Klisanski breg ( sr-cyr, Klisanski breg), also known as Gornje Sajlovo ( sr, Горње Сајлово) and Šumice ( sr, Шумице), is an urban neighborhood of the city of
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
, Serbia.
History
In the past, this area was known as Gornje Sajlovo. In 1237, two villages named Sajlovo (Gornje Sajlovo and
Donje Sajlovo
Sajlovo ( sr-cyrl, Сајлово; hu, Zajol) or Donje Sajlovo ( sr-cyrl, Доње Сајлово) is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia.
History
In 1237, two villages with name Sajlovo (Hungarian: Zajol), Donje Sajlovo and Gornje Saj ...
) were mentioned to exist in this area. The original name of these settlements was Isailovo. The settlements were named after monk Isaija from a nearby monastery that existed in the 12th century, east of
Rumenka
Rumenka () is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 6,495 people (2011 census).
Name
In Serbian and Croatian, the village is known as ''Rumenka'' (Руменка), and ...
. The name Sajlovo/Isailovo is of
Slavic origin, which indicates that these settlements were initially inhabited by
Slavs
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...
.
In the 16th century, the village was destroyed and later
Ottoman defter
A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Description
The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...
s mention Gornje Sajlovo as a heath that was inhabited by people, but not in the form of a settlement. In 1554, an Ottoman defter recorded that Sajlovo had three houses that paid taxes, while by 1570, the number of houses that paid taxes had increased to seven. However, since Ottoman defters did not record houses that were liberated from paying taxes, these records do not show the correct number of inhabitants in the area.
Borders
The eastern border of Klisanski breg is ulica Profesora Grčića (Profesora Grčića Street), the northern border is E75 international road, the north-western border is a north-western city limit of Novi Sad, while the southern border towards industrial zone is not entirely clear.
Neighbouring city quarters
The neighbouring city quarters are:
Klisa in the east,
Rimski Šančevi
Rimski Šančevi ( sr, Римски Шанчеви) is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is mostly an industrial zone, but it is partially a residential area as well.
Name
Its name means "the Roman trenches". It was named ...
in the north, and
Industrijska Zona Sever
The City of Novi Sad Serbia has several industrial zones, which are, unlike non-industrial neighborhoods, mostly used for industrial purposes.
List of industrial zones in Novi Sad
#Marija Snežna (Radna Zona Istok)
#Rasadnik (Radna Zona Zapad ...
(northern industrial zone) in the south.
See also
*
Neighborhoods of Novi Sad
This is a list of the neighbourhoods and suburbs of Novi Sad.
Neighbourhoods on the left bank of the Danube
* Stari Grad (Old City, City Centre)
* Bulevar
* Liman (Liman I, Liman II, Liman III, Liman IV)
* Almaški Kraj
* Podbara
** Indus ...
References
*Branko Ćurčin, Slana Bara nekad i sad, Novi Sad, 2002.
*Zoran Rapajić, Novi Sad bez tajni, Beograd, 2002.
External links
About Klisanski breg(in Serbian)
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Novi Sad neighborhoods