Plavi Horizonti ( sr-cyr, Плави Хоризонти) is an
urban neighborhood of
Belgrade, the capital of
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...
. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developm ...
. With
Altina, one of the newest and fastest developing neighborhoods.
Location
Plavi Horizont is located in the western section of Zemun, stretching along the Belgrade-
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the P ...
railway. It borders the neighborhoods of Altina in the north and stretches into the direction of
Vojni Put II
Novi Grad ( sr, Нови Град) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun.
Location
Novi Grad is located in the central-west section of the urban Zemun. It stretches along ...
and
Kolonija Zmaj on the southeast and
Zemun Polje
Zemun Polje ( sr, Земун поље) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Zemun.
Location
Zemun Polje is located on both railway and highway Belgrade-Novi Sad, halfway between the ...
on the northwest.
History
Until the late 1990s the area was an uninhabited barren meadow. With the outbreak of the
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...
in 1991, and especially after the 1995
Oluja offensive of the
Croatian Army
The Croatian Army ( hr, Hrvatska kopnena vojska or HKoV) is the largest and most significant component of the Croatian Armed Forces (CAF).
Role and deployment
The fundamental role and purpose of the Croatian Army is to protect vital national ...
, many refugees settled in this area, which resulted in creation of several new settlements (Altina, Plavi Horizonti,
Grmovac
Grmovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Грмовац)
is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun.
Location
Grmovac is a sub-neighborhood of Ugrinovci, which is 3 km away and to whi ...
,
Busije
Busije ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бусије)
is a suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun.
Location
Busije is a sub-neighborhood of Ugrinovci, the only separate settlement in ...
). The settlement began to grow in the early 2000s and consists solely from the individual residential houses with yards.
Characteristics
Plavi Horizonti and Altina grew into the small town, adjoining the Zemun's western urban area and making an urban connection to the neighborhoods of
Školsko Dobro and Zemun Polje.
After 2000, certain urbanistic arrangement of the settlement began: the roads and streets were paved, etc. but many problems concerning the communal infrastructure remain.
The name of the settlement is descriptive, meaning “blue horizons” in Serbian. When the Sun would rise or set, the vast meadows which preceded the settlement would turn bluish.
Population
Estimated population in 2013 was 2,000 inhabitants in 700 houses.
References
Neighborhoods of Belgrade
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