Vračar

With 292 hectares, Vračar is the smallest and with 18,487 inhabitants / km² the most densely populated municipality in Belgrade and Serbia. At the same time, it is the city's highest income municipality. The Slavija is a major transport hub in Belgrade. The diameter line in the Vračar tunnel runs from the south portal at Karađorđev park to the Vukov spomenik station up to 40 m below the city.

In addition to the monumental St. Sava Cathedral, the Vračar also houses the National Library of Serbia and is entirely occupied by a park (St. Sava Plateau - Svetosavski Plato).

The patron saint festival of the Vračar district is St. Sava on January 27th.

Surname

There are some legends about the origin of the name Vračar . The oldest goes back to 1521 , when this area got its name after a hero, an unbeliever, named Vračar , who built his hut in this place . According to another, the name was derived from vrapčijia polja (vrabac = sparrow , polje = field - sparrow field), because many of these birds had settled in the area of today's Vračar. When the rayon was abolished in 1952, two municipalities were formed: East Vračar and Neimar. In 1960 the area of the present city district was determined, which includes parts of the former municipalities - East Vračar, Neimar and Terazije.

The National Library of Serbia
The St. Sava Cathedral

Web links

Commons : Vračar - collection of images, videos and audio files

official page

Individual evidence

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