- West Vračar
West Vračar or Zapadni Vračar (Serbian
Cyrillic : Западни Врачар), is a former urban neighborhood and municipality ofBelgrade , the capital ofSerbia . It was located in Belgrade's municipality ofSavski Venac to which northern section it generally corresponds today.Location
Zapadni Vračar was located in the area which today covers the northern part of the municipality of Savski Venac. It bordered the neighborhoods of
Savamala andBara Venecija to the north,Istočni Vračar (todayVračar ) to the east andSenjak andJatagan Mala (today Mostar and Prokop) to the south. It makes the western part of the much larger former neighborhood of Vračar.History
Building of Zapadni Vračar marks the start of the construction of modern Belgrade, after the Ottoman occupation. It was constructed with broad streets and boulevards, parks and monuments. It was housing all
Serbia n public buildings and state institutions, in the first half of the XIX century.The
Christian population which lived within themoat of the medieval Belgrade'sKalemegdan fortress, overpopulated the city. Due to the Turkish presence, it was demanded that PrinceMiloš Obrenović spread the surroundings.The immediate surroundings comprised the villages of Savamala, Palilula, and large uninhibited reclaimed areas of what used to be the "Ciganska Bara", later renamed into Bara Venecija, broad swampy areas and
vineyard s). Belgrade's rich went hunting wild geese to the unnamed pool, nowadays the crossroads of "Kneza Miloša" and "Kralja Milana's" streets. Where theZeleni Venac market is today, at the beginning of the XX century was a pool, as well as the site of an unsuccessful attempt of the constructon of the National Theatre.Municipality
The municipality of Vračar was officially formed in 1952 after Belgrade was administratively reorganized from districts (rejon) to municipalities. Already on
September 1 ,1955 Vračar was divided into Zapadni Vračar and Istočni Vračar. Year and a half later, onJanuary 1 ,1957 , parts of Istočni Vračar merged with the municipality of Neimar and the western part of the municipality of Terazije to create new, albeit the smallest one municipality in Belgrade. Zapadni Vračar merged with the municipality ofTopčidersko Brdo to create the municipality of Savski Venac, while the easternmost section of Istočni Vračar became part of the municipality of Zvezdara. Zapadni Vračar is still a name of the small local community within Savski Venac, with a population of 7,644 in 2002 (15,991 including neighboring local communities).External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/Vracarskozvono/XIXvek/Page0001.html West Vracar]
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