Bagljaš

Bagljas is a part of the city of Zrenjanin. It got its name after a Slovakian family named Bagljas which used to have vineyards on that area. This family still has got its descendants in the village of Aradac. On one part of this area it was a graveyard that during the Second World War became a place where fascist occupiers systematically killed partisans and patriots, among which there was the famous Sonya Marinkovic. Afterwards, there was a monument erected and the graveyard removed.

Bagljas was urbanistically built after the Second World War. It is being built as a "city inside a city" so that it has a particular urbanistic wholeness. It consists of the New and Old Bagljas, which are separated by the Boulevard of Veljko Vlahovic.

Bagljas has more than 20,000 inhabitants and it is the biggest part of Zrenjanin. In it, there is a primary school "Petar Petrovic Njegos", a health center, and a new secondary medical school is currently being built. It lies in the exit of Zrenjanin towards Novi Sad. West of Bagljas there is a new urban industrial zone being built. Administratively, Bagljas is split into two: the North, called after the Sonya Marinkovic and the South, Veljko Vlahovic.

There is also a Zrenjanin sport airport, where famous competitions of scooter such as European Championship in free flying.