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Peščenica - Žitnjak
Peščenica may refer to: *Peščenica or Stara Peščenica, a neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia * Peščenica – Žitnjak, a city district of Zagreb * Republic of Peščenica, a fictional state located in Zagreb See also * Pešćenica, Sisak-Moslavina County, a village in Croatia {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stara Peščenica
Stara Peščenica () is a neighborhood located in the northwestern corner of the Peščenica – Žitnjak administrative city district of Zagreb, Croatia. It is bordered by Zvonimirova Street and the J. F. Kennedy Square on the north, Budakova Street on the east, railway (later Branimirova Avenue) on the south and Vjekoslav Heinzel Avenue on the west. It has a population of 5,700 (2011). The neighborhood's name (translated to English as ''Old Peščenica'') correctly displays it both as the oldest part of what is today Peščenica - Žitnjak district, and having a rich history. History Stara Peščenica began as a village in the vicinity of Zagreb in the 19th century. After the Adolf Mošinsky, Mošinsky's 1902 annexation of Lašćina and Žitnjak municipalities into the City of Zagreb, and urban sprawl encompassing areas east of Heinzel Avenue, poor settlements sprang up north of the railway exiting the city. One of these settlements was Stara Peščenica, growing along the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peščenica – Žitnjak
Peščenica – Žitnjak () is a city district in the southeastern part of Zagreb, Croatia. It consists of two parts: Peščenica, a set of neighborhoods; and Žitnjak, a large industrial zone on the city outskirts, and has a total population of 56,487 (2011 census). The smaller neighbourhoods that form the core of Peščenica include: * Stara Peščenica * Donje Svetice * Volovčica * Ferenščica These neighborhoods are delineated by major city arterials, such as the Slavonska Avenue and Vukovarska Avenue. To the northeast, towards Donja Dubrava, there are: * Borongaj (local administration "Bruno Bušić") * Borongaj Lugovi * Vukomerec To the southwest, towards Trnje, there are: * Borovje * Folnegovićevo naselje * local administration "Oton Župančić" The places in the outer rim, around and beyond Žitnjak, include: * Kozari Bok * Kozari putevi * Savica–Šanci * Petruševec * Resnik * Ivanja Reka * Žitnjak (Struge) History Stara Peščenica and Volovčica were first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Peščenica
The Republic of Peščenica ( Croatian: Republika Peščenica) was a satirical-parodical project of Croatian Željko Malnar named after the Zagreb neighbourhood of Peščenica. Events were aired on anti-TV-show Nightmare Stage (''Noćna mora''), on Saturdays from 22:00 until the early morning hours on Z1, and transmitted via satellite. Events were described in short version in Malnar's column in the Globus magazine from Zagreb. For a short period of time, shortened (and censored) versions of previous shows were aired on Croatian national TV in May 2007 (as "Privremeni tjednik"; only five episodes). It was located in Peščenica, a working-class neighbourhood in Zagreb. The neighbourhood is in the northern part of the city (northwards from Sava river), southeastwards from the city center. The project ended with the end of the TV-Show in 2010 after the "minister of defense", Zvonimir Levačić, died. Anthem is ''Peščenice bijela'' and ''Danijela''. Željko Malnar & Soma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |