Kraljevo
Општина Краљево the municipality of Kraljevo |
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Monument to the Serbian Soldier in Kraljevo |
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Serbia | |||
Okrug : | Raška | |||
Coordinates : | 43 ° 43 ' N , 20 ° 41' E | |||
Height : | 206 m. i. J. | |||
Area : | 1,530 km² | |||
Residents : | 65,660 (2011) | |||
Agglomeration : | 130,094 (2011) | |||
Population density : | 43 inhabitants per km² | |||
Telephone code : | (+381) 036 | |||
Postal code : | 36000 | |||
License plate : | KV | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2012-2016) | ||||
Mayor : | Dragan Jovanović ( SNS ) | |||
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Kraljevo ( Serbian - Cyrillic Краљево ) is a city in Serbia with 65,660 inhabitants (2011). The city is located on the Ibar , seven kilometers west of its confluence with the Western Morava in a low mountain range between the Kotlenik Mountains in the north and the Stolovi Mountains in the south. Kraljevo is the capital of the Serbian district Raška and the Opština Kraljevo (125,000 inhabitants).
history
The city used to be called Rudo Polje , Karanovac or Rankovićevo (after Aleksandar Ranković ). It bears its current name, which means "royal city", after the Serbian king Milan I (reigned 1868 to 1889), who made Kraljevo a diocese instead of Čačak . During the First World War the city was occupied by the Austrians.
In the course of the occupation of Yugoslavia during the Second World War, the German Wehrmacht moved into the city in 1941 . In retaliation against the actions of Chetniks , it carried out the Kraljevo and Kragujevac massacres in October 1941 , which killed several thousand civilians. The massacre took place in front of and in a large assembly hall, which was then brought to Wiener Neustadt in more than 400 freight wagons and rebuilt there, which is why the hall was popularly known as the “ Serbenhalle ”. During the war there was a paratrooper training flight school in Kraljevo , which was operated by the German Air Force .
Attractions
The most important sight is the Coronation Church belonging to the Žiča Monastery , where a number of Serbian kings were crowned. This church dates in part from 1210 when Saint Sava of Serbia founded the monastery. The church was built in the Byzantine style and was later restored. In the surrounding area , the Studenica Monastery , declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 , 39 km southwest of the city, is particularly worth seeing.
sons and daughters of the town
- Kosta Manojlović (1890–1949), composer and ethnomusicologist
- Radoš Čubrić (1934–2017), cyclist
- Predrag Ostojić (1938–1996), chess grandmaster
- Biljana Petrović (* 1961), high jumper
- Goran Petrović (* 1961), writer
- Vladimir Bogojevič (* 1976), basketball player and coach
- Dragan Mladenović (* 1976), football player
- Aleksandar Nikačević (* 1978), racing cyclist
- Milan Dudić (* 1979), football player
- Slobodan Ocokoljić (* 1980), basketball player
- Nenad Kovačević (* 1980), football player
- Aleksandar Luković (* 1982), football player
- Nenad Krstić (* 1983), basketball player
- Aleksandar Trišović (* 1983), football player
- Nikola Kovačević (* 1983), volleyball player
- Dejan Lekić (* 1985), football player
- Milija Mrdak (* 1991), volleyball player
- Uroš Kovačević (* 1993), volleyball player