is located in Belgrade, in the...
)