Hadžipopovac
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Hadžipopovac
Хаџипоповац | |
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  Hadžipopovac Location within Belgrade | |
| Coordinates: 44°48′37″N 20°29′58″E / 44.81028°N 20.49944°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Region | Belgrade |
| Municipality | Palilula |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +381(0)11 |
| Car plates | BG |
Hadžipopovac (Serbian: Хаџипоповац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.
Location
Hadžipopovac is located in the central part of urban section of the municipality. It borders the neighborhood of Paliula to the south, municipality of Zvezdara (neighborhood Slavujev Venac) and Belgrade New Cemetery to the east, neighborhood of Bogoslovija to the north and the neighborhood and municipality of Stari Grad to the west. Hadžipopovac is bordered by the streets of Ruzveltova, Cvijićeva, Zdravka Čelara, Čarlija Čaplina.
Name
The neighborhood was named after the land owned by the old Belgrade family of Hadži-Popović in the area.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5,030 | — |
| 1991 | 4,378 | −13.0% |
| 2002 | 6,219 | +42.1% |
| 2011 | 3,863 | −37.9% |
| Source: [2][3][4][5] | ||
History
Southwest border is today set by the Cvijićeva Street, but historically this was the route of the creek of Slavujev potok or Bulbulderski potok (Slavuj or Bulbulder Creek), which flew from the Zvezdara hill into the Danube, east of the present location of the Pančevo Bridge. It is completely conducted underground today, into the sewage system.[6] At the modern corner of the Cvijićeva and Zdravka Čelara, there was a widening, where the creek would overspill and the pond would form. Local population came to the pond for harvesting reeds and shooting ducks.[7]
Historically, until World War I, the are was considered to be the part of Bulbulder, as term was applied to the much wider area than today. It included the entire valley of the Bulbulder Creek with the Veliki Vračar hill, especially its right bank which would today also include Zvezdara Forest, Slavujev Venac, Slavujev Potok, Hadžipopovac and Profesorska Kolonija.[8]
Major changes ensued after 1886 and construction of the Belgrade New Cemetery nearby. The main street which connected the neighborhood to the rest of Belgrade, Grobljanski Put (Cemetery Road, later street; renamed tp Ruzveltova in 1946) became much busier. In 1893, a tram line of public transportation was conducted through the street. Originally assigned No. 3, it was later changed to No. 8 and in 1949 it became No. 13. Because of this, a small bridge was built over the creek in the 19th century, on the route of the Grobljanska Street.[8] Original wooden bridge was replaced with the stone one in 1929. The bridge was replaced mainly to make easier access to the cemetery, further down the Grobljanska Street. Old bridge was often getting covered in ice during the winter and numerous accidents were recorded.[7]
Apart from the Grobljanska Street, the second most important street in this part of town, opposite to the Grobljanska, was cut through by this time, too. Northern section which leads to Hadžipopovac and Profesorska Kolonija, to the Đušina Street, was named Slavujska, while the southern was named Bulbulderska. Name change was proposed for the northern section which reached Profesorksa Kolonija, so it was renamed to Cvijićeva, after the professor and scientist Jovan Cvijić. Two main streets were meeting, but not crossing each other, being cut off from each other by the bridge. Works on the overpass, which allowed the crossing, were finished in December 1930.[8]
In this period, at 35 Grobljanska Street, the bus company of Ljubiša Perišić, which maintained the bus line in the neighborhood, built vast garage for its vehicles. It later became known as the Ford Garage. In the early 1941, before World War II began in Yugoslavia, the bus line No. 28 was established, which connected City Hospital (today KBC Zvezdara) to Theatre Square in downtown Belgrade, via Hadžipopovac and Profesorska Kolonija. The Ford Garage was burned down by the members of Communist youth organization SKOJ in the night of 26/27 July 1941, as the occupational German forces kept parked vehicles here.[8]
After the war, the Ford Garage was adapted into the facility of Automobilsko Beograd company.[8] It was completely demolished later and the shopping mall Zira Center was build instead. It was opened in 2007, while the adjoining Zira Hotel followed in May 2008.[9]
After World War II it was the eastern border of the city, today it is kilometers away from the eastern border of Belgrade.
Characteristics
The local community of Hadžipopovac had a population of 3,863 in 2011. Administrative name of the local community until the 2000s was "Oslobodioci Beograda".
At the corner of the Cvijićeva and Ljube Didića streets, there is a "Park Jovan Cvijić", which is the smallest official park in Belgrade. It developed in the 1960s, when the surrounding residential complex was also built. It covers an area of 1,420 m2 (15,300 sq ft).[10]
Hadžipopovac has one elementary school, "Oslobodioci Beograda". A lot of neighborhood children also go to elementary school "Vuk Karadžić" which is on a border of Hadžipopovac and Stari Grad. There is a lot of cafes, bars and taverns in Hadžipopovac.
Old and famous tavern in this neighbourhood is "Kosmaj", at 105 Cvijićeva Street.[8]
Profesorska Kolonija
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3,792 | — |
| 1991 | 3,636 | −4.1% |
| 2002 | 3,306 | −9.1% |
| 2011 | 2,634 | −20.3% |
Roughly, eastern section of Hadžipopovac borders with the neighborhood of Profesorska Kolonija (Serbian: Професорска колонија). It has newer buildings than the rest of Hadžipopovac which is a cause for the popular quarrels between those who consider them inhabitants of Hadžipopovac and those from Profesorska Kolonija. Name of the neighborhood is Serbian for "Professor's colony".
The neighborhood developed during the Interbellum. It was originally mostly inhabited by the families of the Belgrade University professors and of members of the Serbian Royal Academy, hence the name.[11] The University handed the lots to their professors so that they could build houses and even served as the guarantor for professors' mortgage credits.[12] Profesorska Kolonija was built from 1926 to 1927, in the area which was formerly considered the northernmost extension of Bulbulder. It was bounded by the streets of Knez Miletina (today Despota Stefana Boulevard), Mitropolita Petra and Zdravka Čelara, and by the Bulbulder Creek which used to flow through the neighborhood before the urbanization. However, the creek continued to flood the area, especially after heavy rains, cutting off the neighborhood completely from downtown. The drainage network was constructed and the creek was conducted underground by 1933. In 1927, the bus line of public transportation was established, which connected Profesorska Kolonija section with the Belgrade Main railway station.[8]
Profesorska Kolonija is administratively organized as the local community of "Jovan Cvijić" which had a population of 2,634 in 2011.
House of Milutin Milanković, at 9 Ljubomira Stojanovića street, where the scientist Milutin Milanković lived, is located in the neighborhood. Milanković himself projected the house which was later declared a cultural monument.[13] Villa Prendić, built in 1932-1933 and designed by Milan Zloković was also declared a cultural monument. One of the most representative edifices of Modern architecture in Belgrade, it is located at 20 Osmana Đikića Street and faces the park. It was built for Jovan Prendić and his wife Dragojla Prendić, and originally also served as the medical office.[14]
References
- ^ Nenad Novak Stefanović (13 April 2018). "Zlatna cigla u zidu" [Golden brick in the wall]. Politika-Moja kuća (in Serbian). p. 01.
- ^ Osnovni skupovi stanovništva u zemlji – SFRJ, SR i SAP, opštine i mesne zajednice 31.03.1981, tabela 191. Savezni zavod za statistiku (txt file). 1983.
- ^ Stanovništvo prema migracionim obeležjima – SFRJ, SR i SAP, opštine i mesne zajednice 31.03.1991, tabela 018. Savezni zavod za statistiku (txt file). 1983.
- ^ Popis stanovništva po mesnim zajednicama, Saopštenje 40/2002, page 4. Zavod za informatiku i statistiku grada Beograda. 26 July 2002.
- ^ Stanovništvo po opštinama i mesnim zajednicama, Popis 2011. Grad Beograd – Sektor statistike (xls file). 23 April 2015.
- ^ Dragana Jokić Stamenković (28 May 2011), "Beograd na dvesta sputanih voda", Politika (in Serbian)
- ^ a b Svetlana Brnović Mitić (15–16 February 2019). "Крај Београда у којем су успевали славуји и фудбалери" [Neighborhood of Belgrade which thrived in nightingales and footballers]. Politika (in Serbian).
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ a b c d e f g Branko Bogdanović (23 February 2020). Политикин времеплов - Булбулдерски тролејбус [The Bulbulder trolleybus]. Politika-Magazin, No. 1169 (in Serbian). pp. 28–29.
- ^ DanasOnline (9 May 2008). "Otvoren hotel Zira u Ruzveltovoj" [Hotel Zira opened in Ruzveltova]. Danas (in Serbian).
- ^ Branka Vasiljević (23 June 2013), "Prestonički parkovi - mladići od šezdeset leta", Politika (in Serbian)
- ^ Dr. Aleksandar Nedok (6 February 2018). "Profesorska kolonija bez zdravstvene stanice" [Profesorska Kolonija without a healthcare center]. Politika (in Serbian).
- ^ Dana Stanković (13 April 2020). Професор др Драган Радовановић - Патња даје снагу [Professor Dr Dragan Radovanović - Suffering gives strength]. Politika-Magazine, No. 1176 (in Serbian). p. 9.
- ^ Daliborka Mučibabić (21 April 2013), "Prestonica bogatija za šest spomenika culture", Politika (in Serbian)
- ^ Daliborka Mučibabić (21 June 2020). Вила Прендић - седмо културно добро архитекте Злоковића [Vila Prendić - seventh cultural monument of architect Zloković]. Politika (in Serbian).
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