Topčider
Topčider (Cyrillic: Топчидер ) is a park south of the Danube and east of the Save in the Savski Venac district of the Serbian capital Belgrade .
The name Topčider is derived from the Turkish term for "cannon valley" ( top = cannon) and comes from the time of the Ottoman siege of Belgrade in 1521. The Ottomans cast their cannons in this park (see also Topçu ).
The Topčider Park covers an area of 1113.36 hectares in the valley of the river of the same name, which flows into the Save. It is considered to be one of the most popular excursion destinations in the Serbian capital.
history
The parks were laid out at the beginning of the 19th century, after initially only vineyards and the summer houses of some wealthy Serbs were located there. In 1831, Prince Miloš Obrenović had a palace, a few cafes, a church and barracks built on the site, as well as a park landscape. Belgrade's first park was created in the midst of ponds. Between 1831 and 1833 the existing lime pits were planted with plane trees by Czech gardeners and the central part with flowers. The “flower parterre” is symmetrical to the Miloš Palace and ends in front of the stone obelisk built in 1859.
On June 10, 1868, the Serbian Prince Mihailo Obrenović was murdered in Topčider. What is better known, however, is that Gavrilo Princip , who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 and thus triggered the First World War , received shooting lessons in this park from the secret service agent and member of the Serbian secret society Black Hand Milan Ciganović and thus practically on the assassination attempt prepared by Sarajevo .
Web links
Presentation of the park on the website of the City of Belgrade (German)
Coordinates: 44 ° 46 ′ 7 ″ N , 20 ° 26 ′ 50 ″ E