Bagljaš ( sr, Багљаш) is a part of the city of

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...

. It is named after a Slovakian family named Bagljas which used to have vineyards in that area. The family still has descendants in the village of Aradac. One part of the area was a graveyard that during the

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became a place where fascist occupiers systematically killed partisans and patriots, among whom was the famous

Sonja Marinković Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to: People * Sonia (name), a feminine given name (lists people named, Sonia, Sonja and Sonya) :* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films :* Sonia ...

. A monument has been erected and the graveyard removed. Bagljaš was urbanised after the Second World War as a "city inside a city" so that it has a particular urban wholeness. It consists of the New and Old Bagljaš, which are separated by the Boulevard of

Veljko Vlahović Veljko Vlahović (Cyrillic: Вељко Влаховић; 2 September 1914 – 7 March 1975) was a Montenegrin politician and career army officer. He was one of the more prominent members of the Montenegrin branch of the Yugoslav Communist Party fro ...

. It is often considered as Zrenjanin's version of the

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. Bagljas has more than 20,000 inhabitants and is the biggest part of Zrenjanin. There is a primary school, "Petar Petrovic Njegoš", kindergarten "Crvenkapica", a health center and a new secondary medical school. It lies on the exit from Zrenjanin towards Novi Sad. City's Hospital is located at the entrance of Bagljas. West of Bagljas is located a new urban industrial zone and new commercial center. Administratively, the neighborhood is split into two: the North, called after the Sonja Marinković and the South, Veljko Vlahović. bagljas

"Aviv Park", the Zrenjanin's only shopping mall, has opened in Bagljas in 2015. The most advanced five star cinema in Serbia with four multiplex screens, "Cinestar" is located within Bagljas. There is also a Zrenjanin sport airport, where famous competitions of scooter such as European Championship in free flying. Orthodox Church "Ascension of Christ" is being built in Bagljas, the first orthodox temple in Zrenjanin after 200 years.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20100307061213/http://www.bagljas.org.rs/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagljas Populated places in Serbian Banat Zrenjanin