- Topčidersko Brdo
Topčidersko Brdo (
Serbian Cyrillic : Топчидерско Брдо) is an urban neighborhood and former municipality ofBelgrade , the capital ofSerbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality ofSavski Venac .Location
Topčidersko Brdo (Serbian for "Topčider Hill") is located 4 kilometers south-east of downtown Belgrade to which it is directly connected through the "Kneza Miloša" street. The central street of Topčidersko Brdo is the "Boulevard of
Vojvoda Putnik " with aroundabout of "Topčiderska zvezda" ("Topčider star"). On the western slope of the hill, which sharply ends above theSava river, the neighborhood of Senjak is located, while east of the Boulevard of Vojvoda Putnik is the neighborhood of Dedinje. Northern slope, in the valley of the former creek ofMokroluški potok (now conducted underground) was occupied by the former neighborhood ofJatagan Mala which was demolished to make way for the newinterchange on a highway,Mostarska Petlja and a new railway station of Prokop. Hajd park, named after the famous Hyde Park in London, is also on the northern slope of the hill. To the south, the neighborhood extends into the valley of theTopčiderka and the park ofTopčider itself. The hill is mosly a wooded area since it was forseted in 1926 as a project of extending the woods of Topčider closer to the city.Municipality
The municipality of Topčidersko Brdo was formed after the previous division of Belgrade into districts (rejon, 1945-52) abolished. It comprised the two wealthiest neighborhoods of Belgrade,
Senjak andDedinje . Following the new administrative reorganization, Topčidersko Brdo merged with the municipality ofZapadni Vračar to create new, still existing municipality of Savski Venac. After the abolition of the municipality, Topčidersko Brdo remains mostly a geographical rather than administrative term even though it makes one local community within Belgrade with Senjak (Topčidersko Brdo-Senjak) with a population of 7,249 in 2002.References
* "Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija", First edition (1960), Vol. II; Prosveta;
* Bulletin No 40/2002: Census of population by the local communities - preliminary results; City of Belgrade's Statistical office;
* "Beograd - plan grada"; M@gic M@p, 2006; ISBN 86-83501-53-1
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