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Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 105,722 inhabitants (2022 census data). The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Bečkerek or ''Nagybecskerek'' as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918. After World War I and the liberation of Veliki Bečkerek the new name of the city was Petrovgrad, in honor of His Majesty Peter I of Serbia, King Peter I the Great Liberator, the King of Serbia and the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Zrenjanin is the 2nd largest city in the Serbian part of the Banat geographical region, and the 4th largest city in Vojvodina (after Novi Sad, Subotica and Pancevo). The city was designated European City of Sport 2021. Name The city was named after Žarko Zrenjanin (1902–1942) in 1946 in honour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zrenjanin City Hall
Zrenjanin City Hall ( / , ) is located at the Trg Slobode (Liberty Square) in Zrenjanin, Serbia. It is a seat of the Zrenjanin municipality. History Present-day Zrenjanin (formerly known as Veliki Bečkerek / Nagybecskerek / Großbetschkerek / Becicherecul Mare) was a seat of Torontál, Torontaliensis county from 1779. A great fire in 1807 destroyed almost every building in the city, including old county building. Construction works for a new building started in 1816 and were finished in 1820 under project of architect Joseph Fischer, architect, Joseph Fischer. From 1885 to 1887, county building was re-constructed under projects of two renowned architects from Budapest, Gyula Pártos and Ödön Lechner. The county building was added by right and left wings, modernised facade in Baroque Revival architecture, Neobaroque, new balcony, Zsolnay roof tile patterns and several other things like electrical lightning and telephone line. At that time, it was the most modern building in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Zrenjanin
This is a list of mayors of Zrenjanin since 1872. The mayor of Zrenjanin is the head of the City of Zrenjanin (the sixth largest city in Serbia and third largest city in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina). He acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Zrenjanin. The current mayor of Zrenjanin is Simo Salapura ( SNS). Austria-Hungary * Mihály Stefulics (1872 – 1874) * Lájos Kulifay (1874 – 1888) * Jovan Krstić (1888 – 1896) * József Grandjean (1896 – 1902) * Zoltán Perišić (1902 – 1918) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Kingdom of Yugoslavia * Jovan Miljković (1918 – 1919) * Ivan Mirkov (1919) * Živan Jankahidac (1919 – 1920) * Đurica Berberski (1920 – 1921) *Bogoljub Aleksić (1921 – 1924) * Đurica Berberski (1924) *Bogoljub Aleksić (1924 – 1928) * Jovan Stajić (1928) * Nikola Stefanović (1929 – 1931) *Miloš Stefanović (1931 – 1935) * Đurica Berberski (1935) * Milorad Vladiv (1935 – 1936) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Zrenjanin
Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" ( sr-Cyrl, Жарко Зрењанин, ; 11 September 1902 – 4 November 1942) was a Yugoslav partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946. Zrenjanin was born in Izbistye, Kingdom of Hungary (today Izbište, Serbia). He became a leader of the Vojvodina Communists and when World War II began, the Partisans. Zrenjanin endured torture and months of incarceration by the Nazis during the Second World War. He was released and later killed in Pavliš while trying to escape recapture. File:Zarko Zrenjanin monument.jpg, Monument of Žarko Zrenjanin in Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ..., built in 1952 References 1902 births 1942 deaths People from Vršac Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finance Palace
Finance palace, (Serbian ''Финансијска палата'', Hungarian ''Pénzügyi Palota'', German ''Finanz Palast'') is a two-floored neo-renaissance palace on the main square in Zrenjanin, Serbia, and one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. The National Museum of Zrenjanin moved into it in 1966 and it is located next to the Theatre building, Zrenjanin, theatre building. History City authorities chosen project for the building made by Hungarian architect István Kiss (architect), István Kiss. Construction works started in 1893 and were finished in 1894. By his first choice, architect chosen facade towards Begej to be building's main facade. However, he later changed plan and choose square facade to be the most impressive facade of the building. The most remarkable detail of this building are, there is no doubt, four statues on its main facade, depicting "Industry", "Agriculture", "Science" and "Merchantry". Main facade also has a balcony on the first floor. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Banat District
The Central Banat District (, ) is one of Administrative districts of Serbia, administrative districts of Serbia. It lies in the geographical region of Banat. According to the 2022 census, the Central Banat District has a population of 157,711 inhabitants. The administrative center is the city of Zrenjanin. Cities and municipalities The Central Banat District encompasses the territories of one city and four municipalities: * Zrenjanin (city) * Novi Bečej (municipality) * Nova Crnja (municipality) * Sečanj (municipality) * Žitište (municipality) Demographics Towns There are two towns with over 10,000 inhabitants. * Zrenjanin: 67,129 * Novi Bečej: 10,967 Ethnic structure See also * Administrative districts of Serbia * Administrative divisions of Serbia * Torontál County References External links * {{Authority control Central Banat District, Geography of Vojvodina Banat Districts of Vojvodina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Serbia
This is the list of cities and towns in Serbia, according to the criteria used by Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, which classifies the settlements into ''urban'' and ''other'', depending not only on size, but also on other administrative and legal criteria. Also villages with the municipal rights have been added to the list. Organization ;Cities ''City, Cities'' in administrative sense are defined by the Law on Territorial Organization. The territory with the ''city'' status usually has more than 100,000 inhabitants, but is otherwise very similar to a municipality. They enjoy a special status of autonomy and self-government, as they have their own civic parliaments and executive branches, as well as mayor (, plural: ) is elected through popular vote, elected by their citizens in local elections. Also, the presidents of the municipalities are often referred to as "mayors" in everyday usage. There are 28 cities (, singular: ), each having an assembly and budget of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banat
Banat ( , ; ; ; ) is a geographical and Historical regions of Central Europe, historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. It is divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of Timiș County, Timiș, Caraș-Severin County, Caraș-Severin, Arad County, Arad south of the Mureș (river), Mureș river, and the western part of Mehedinți County, Mehedinți); the western part of Banat is in northeastern Serbia (mostly included in Vojvodina, except for a small part included in the Belgrade, Belgrade Region); and a small northern part lies within southeastern Hungary (Csongrád-Csanád County). The region's historical ethnic diversity was severely affected by the events of World War II. Today, Banat is mostly populated by ethnic Romanians, Serbs and Hungarians, but small populations of other ethnic groups also live in the region. Nearly all are citizens of either Serbia, Romania or H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Bridge
Small Bridge () is the oldest bridge in Zrenjanin, Serbia. Today's steel bridge was built in 1904, on the site of an older movable wooden bridge, when it was named Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Joseph Bridge (, German language, German: , Hungarian language, Hungarian: ), and after 1919 it took the name Karadžić Bridge. The length of the Bridge is 31 meters, width 9 meters and height 5.5 meters. It is decorated with a regular arch construction in the form of a section of a circle. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Small Bridge Buildings and structures in Vojvodina Road bridges in Serbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vojvodina
Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital Belgrade and the Sava and Danube Rivers. The administrative centre, Novi Sad, is the second-largest city in Serbia. The historic regions of Banat, Bačka, Syrmia and northernmost part of Mačva overlap the province. Modern Vojvodina is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, with some 26 ethnic groups and six official languages. Fewer than two million people, nearly 27% of Serbia's population, live in the province. Name ''Vojvodina'' is also the Serbian word for voivodeship, a type of duchy overseen by a voivode. The Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, Serbian Voivodeship, a precursor to modern Vojvodina, was an Austrian province from 1849 to 1860. Its official name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Serbia
The administrative districts () of Serbia are the country's first-level administrative divisions of Serbia, administrative division. The term ''okrug'' (pl. ''okruzi'') means "circuit" and corresponds (in literal meaning) to in the German language. It can be translated as "county", though it is generally rendered by the government as "district". Prior to a 2006 decree, the administrative districts were named simply districts. The local government reforms of 1992 created 29 districts, with the City of Belgrade having similar status. Following the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, the Districts of Kosovo, districts created by the UNMIK-Administration were adopted by Kosovo. The Serbian government does not recognize these districts. The administrative districts are generally named after historical and geographical regions, though some, such as the Pčinja District and the Nišava District, are named after local rivers. Their areas and populations vary, ranging from the rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter I Of Serbia
Peter I (; – 16 August 1921) was King of Serbia from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three years later. Since he was the king of Serbia during a period of great Serbian military success, he was remembered by Serbians as King Peter the Liberator and also as the Old King. Peter was the fifth child and third son of Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, and his wife, Persida Nenadović. Prince Alexander was forced to abdicate in 1858, and Peter lived with his family in exile. He fought with the French Foreign Legion in the Franco-Prussian War. He joined as a volunteer under the alias Peter Mrkonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Мркоњић, Petar Mrkonjić) in the Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) against the Ottoman Empire. In 1883, Prince Peter married Princess Ljubica, daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro. Ljubica became known as Princess Zorka upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Serbia
Telephone numbers in Serbia are administered by Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RATEL), an independent regulatory authority. The telephone country code of Serbia is 381. The country has an open telephone numbering plan, with most numbers consisting of a two- or three-digit area codes and six to seven digits for the subscriber number. Overview The telephone country code of Serbia is 381. Serbia and Montenegro received this country code following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, which used country code 38. Montenegro switched to 382 after its independence in 2006. An example for calling telephones in Belgrade, Serbia is as follows: *xxx xx xx (telephone number in Serbia) *011 xxx xx xx (house number in Belgrade) *+381 xx xxx xx xx (outside Serbia) For domestic calls (within the country), 0 must be dialled before the area code. For calls from Serbia, the prefix for international calls was 99, but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
