Crna Bara () is a village in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
, in the
Mačva region. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of
Bogatić
Bogatić ( sr-cyr, Богатић, ) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has 28,843 residents.
Geography
Bogatić is located in the western part of Serbia. The nearest large settl ...
. According to the 2002 census, the village had 2,270 residents. It lies near the confluence of
Drina river into
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally th ...
.
Geography
The village is in the far northwest of
Mačve, located at the mouth of
the Drina River in
Savu. Farmland is about 2.772 - - of which the major part is located in a floodplain where the Drina and Sava rivers during floods and covered more than 2,000 acres.
The village is populated urban type with 19 streets and 4 correct intersection. All streets in the village are paved and street lighting covered about 30% of the settlements. Field roads are in very good condition.
History
Famous people from Crna Bara include the Serbian historian
Miloš Milojević and Serbian soldier
Vuk Isaković Vuk Isaković ( sr-cyr, Вук Исаковић; fl. 1696-1759) was a Serb military commander in Austrian service during the Austrian-Ottoman Wars. He was the inspiration for the main character, Vuk Isakovič (Вук Исакович), in the ''Seo ...
. Milojević (
Crna Bara,
Principality of Serbia, 16 October 1840 -
Belgrade
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,
Kingdom of Serbia
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, 24 June 1897) was a Serbian
historian
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,
politician
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and
writer
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.
Janko Veselinović, a writer, wrote the novel
Hajduk Stanko: historical novel in three parts'', in 1896, with the action taking place in the
Montenegro Bari
During the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, Crna Bara was the scene of enormous defense works put in place by the
Serbian Army to disrupt the invasion by
Austria-Hungary
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. The peninsula-shaped floodplain due west of Crna Bara lying and north of the confluence of the Drina and Sava rivers is called the ''Parasnica'' and was surrounded on three sides by enemy territory. The Serbians constructed hundreds of miles of trenches in an area of only two and a half square miles to defend the route into Crna Bara and beyond. Although the Parasnica resisted all attempts at seizure in August and September 1914, the Austrians successfully bypassed the strongpoint during its third invasion in November 1914. The
Battle of Kolubara
The Battle of Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубарска битка, german: Schlacht an der Kolubara) was fought between Austria-Hungary and Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of World War I.
It ...
caused the Austrians to evacuate all of Serbia in mid-December 1914, and the Parasnica was once more a strongpoint until Serbia's definite conquest in late autumn 1915. After the war, all of the trenches were dismantled and the Parasnica was restored to farmland.
Culture and contemporary life
In the village there is an eight-year-old school " Janko Veselinović" with a branch in
Glogovac
Drenas, also known as Gllogoc or Glogovac, is a town and municipality in central Kosovo. As of the 2011 census, there were 6,143 people residing in Drenas and 58,531 in the municipality.
History
The municipality of Drenas was established be ...
and
Sovljak, St. Vaznesenija ( village celebrates the Spasovdan ), a post office with an automatic telephone exchange with over 600 subscribers, health center, veterinary station.
Cultural event "Hajdučke večeri" is held every year in early August. It was once one of the biggest cultural events in the country, gathering up to 100,000 visitors.
The village was in 1735. The St. George 's church was consecrated 1732nd year for which awareness is credited
Vuk Isakovič .
Demographics
In the village of Crna Bara live 1836 adult population, and the average age is 42.4 years (41.6 for men and 43.1 for women). The village then had 683 households, and the average number of persons per household was 3.32.
This village is almost entirely populated by
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
(according to the 2002 census), and in the last three censuses, there was a decline in population.
The village has 680 households and 988 houses, as there are many abandoned houses, and there are plenty of weekend houses in two-weekend settlements "Vasin Šib" on the Drina (has electricity) and "Confluence" at the confluence of the Drina and Sava rivers (without electricity).
Tourism
An area along the bank of the Drina, named "Vasin Šib" developed into the weekend-settlement. It has a hotel "Cer", motel "Mačvanska kuća", several restaurants and
bungalow
A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas.
The first house in England that was classified as a b ...
s. Several
sports field
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For most sports t ...
s are also built.
See also
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Bogatić
Bogatić ( sr-cyr, Богатић, ) is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has 28,843 residents.
Geography
Bogatić is located in the western part of Serbia. The nearest large settl ...
References
Populated places in Mačva District
Mačva
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