The Jadar (, ) region begins roughly at the
Osečina
Osečina ( sr-cyr, Осечина, ) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of western Serbia. As of 2011, the population of the town is 2,730, while population of the municipality is 12,571 inhabitants.
Settlements
Apart f ...
and it is divided in two sub-regions: Upper Jadar (around Osečina), which is part of much larger region of
Rađevina, and Lower Jadar, which is also part of another, larger region of
Podrinje
Podrinje ( Serbian Cyrillic: Подриње) is the Slavic name of the Drina river basin, known in English as the Drina Valley. The Drina basin is shared between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, with majority of its territory being located in ...
. Center of the Lower Jadar is the town of
Loznica
Loznica ( sr-cyrl, Лозница, ) is a city located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. It lies on the right bank of the Drina river. In 2011 the city had a total population of 19,572, while the administrative area had a population of 79 ...
, which is not on the Jadar river, but some 10 km to the southwest.
The region is located in the
Jadar River valley, bordered by the mountains of Vlašić,
Cer,
Gučevo and
Sokolska planina
Sokolska planina (Serbian Cyrillic: Соколска планина) is a mountain in western Serbia, near the town of Krupanj
Krupanj ( sr-cyr, Крупањ, ) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. The mu ...
. Lower Jadar is a low, agricultural area, while the Upper Jadar was an important mining region (
antimony
Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb (from la, stibium) and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient t ...
mines of Zavlaka and
Bela Crkva
Bela Crkva ( sr-cyrl, Бела Црква, ; german: Weißkirchen; hu, Fehértemplom; ro, Biserica Albă) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a populatio ...
).
In August 1914, during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, a major battle between the
Austro-Hungarian and Serbian army took place on the river. The Serbs defeated the Austrians. This battle known as
Battle of Cer
The Battle of Cer, ; german: Schlacht von Cer; hu, Ceri csata. Also known as the Battle of the Jadar River (Јадарска битка, ''Jadarska bitka''; ''Schlacht von Jadar''; ''Jadar csata''). was a military campaign fought between Austr ...
, was the first victory of
Allied forces in World War I. The march that is considered to be somewhat an alternative national anthem of Serbia depicts this battle (''
Marš na Drinu
The ''March to the Drina'' ( sr-Cyr, Марш на Дрину, ) is a Serbian patriotic March (music), march which was composed by Stanislav Binički during World War I. Binički dedicated it to his favourite commander in the Royal Serbian Army, ...
'').
A mineral, notable for having a formula similar (lacking fluorine for a complete match) to that of the fictional
kryptonite
Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics. In its best-known form, it is a green, crystalline material originating from Superman's home world of Krypton that emits a unique, poisonous r ...
from the
Superman comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
s and movies, was found in a mine in the Jadar region and has been named
jadarite, after the region.
'Kryptonite' discovered in mine
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References
Kolubara District
Geographical regions of Serbia
Geography of Šumadija and Western Serbia
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