Trnje () is a district in the City of
Zagreb
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. According to the
2011 census, the district had 42,282 residents. It is located in the central part of the city, south of
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across the railway (
Zagreb Main Station
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), east of
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(Savska road), west of
Peščenica (Vjekoslav Heinzel Avenue and
Marin Držić Avenue
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), and north of the river
Sava
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. The
Slavonska Avenue
Slavonska Avenue ( hr, Slavonska avenija) is a limited-access avenue in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the longest street in Zagreb, being long. It mostly has a speed limit, although the speed is limited to on a short section near the Ivanja Reka interc ...
intersects Trnje.
Trnje was
amalgamated
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into the city in 1927 by
Mayor
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Vjekoslav Heinzel
Vjekoslav Heinzel (; 21 August 1871 – 1 March 1934) was the Mayor of Zagreb from 1920 to 1928. He is best remembered for great development projects of the 1920s that significantly expanded the city.
Heinzel was born as Alois Heinzel into an en ...
, along with several other new districts, mainly for the purpose of housing people needed for Zagreb's industrial sector expansion.
As a district, Trnje has an elected council.
List of neighborhoods in Trnje
*
Cvjetno naselje
*
Kanal
*
Kruge
*
Martinovka
*
Savica
*
Sigečica
*
Vrbik
*
Zavrtnica
References
Districts of Zagreb
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