East Vračar or Istočni Vračar ( Serbian Cyrillic: Источни Врачар) is a former urban neighborhood and municipality of Belgrade, the capital of

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. It was located in Belgrade's municipality of

Vračar Vračar ( sr-Cyrl, Врачар, ) is an affluent urban area and municipality of the city of Belgrade known as the location of many embassies and museums. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 56,333 inhabitant ...

to which it generally corresponds today.

Location

Istočni Vračar was located in the area which is today covered by the territory of the municipality of Vračar and the westernmost section of the municipality of

Zvezdara Zvezdara ( sr-cyr, Звездара, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. The municipality is geographically hilly and with many forests. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 148,014 inhabitants. The ...

(local community (''mesna zajednica'') of Vračarsko Polje) and represents the eastern part of the former, much larger neighborhood of Vračar (see Zapadni Vračar).

History

Istočni Vračar started to be built since 1880 when a Scottish businessman and Nazarene

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bought a large piece of land nearby (which eventually became known as Englezovac, Serbian for ''Englishman's place''), parcelled it out into lots for selling and donated a piece of land to the Serbian Orthodox Church for the construction of the

Temple of Saint Sava The Temple of Saint Sava ( sr-Cyrl, Храм Светог Саве, Hram Svetog Save, lit='The Temple of Saint Sava') is a Serbian Orthodox church which sits on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade, Serbia. It was planned as the bishopric seat an ...

. Later, Istočni Vračar extended to Grantovac, an area of land belonging to the American consul Edward Maxwell Grant and

Krunski Venac Krunski Venac ( sr, Крунски Венац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Vračar. In May 2021, the neighborhood was protected as the spatial cultural-historical unit ...

around the ''Krunska street'', a street starting from the Royal Park and ending with

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. Kalenić market is the largest open air market in Belgrade and is the commercial centre of modern Vračar.

Municipality

The municipality of Vračar was officially formed in 1952 after Belgrade was administratively reorganized from districts (rejon) to municipalities. On 1 September 1955, Vračar was divided into Zapadni Vračar and Istočni Vračar. A year and a half later, on 1 January 1957, parts of Istočni Vračar merged with the municipality of Neimar and the western part of the municipality of Terazije to create a new, albeit smaller, municipality in Belgrade. Zapadni Vračar became municipality of Savski Venac, while the easternmost section of Istočni Vračar became part of the municipality of Zvezdara. Neighborhoods of Belgrade Former and proposed municipalities of Belgrade Vračar Zvezdara {{BelgradeRS-geo-stub