Grmovac ( Serbian Cyrillic : Грмовац ) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade , the capital of Serbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun .
41-595: Grmovac is a sub-neighborhood of Ugrinovci , which is 3 km away and to which it makes no urban connection, near the Belgrade-Zagreb highway and the village of Dobanovci in the neighboring municipality of Surčin . Origins of Grmovac (Serbian for 'bushy place') date from 1996/7 when the Zemun's municipal leadership (ruled by the Serbian Radical Party and headed by Vojislav Šešelj ) decided to sell empty lots on
82-465: A barren meadow to the refugees from Croatia which were forced out after the Operation Storm in 1995. Prices were low and many people bought the land (some 3,000 lots which still brought significant income to the municipality) not paying attention that the area was not designated for urban development and the lack of any infrastructure. The city government considers the settlement a 'wild' one as it
123-618: A constant population growth in the 20th century. A special bust to the neighborhood's population was given in the mid-1990s with a large influx of refugees from the Yugoslav Wars , especially the Oluja military action which forced almost 250,000 Serbs from Croatia into Serbia, and many of them settled at the outskirts of Belgrade. Batajnica is a major traffic crossroad. Construction of the Batajnica Intermodal Transit Centre ,
164-509: A local clinic and has only one grocery shop. Ugrinovci Ugrinovci ( Serbian Cyrillic : Угриновци) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade , Serbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun . Ugrinovci is located in the eastern section of the Syrmia region, in the western part of the municipality of Zemun , near the administrative border of the municipality of Vojvodina . It
205-489: A massive logistics center on this bank. It will include large storage spaces, cold storages, and duty-free zone on the 23 ha (57 acres) large parcel. The complex should be finished by 2033. While it was a separate one, the local community 13. Maj had a population of 1.304 in 1981, 743 in 1991, and 664 in 2002. The largest single local community within Batajnica (population of 11,129 in 2002), Crveni Barjak begins near
246-471: A regular sized field and a training ground where "FK 13. Maj" plays. In the extreme western side of the local community, close to Zemun Polje, an airstrip became operational in 2001. There is also a pilots training school for the ultra-light aircraft . The airstrip is designated for the recreational and private flights. After the 2002 census, local communities of the old city core of Zemun were abolished, while those on periphery were merged. In that process,
287-400: A regulatory plan for Grmovac until December 2007 so that settlement could develop further. The plan proposes complete urban and communal infrastructure to be finished in 3 years. Urban shaping continued with the construction of a new church, dedicated to the prophet Elijah , began in summer 2007. Introduction of the proper electrical grid in the settlement began in 2010. The settlement remains
328-500: Is a rarity, as the preserved, typical, purposely built building from the second half of the 19th century. With additional role in the continued development of education in the southeast part of Syrmia, it has been declared a cultural monument in January 2019. The elementary school "Svetislav Golubović Mitraljeta" was founded on 20 June 1969. The pupils moved into the new, present building at 94 Dalmatinske Zagore Street on 6 December 1969. It
369-469: Is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade , the capital city of Serbia . It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Zemun . Batajnica is located in the Syrmia region, in the northern part of the municipality, close to the administrative border of the province of Vojvodina and it is both the northernmost and the westernmost part of the Belgrade's urban area. It is close to the Danube 's right bank, but not on
410-544: Is first registered in 1708, of a school in the village and mentioning of the settlement in 1725 and 1753, when it was described as a small village with 90 wealthy households. The settlement in its modern shape originates from the period of the abolition of the Military Frontier in 1873 and the settlements of the former soldiers and their families in the village. This practice was continued further, so after World War I , war veterans were also settled in Batajnica. Batajnica
451-606: Is located nearby. Batajnica Airbase , with a limited civil traffic, was heavily bombarded on a daily basis in 1999 during the NATO bombing of Serbia . Before accelerated urbanization in the second half of the 20th century, Batajnica was an agricultural village. As a result of this, the first industry was connected to this: food industry, mills, brickworks , roof tiles production, etc. Later, some heavy industry began to develop (bridge construction facilities) and today almost 400 privately owned small companies, repair shops, stores, etc. exist in
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#1733085494535492-553: Is located on the Batajnica - Dobanovci road. In the northern direction to Batajnica , which is 8 kilometres (5 miles) away, is the new sub-neighborhood of Busije , while in the northern direction to Dobanovci (4 kilometres (2 miles), over the Belgrade-Zagreb highway ) is the also new sub-neighbourhood of Grmovac , both being populated since the mid-1990s with refugees from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina , which almost doubled
533-694: Is located on the Belgrade- Novi Sad railway and a place where one line of the railway separates and through the Belgrade's part of the Syrmia crosses the Sava river at Ostružnica and continues through the southern outskirts of the Belgrade, forming an internal city's freight rail beltway. Batajnica is located on both Belgrade-Novi Sad roads: the old one ( Stari Novosadski put ) and the new one (Belgrade-Novi Sad highway ). Two roads go parallel from Zemun (old one officially named Batajnica road or Batajnički drum ) and at
574-577: Is one of the most complete paleoclimatic archives in Europe for the past 620.000 years. Further survey showed that the oldest layers in Kapela are some 800,000 years old. It is part of the same loess ridge as another natural monument, Zemun Loess Profile , though this section is younger, originating from 500,000 years ago. The vertical cliff above the Danube is 30 to 40 m (98 to 131 ft) high. The entire plateau
615-509: The Roman conquest of the region. The locality was surveyed in July 2020, with additional pottery, bronze fibulas and residuals of bonfires being discovered. The locality is situated in the territory surrounded by the discoveries of Celtic settlements from that period, in both downtown and wider Belgrade area ( Singidunum , Rospi Ćuprija , Karaburma , Jakovo , Stari Slankamen ). The modern settlement
656-581: The Braće Smiljanića Street. In 2005 Serbian Ministry of Defence arranged a previously unattended green area across the new Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the memorial-park "Little Milica Rakić". It was dedicated to the three-years old girl Milica Rakić (b. 9 January 1996, Belgrade - d. 17 April 1999, Batajnica), killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia . As the park
697-496: The city of Shanghai in China ) and some other adjoining streets. It extends to the north east, toward the Busije and Ugrinovci ( Šangajska itself extends into the road to Ugrinovci). Area, which previously consisted of corn fields, was slowly urbanised from the 1960s and 1970s and especially growing in the 1990s with the influx of the refugees from Croatia. Dozen of still nameless streets in
738-523: The construction of the Batajnica interchange on the Belgrade bypass , remains from the 1st century BC (Later Iron Age ) were discovered. The archaeological locality was previously unknown. Discovered pottery artifacts were large, nicely preserved and made using potter's wheel , a technology brought by the Celts in these areas, so it is believed that the find was Celtic settlement or place of worship, built before
779-402: The direction of Ugrinovci 's neighborhood of Busije and southeast in the direction of other Zemun's neighborhoods: Zemun Polje , Galenika and Goveđi Brod . Loess cliff "Kapela", located in Batajnica, was protected by the city on 28 May 2014. The cliff is located on the very steep right bank of the Danube. The layers were formed in the past five glacial - interglacial cycles. "Kapela"
820-401: The direction of Zemun. The neighborhood at the exit from Batajnica in direction of the airport is called Oficirska Kolonija ("officers colony"). The neighborhood was named that way as it was originally settled by the families of the military officers who worked at the airport. One of the fastest expanding parts of Batajnica, across the railway, concentrated along the Šangajska street (after
861-476: The early 1970s, losing the status of the separate settlement. Batajnica was a target of NATO airstrikes during its bombing of Yugoslavia, conducted in the form of Operation Allied Force , lasting from March 24, 1999, until June 10, 1999. Milica Rakić , a three-year-old, was killed from a NATO shrapnel on April 25, 1999. Batajnica is the site of the Batajnica mass graves , where the bodies of 744 Kosovo Albanians civilians were founded. Batajnica experienced
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#1733085494535902-458: The entrance into Batajnica, where the large interchange is located. It extends to the south, forming the future urban connection between Batajnica and Zemun Polje. Heating plant is also located in the neighborhood. Its name, crveni barjak , is Serbian for the "red banner". The oldest urban settlement in Batajnica, built by the Army FNRY in 1948. year. It is situated at the entrance to Batajnica from
943-513: The fifth highest football league in Serbia ( Prva Beogradska Liga ). As a relatively large settlement, Batajnica developed several sub-neighborhoods of its own. Former local community next to Batajnica, with a population of 956 in 2010. The original settlement was built by the Ministry of the interior from 1946 to 1948. It is surrounded by farms and located near the Danube. There is one soccer club with
984-485: The first freight intermodal terminal complex in Serbia, was planned in 2013. The money from the EU IPA funds was secured, but the pending adoption of the new city general urban plan, which was to determine the details of the project, and the political dispute between the construction minister Velimir Ilić and Belgrade mayor Dragan Đilas , halted the project. In December 2018, transportation minister Zorana Mihajlović said she
1025-531: The future Belgrade beltway . Batajnica is connected to Belgrade by several bus lines of the city's public transportation: 73 (from Batajnica railway station to Block 45), 706(from end Batajanica to Zeleni Venac ), 703 (from Ugrinovci to Zemunski Kej ) and 706E (from Batajnica airport to Zemunski Kej). Batajnica also have two bus lines of the city's public transportation which do not leave Batajnica: 700 (end and start from Batajnica railway station) and 702 (from Busije to Batajnica railway station) A military airbase
1066-426: The local community 13. Maj, instead being merged in Batajnica, was merged with Zemun Polje. As a result, the neighborhood and the airstrip are variously named as part of Batajnica or Zemun Polje in the news reports, even in the same ones, and the section of the Danube's bank at the settlement became the bank of Zemun Polje. In August 2023, Pošta Srbije , Serbian national postal office service, announced construction of
1107-473: The municipality of Zemun and comprise Batajnica and Ugrinovci (with Busije and Grmovac ), with a population of 37,371 in 2002. The movement for splitting from Zemun was revived in the 2010s by the citizens' groups, but also by some politicians, though no official steps were taken. In 2020, some city officials stated unofficially that Batajnica is the most probable candidate for the new, 18th municipality of Belgrade. Grassroots movement for separate municipality
1148-427: The neighborhood were paved in 2006. It is a purely residential area, notorious for its bad communal infrastructure. The waterworks reached parts of the neighborhood only in 2018. The elementary school "Boško Palkovljević Pinki" is located at 5 Pukovnika Milenka Pavlovića Street. It was built by knez Nikola Vulko from 1875 to 1880. The building distinguishes itself from the surrounding residential village houses and
1189-484: The neighborhood. Along the Batajnica Road, one of the oldest campgrounds in Serbia is located. One of only three officially designated camping sites in Belgrade, it is named "Dunav" (Danube) and is one of the most visited in the country. As of 2018, it ended up being surrounded by the new developing industrial zone and has no access to the river anymore. BSK Batajnica is the town's local football club, who play in
1230-507: The only separate settlement in the municipality of Zemun, as all the other settlements ( Batajnica , Zemun Polje , former city of Zemun, etc.) are part of the Belgrade city proper ( uža teritorija grada ). The name of the village comes from the medieval name for Hungarians ( Ugri ). This Belgrade District , Serbia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Batajnica Batajnica ( Serbian Cyrillic : Батајница , pronounced [bǎtaːjnitsa] )
1271-432: The population of Ugrinovci. The population of Ugrinovci has been steadily growing for the last four decades. The population according to the official censuses: Ethnic structure In 2002, 97.33% of residents were Serbs and 0.55% were Romani. Ugrinovci is a village with the majority of its population employed in agriculture. Since the detachment of the municipality of Surčin from Zemun in 2003, Ugrinovci has remained
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1312-453: The river itself, due to the floodings. A small, 114 metre-high hillock separates the settlement from the river. It is some 15 kilometres away from downtown Belgrade, but only 6 kilometres away from Nova Pazova and Novi Banovci , fast growing settlements in the Vojvodina's municipality of Stara Pazova , to which it almost makes a continuous built-up area. : it extends to the southwest in
1353-479: The settlement has been paved with asphalt, a bus line (No. 606) to connect Grmovac to Dobanovci and electricity were introduced and the construction of a church began. Electricity was supposed to be introduced in December 2006 on a temporary basis for 6 months from 'humanitarian reasons' as the entire settlement is classified as an illegal one, but was postponed until February 2007. However, city government accepted to make
1394-515: The subject of a dispute between the Radical's municipal government (claiming that city government is not doing anything to make life easier for the Grmovac population) and Belgrade city government which claims that municipal government had no rights to sell those lots but they did it to take money from the people and thus created a problem. As of August 2017, the settlement still has no school, post office or
1435-422: The very entrance into Batajnica they cross each other via an interchange . The Old Novi Sad road continues through the middle of the settlement (as the central street) and further into the Vojvodina, to Nova Pazova and Novi Sad. Two other important regional roads split from Batajnica: one to the south-west, to Ugrinovci and the other one to the north, to Novi Banovci. Batajnica is also the projected starting point of
1476-537: Was "hopeful" that the construction will start in 2019. By January 2019 city purchased the privately owned parcels and it was announced that the project was green-lighted, including the FIDIC -ruled bidding for the contractor. The complex will cover 10 ha (25 acres), including 2 ha (4.9 acres) of the central container-storing plateau, 5 ha (12 acres) of the green areas, 70 parking lots and 3 km (1.9 mi) of additional rail and road infrastructure. Batajnica
1517-458: Was a district ( srez ) seat between two World Wars. After the war it became part of the Zemun district, but still as a separate municipality, and together with it part of Belgrade district in 1955, when the municipality was abolished. A movement for re-creating the old Batajnica municipality was very active in 2002, when Surčin also (and successfully) campaigned, but was not much in the public media. Proposed municipality of Batajnica would split from
1558-504: Was built without any permits or plans. The total lack of infrastructure (including not just schools, ambulances or kindergartens, but such basic things like running water, grocery stores, pavement or electricity) prevented the settlement from any major growth. Out of 3,000 lots, only on 600 there are houses (out of which almost half is not finished). Population varies from 1,500 during summer to 700 during winter when conditions get even harsher. Year 2006 brought some changes. Accessible road to
1599-557: Was formed when during the colder, Ice Age periods, strong winds from the Alps and the Carpathians would bring and deposit yellowish loess. During the warmer, interglacial phases, the lush vegetation would develop on loess, forming different fossilized soils, like red and brown earth . Vučedol culture - graves from the Bronze Age were found in the fields of Batajnica. In May 2020, during
1640-553: Was founded in June 2021 ("Option for our municipality Batajnica"). Coalition Moramo , during the campaign for the April 2022 local elections in Belgrade, opted for creating a new Batajnica municipality. In the past Batajnica almost had no urban connection to the rest of the city, but now situation is changed. Batajnica was declared a part of the Belgrade City proper ( uža teritorija grada ) in
1681-523: Was fully reconstructed in 2023. Batajnica cemetery, just east of downtown and next to the farmers market, was completely surrounded by the urban tissue by the 2020s. In March 2023 construction of the New Batajnica Cemetery was announced for the late 2023 or early 2024. It will be located outside of the urban section, further to the east, in the direction of the motorway. It will cover 11.26 ha (27.8 acres) and will be situated at an extension of