Savski Venac (Serbian Cyrillic: Савски Венац) is one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is one of 10 urban municipalities which constitute the Belgrade City proper and encompasses some of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade.

1 Location
2 Geography
3 Population
4 History and name
5 Neighborhoods
6 Features
7 See also
8 External links

Location

Savski Venac is located on the right bank of the Sava river. It stretches in the north-south direction for 6 kilometers (4 mi) (from downtown Belgrade, just 200 meters (656 ft) from Terazije, to Banjica) and east-west direction for 3 kilometers (2 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.

Geography

With an area of 14 square kilometers (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 (Savamala and Bara Venecija). 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 2006.

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 Potok, now conducted underground. It is a route to the modern highway and the new railstation of Prokop.

the hill of Topčidersko Brdo which has a cliff-like edge above the Sava (Senjak).

the hill of Banjica in the extreme south of the municipality.

the upper valley of Topčiderska reka and the vast park-forest of Topčider.

Population

According to the census of 2002, Savski Venac has a population of 42,505. As all the other central city municipalities, it has sbeen depopulating for decades, however, it still remains one of the most densely populated: 2,657 inhabitants per square kilometer (6,881.6/sq mi) (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:

Serbs = 36,928 (86.87%)
Yugoslavs = 952 (2.24%)
Montenegrins = 878 (2.06%)
Croats = 356 (0.84%)
Roma = 276 (0.65%)
Macedonians = 239 (0.56%)

History and name

See also: Zapadni Vračar

Savski Venac and Stari Grad are often styled the oldest municipalities of Belgrade, that is not entirely true: even though they do include the oldest sections of urban Belgrade outsife the walls of the Kalemegdan fortress, administratively, they are the youngest urban municipalities of Belgrade, 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".

Despite being 50 years old, the name remains strictly administrative term. There is no neighborhood of Savski Venac as such and barely any Belgrader asked in which neighborhood he lives would say that he lives in Savski Venac.

Neighborhoods

Features

Savski Venac constitutes the western section of the downtown Belgrade. Most government offices and administrative buildings are located in the municipality, including:

Administration

The Government of the Republic of Serbia in Nemanjina Street
The building of the ministries, also in Nemanjina street
The new building of the National Bank of Serbia, (Slavija)
The former buildings of republic and federal police (destroyed during the 1999 NATO's attack
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 Beograd: Brankov, Stari savski, Gazela, Stari želenički, Novi železnički)
Both major interchanges in old Belgrade: Mostarska Petlja and Autokomanda

Economy and tourism

"BIP" brewery
Belgrade Fair (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 Dvor, 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 akademija ("VMA", Banjica)

Culture and education

Yugoslav drama theatre
Theater Bojan Stupica
Student's Cultural Center (SKC)
Economy faculty of the Belgrade University
Faculty of the veterinarean medicine of the Belgrade University
Touristic high school (Jug Bogdanova street)

External links

Official website, in Serbian

v • d • e Municipalities of Belgrade

Urban: Čukarica · Novi Beograd · Palilula · Rakovica · Savski Venac · Stari Grad · Voždovac · Vračar · Zemun · Zvezdara Suburban: Barajevo · Grocka · Lazarevac · Mladenovac · Obrenovac · Sopot · Surčin

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