- Besni Fok
Besni Fok (Serbian
Cyrillic : Бесни Фок) is a suburban settlement ofBelgrade , the capital ofSerbia . It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula.Name
Name comes from the Serbian word "besni" which means rabid, wild and the old German word "fock" which means a canal, so the settlement was called "wild canal" because of the local canal which uncontrollably flooded the area.
Geography
Besni Fok is located in the northern,
Banat section of the municipality, 22 kilometers north of downtown Belgrade. It is built on the "Belanoš" canal in the marsh ofPančevački Rit . The settlement is not classified as a separate one but as a sub-settlement of the 9 kilometers awayDunavac to the north. The settlement are both small and don't make one continuous built-up area. However, due to its unusual name and popularity it gained as a fishing resort, Besni Fok is better known.Besni Fok is located on the "Zrenjaninski put" road which connects Belgrade with the town of
Zrenjanin inVojvodina . The settlement has very bad communal infrastructure.Since 1967, Besni Fok is a location of the traditional "Prvomajski uranak" or "Labour Day early outing", celebration of
May 1 ,Labour Day . [ [http://www.blic.co.yu/beograd.php?id=39853 Prvomajski uranak za svačiji ukus] ] [ [http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2007/05/01-02/srpski/bg07042901.shtml Od Avale do Fruške gore] ] It is traditionally celebrated with the large campbonfire and a series of sport activities, includingsack race ,futsal ,tug of war ,handball andsoccer matches, etc.Preliv
Sub-settlement of Preliv is a stretched row of some 80 houses 2.5 to 5 kilometers away from Besni Fok. Communal situation is even worse than in the rest of Besni Fok as practically it has no waterworks, roads or even grocery stores. The only economic activity in the settlement is agriculture. The name, "preliv", comes from the Serbian word for "overspill".
Široka Greda
Sub-settlement of Dunavac/Besni Fok. Located near the "Rasova" canal.
See also
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List of Belgrade neighborhoods References
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