Military hospital in Vračar

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The military hospital in Vračar

The military hospital in Vračar in Belgrade in the municipality of Savski Venac was built between 1904 and 1909. It is part of the immovable cultural asset as a cultural monument .

prehistory

The doctor Roman Sondermeier, who came to Serbia from Poland in 1889, wrote in his autobiography about the previously existing hospital: "The hospital and the conditions that I found there made a terrible impression". In the same year 1889 he initiated the construction of a new hospital, the construction of which began in 1903. For this purpose, the Belgrade municipality offered the military the property in West Vračar in exchange for the piece of land where the Palilula barracks were located. In its original form, the newly built hospital survived the bombardment of the First World War without serious damage. At the end of the 1920s, new equipment came from Germany as part of reparations, as well as funds for reconstructions and the expansion of the existing hospital pavilion. In 1930, the military hospital officially opened for the second time. The first reconstruction had neither impaired spatial functionality nor appearance. During further extensive and stylistically incoherent complex reconstructions in the post-war period, particularly in the early 1960s, some pavilions were completely renovated and some were added. The buildings that were not damaged in the war and were spared later include the central administration building with the main entrance area, a partly one-story, partly multi-story building (in the central risalit) with a central two-story tower. The former central entrance was walled up, and the interior design in this central part was converted so that the building is now entered through the wings.

architecture

The urban development of the Clinical Center of Serbia began in the middle of the 19th century on the property, where there was a green area on the west and south sides and open space on the east side, where the clinics of the Medical Faculty were built after the First World War. A large part of the area within the hospital property is planted and covered with a park. The construction of the military hospital complex on an area of ​​approx. 8 hectares was in the hands of the architect Danilo Vladisavljević , who was then in the service of the Ministry of War. It was regarded as an example of modern hospital architecture of the pavilion type and as the first completely achieved spatial composition on the basis of double symmetrically arranged buildings, as was the architectural solution of the main entrance in the axis of Svetozar Marković Street. This led to a change in the Belgrade regulatory plan: abolition of the expansion of Resavska, Svetozar Marković, Kralj Milutin and Višegrad streets and creation of five new blocks in the area of ​​the hospital. The administration building gave the western Vračar a remarkable silhouette. The complex of 12 buildings is considered a successful architectural achievement, both from the aspect of utilitarian and architectural aesthetics in the history of Belgrade urban planning. Influenced by the German school, Vladisavljević used the Romanesque style typical of this type of building in Germany. In addition, the use of reduced decorative elements is also noticeable. The military hospital was considered representative of the most modern stylistic expression of its time in terms of functionality of the medical service and architectural solutions.

meaning

As a medical center, not only military, but also of importance for the development of hospitals in Serbia and Belgrade, the military hospital trained the best staff and as an educational center it was the core from which the Medical Faculty of Belgrade University emerged.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Belgrade City Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments / Military Hospital at Vračar
  2. ↑ Београдски странци, Прича о космополитизму и енергији града који траје, Београд 2009.
  3. ↑ Досије споменика културе "Војна болница на Врачару" исечци из литературе- Документација Завода за заштиту споменика културе града Београда ; Мали Журнал, December 6, 1909; Српски Архив за целокупно лекарство, уред. Др Јован Данић, Београд 1906.
  4. ↑ Општина Савски венац
  5. ↑ В.Станојевић, Организатори здравствене службе и истакнути болнички лекари Старог Београда., 196–19 - IX –19X.
  6. ↑ С. Г.Богуновић, Архитектонска енциклопедија Београда XIX и XX века, Архитекти, Београд 2005

Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 20 ° 27 ′ 35.1 ″  E