It is one of the three municipalities which constitute the very center of Belgrade, together with Stari Grad and Vračar.[2]
Savski Venac is located on the right bank of the Sava river. It stretches in the north-south direction for 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) (from downtown Belgrade, just 200 meters (660 ft) from Terazije, to Banjica) and east-west direction for 3 kilometers (1.9 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.
While Savski Venac and Stari Grad are often styled the oldest municipalities of Belgrade due to their inclusion of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade outside the walls of the Kalemegdan fortress, they are actually the most recently created municipalities of Belgrade. Both were 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".)
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.
southern slope of the Vračar Hill, known as the Guberevac Hill or Ludo Brdo ("Crazy Hill") as it is the location of the psychiatric hospital "Laza Lazarević".[3]
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.
According to the census of 2022, Savski Venac has a population of 36,699 inhabitants. As all the other central city municipalities, it has been depopulating for decades, however, it still remains one of the most densely populated: 2,445/km2 (6,330/sq mi) (4,686/km² or 12,136/sq mi back in 1961).
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[6]
Activity
Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
115
Mining and quarrying
21
Manufacturing
2,139
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
105
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
283
Construction
2,268
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
4,759
Transportation and storage
4,099
Accommodation and food services
2,204
Information and communication
3,801
Financial and insurance activities
2,431
Real estate activities
262
Professional, scientific and technical activities
4,729
Administrative and support service activities
5,919
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security
43,170
Education
4,407
Human health and social work activities
19,448
Arts, entertainment and recreation
1,184
Other service activities
1,069
Individual agricultural workers
8
Total
104,424
Sport
Sportsko Selo ("Sport Village") – In the early 1970s a football pitch was built at the end of the Deligradska street, right above the highway. It was adapted into the Yugoslav People's Army Reserve Officers' Training Ground, but in the early 1990s the location was abandoned. The lot was left unattended and gradually turned into a rubbish dump. In 2009 a project for the ground was jointly drafted by the city and the municipality with the working title "Ada Ciganlija u malom". After two years of construction, the new complex was opened on 30 May 2011. It covers an area of 85 ares (91,000 square feet) and contains one volleyball, three basketball and four tennis courts, children playgrounds and a fitness plateau. There are also a futsal and bocce courts, outdoor gym, walking paths, rest areas, wooden ice-cream kiosk and a parking lot. The complex is situated in a wooded area and includes an amphitheater suitable for the theatrical performances in the open. Invited to choose the name for the complex between the originally proposed "Ada Ciganlija u malom" and "Sportsko Selo" which appeared during the construction, citizens picked the latter.[7][8]
Features
Savski Venac constitutes the western section of the downtown Belgrade. Most government offices and administrative buildings are located in the municipality, including:
Clinical Centre of Serbia, with 24 clinics and hospitals (beginning at Karađorđev park); two skyscrapers, which were to become one single Clinical Centre (Policlinic), a joint location for all the existing separate clinics, were planned already in 1973. Construction began in 1976, but due to the lack of funding, the works were soon halted. They were resumed in 1983 and in 1987 the first building was finished, but only the lower floors became operational. Upper floors remained unfinished and left to the elements since. Preliminary works, which include reconstruction of the finished structure and the construction of another one began on 6 December 2018. In March 2019, the Health ministry announced that the renovation of the operational part, revitalization of the empty building and construction of the twin tower, will all be finished by 2022.[9][10]
University's Children hospital in Tiršova Street, built from 1936 to 1940. Construction of the new children's hospital, colloquially called Tiršova 2, closer to the highway, began on 20 October 2021.[11]
^"Sportski tereni umesto deponije", Politika (in Serbian), 18 May 2011
^M.S.M. (31 May 2011), "Od deponije - sportska oaza", Politika (in Serbian)
^Danijela Davidov Kesar (8 March 2019). "На лечење у обновљени КЦС тек 2022. године" [Treatments in the renovated CCS only in 2022]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 8.
^Danijela Davidov Kesar (9 July 2021). Ургентни центар ускоро у новом простору [ER soon on new location]. Politika (in Serbian). pp. 1 & 7.
^Ana Vuković (21 October 2021). Почела градња Тиршове 2 [Construction of Tiršova 2 began]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 15.
^Anica Teofilović, Vesna Isajlović, Milica Grozdanić (2010). Пројекат "Зелена регулатива Београда" - IV фаза: План генералне регулације система зелених површина Београда (концепт плана) [Project "Green regulations of Belgrade" - IV phase: Plan of the general regulation of the green area system in Belgrade (concept of the plan)]. Urbanistički zavod Beograda.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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