Resnik ( sr, Ресник, ) is an
urban neighborhood of
Belgrade
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,
Serbia
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. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of
Rakovica.
Location
Resnik is located in the southern section of the municipality and makes the southernmost point of the urban Belgrade City Proper. Originally a village distant from Belgrade, which developed between the valleys of the creek of
Rakovički potok and the
Topčiderka
Topčiderska River ( sr, Топчидерска река / ''Topčiderska reka'', "Topčider River"), or colloquially Topčiderka ( sr-cyr, Топчидерка), or Topčiderski Creek ( sr, Топчидерски поток / ''Topčiderski potok ...
river. The creek of ''Pariguz'' flows through the southern parts of Resnik before it empties into the Topčiderka. The settlement is roughly triangularly shaped and bordered by the settlements of
Sunčani Breg
Sunčani Breg ( sr, Сунчани Брег) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica.
Location
Sunčani Breg is the sub-neighborhood of Miljakovac, in its southe ...
,
Jelezovac
Jelezovac ( sr-Cyr, Јелезовац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Rakovica. Though official city documents refer to the area as part of the Sunčani Breg-Jelezovac settleme ...
,
Straževica
Straževica ( sr, Стражевица) is a hill and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica. The area was the most heavily bombed part of Belgrade during the NATO bombin ...
(north),
Petlovo Brdo
Petlovo Brdo or colloquially among the local population Pevac ( sr-cyr, Петлово Брдо or Певац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica.
Location
Petlov ...
and
Kijevo (north-west) which make Resnik's urban connection to the rest of Belgrade. The other three sides are still not urbanized (fields of Klik, Mandrine, Hladna Voda, Pašinac, etc.).
Kadinac creek flows into the Topčiderka west of the neighborhood. As it grows, Resnik almost makes a continuously built-up area with
Rušanj on the south, and Pinosava on the south-east.
History
The village of Resnik was mentioned in
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 ...
'' from 1528. It had 17 houses in 1713 and 33 in 1718. First school was open in 1842.
Resnik was a separate village and had its own municipality from 1832 until the 1959/1960 administrative reform, when became part of the
Čukarica
Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade.
Name
Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refinery, there was a kafana in the secon ...
municipality. In 1972, it lost a separate settlement status and became part of the Belgrade urban proper. When municipality of Rakovica was reconstructed in 1974 from part of Čukarica, Resnik became part of it. It continued to be the seat of the local community, a sub-municipal administrative unit. By the 1981 census it was divided in two (Resnik and Avala Grad) and in 2010 two new local communities were created: Železnička Stanica Resnik and Sunčani Breg.
[
When the neighboring Kijevo lost its separate settlement status in 1959, the majority of its area was attached to the village of ]Kneževac
Κneževac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежевац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica.
Location
Κneževac is located in the central part of the municipality. It developed as a villa ...
, but one small part became a cadastral part of Resnik.
From the 1970s, local entrepreneurs attempted to turn Resnik into the nightlife attraction. In the 1970s, a club "Resnik" was opened in the former adult movie theater
An adult movie theater is a euphemistic term for a movie theater dedicated to the exhibition of pornographic films.
Adult movie theaters show pornographic films primarily for either a respectively heterosexual or homosexual audience. For the patro ...
which was closed by the authorities. In the 1980s, a club "Cvetni Breg" was also opened. Though gaining some prominence, the move ultimately failed as the venues, being distant from downtown, weren't much attended.
Characteristics
Resnik is predominantly residential settlement. It is close to the important traffic routes: the valley of Rakovički potok is a route to the ''Kružni put'', suburban road of Belgrade and the future part of the projected Belgrade beltway
The Belgrade bypass ( sr, Обилазница око Београда, Obilaznica oko Beograda) or Belgrade city road bypass is a U-shaped, 69-km long motorway partially encircling the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Some 9.6 km of ...
, and a Belgrade-Požarevac
Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, ...
railway, while the valley of Topčiderka is a route to the Belgrade-Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...
railway. Resnik has a railway stations on both railways (northern one is officially styled Jajinci
Jajinci ( sr-cyrl, Јајинци, ) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood located in the municipality of Voždovac, in Belgrade, Serbia. It was the site of the worst carnage in Serbia during World War II when German occupational ...
but it is far from that neighborhood). Tunnels are constructed on both road and railway passing through the northern section of Resnik.
The building industry develops along the ''Kružni put'' as a series of construction companies, cement plants and a building material's depots are located there. An open green market (''kvantaš'') is also located on the road.
The artificial lake Pariguz is a well-known attraction in the area. It was made in 1989/90 and named after the nearby creek. It is a popular summer destination for many inhabitants of Resnik and for Belgraders who have weekend-houses in the area, even though the water was never tested and the banks are not arranged. Lake Pariguz was the proposed site of the 3rd Europe
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an Peoples Global Action
Peoples' Global Action (PGA) was the name of a worldwide co-ordination of radical social movements, grassroots campaigns and direct actions in resistance to capitalism and for social and environmental justice. PGA was part of the anti-globalization ...
held in 2004, before it was moved to Jajinci.
Sub-neighborhoods
Avala Grad
Urban settlement built in the period from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Patin Majdan
South-eastern extension of the neighborhood, in the direction of Pinosava. It is located on the Topčiderka river and is prone to flash floods during the heavy rains.
Sunčani Breg
Formerly the northernmost extension of Resnik, across the railway, in the Miljakovac
Miljakovac ( sr, Миљаковац), () is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica.
Location
Miljakovac is located on the northern outskirts of the Miljakovac Forest (' ...
direction. Split into the separate local community in 2010.[
]
Transport
Resnik has its own railway station. Resnik railway station
Resnik railway station ( sr, Железничка станица Ресник) is a railway station of Belgrade railway junction, Belgrade–Niš and Belgrade–Bar railway. Located in Resnik, Rakovica, Belgrade. Railroad continues to Pinosava ...
was located on the, now defunct, regional express network of BG Voz
BG VOZ ( sr-Cyrl, БГ ВОЗ; stylized as BG:VOZ, sr-Cyrl, БГ:ВОЗ) is an urban rail system that serves the city of Belgrade, Serbia. It is operated by the public transit corporation GSP Belgrade and is a part of the integrated BusPlus syste ...
. On 13 April 2018, it became part of BG Voz
BG VOZ ( sr-Cyrl, БГ ВОЗ; stylized as BG:VOZ, sr-Cyrl, БГ:ВОЗ) is an urban rail system that serves the city of Belgrade, Serbia. It is operated by the public transit corporation GSP Belgrade and is a part of the integrated BusPlus syste ...
, Belgrade's urban rail system, which connected Resnik with the Belgrade Centre railway station
The Belgrade Centre railway station ( sr, Железничка станица Београд Центар, Železnička stanica Beograd Centar), colloquially known as Prokop ( sr-Cyrl, Прокоп), is the new central railway station in Belgrade ...
in Prokop
Prokop may mean either of two Hussite generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan:
* Prokop the Great
* Prokop the Lesser
Other people who bore the name Prokop:
* Procopius, 6c historian
* Saint Prokop, or Procopius of Sázava (died 1 ...
. The projected commuting time, via Kijevo, Kneževac
Κneževac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежевац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica.
Location
Κneževac is located in the central part of the municipality. It developed as a villa ...
, Rakovica, Košutnjak
Košutnjak ( sr-cyr, Кошутњак, ) is a park-forest and urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica (upper and central parts) and Rakovica (lower part). With the adjoini ...
and Topčider
Topčider ( sr-cyr, Топчидер; ) is a forest park and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between the municipalities of Čukarica, Rakovica and Savski Venac. Being close to downtown, it is one of the maj ...
(the train will not stop at the last two stations), is calculated at only 18 minutes.
Neighbourhood is served by five bus lines from GSP Belgrade
GSP Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public transit company in the city of Belgrade. As of 2018, it operates with 170 lines and has 1,611 active vehicles.
Name
The acronym "GSP" stands for ''Gradsko saobraćajno preduzeće'' ( sr-Cyrl, Градско с ...
; 47 ( Slavija - Resnik), 94 (New Belgrade
New Belgrade ( sr, / , ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. It is a planned city, built since 1948 in a previously uninhabited area on the left bank of the Sava river, opposite old Belgrade. In recent years, it has become the central bu ...
- Resnik), 503 (Voždovac
Voždovac ( sr-cyr, Вождовац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 158,213 inhabitants.
The municipality is located in the south-central part of the urban ...
- Resnik), 504 (Vidikovac
Vidikovac ( sr-cyr, Видиковац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica.
Location
Vidikovac is located on the top of the hill of the same name, in the eastern pa ...
- Resnik) and 506 (Patin majdan - Resnik), also a line passing through the settlement is 507 (Kneževac
Κneževac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кнежевац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Rakovica.
Location
Κneževac is located in the central part of the municipality. It developed as a villa ...
- Rušanj)
Future
In September 2007 an official motion was started by the municipality of Voždovac
Voždovac ( sr-cyr, Вождовац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 158,213 inhabitants.
The municipality is located in the south-central part of the urban ...
to create new sub-Avala
Avala ( sr-cyr, Авала, ) is a mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view of Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides is ...
n municipality (Avalski Venac
Avalski Venac ( Cyrillic: Авалски венац) is a proposed municipality of the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
Movement
Movement for creation of the municipality began in 1996 and was enhanced since 2002 and successful campaign ...
), which would include the settlements of Ripanj
Ripanj ( sr-Cyrl, Рипањ) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac. It has a distinction of being "the largest village of Serbia" taking in account its number of population, but also b ...
, Beli Potok, Pinosava
Pinosava (Serbian Cyrillic: Пиносава) is a small town and a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac, on the western slope of the Avala mountain, in the valley of the Topčiderka river, over 15 kil ...
and Zuce
Zuce ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зуце) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.
Location and geography
Zuce is the easternmost settlement in the municipality, located in the low Šuma ...
from Voždovac, Vrčin
Vrčin ( Serbian Cyrillic: Врчин) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Grocka.
Name
Though the village itself was mentioned much later, historians Dušan J. Popović and Vladimir ...
from the municipality of Grocka
Grocka ( sr-cyr, Гроцка, ) or Grocka na Dunavu ( sr-cyr, Гроцка на Дунаву, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has 83,906 inhabitants.
Location and geography
The ...
and Resnik. It was supported by the local Voždovac administration headed by the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
at the time, but not by the members of the same party on the city level. It was also proposed by the political party G17 Plus
G17 Plus was a centre-right political party in Serbia. Founded as a non-governmental organization dealing with economic issues, in 2002 it transformed into a political party that became part of several ruling coalition governments in Serbia thro ...
in 2010 and Nova Stranka in 2015, but with Resnik remaining in Rakovica.
Gallery
Avala grad 2020.jpg, Avala Grad
Avala grad 2020 1.jpg, Avala Grad
Crkva Resnik.jpg, Church of Saint Nikolaj of Serbia
Resnik railway station.jpg, Resnik railway station
Resnik railway station ( sr, Железничка станица Ресник) is a railway station of Belgrade railway junction, Belgrade–Niš and Belgrade–Bar railway. Located in Resnik, Rakovica, Belgrade. Railroad continues to Pinosava ...
References
{{Neighbourhoods of Rakovica
Neighborhoods of Belgrade
Rakovica, Belgrade