Banja Koviljača

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Бања Ковиљача
Banja Koviljača
Banja Koviljača's coat of arms
Banja Koviljača (Serbia)
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Basic data
State : Serbia
Province : Central Serbia
Okrug : Mačva
Coordinates : 44 ° 31 '  N , 19 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 31 '0 "  N , 19 ° 9' 0"  E
Height : 128  m. i. J.
Residents : 5,405 (2011)
Telephone code : (+381) 015
Postal code : 15 316
License plate : LO
Structure and administration
Community type: city
Mayor : Miloš Stojanović

Banja Koviljača ( Cyrillic Бања Ковиљача ) is a spa town in western Serbia . It lies on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina , which is formed here by the Drina River , below the 770 m high mountain Gučevo in the municipality of Loznica . Banja Koviljača has about 5,500 inhabitants.

history

Banja Koviljaca Park
Roman stone above Banja Koviljaca, Koviljkin grad

The place Koviljača (in old Serbian "strengthening medicinal grass") was raised on August 1, 1898 by decree of the Serbian government to the royal bath with the name "Banja Koviljača" with the stipulation to build appropriate facilities and spa houses. These measures were essentially carried out between 1920 and 1930, delayed by the Balkan Wars and the First World War . Before this name the place was called “ Koviljkin grad ” and even before that it had been a sought-after healing place since the Roman era.

The city was the terminus of the narrow-gauge railway Šabac – Banja Koviljača . During the First World War, Banja Koviljača was the scene of major battles between Serbian and Austrian troops. After the end of the war, King Alexander I inaugurated a monument to the fallen soldiers on Mount Gučevo.

  • King Peter's Bath in Banja Koviljaca

  • Fountain in Banja Koviljaca

  • Hotel Dalmatia

  • Hotel Herzegovina

  • Kursalon

  • citadel

  • One of the many abandoned villas

  • Leaving Villa Bosnia