Klisanski breg (), also known as Gornje Sajlovo () and Šumice (), is an urban neighborhood of the city of
Novi Sad
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, Serbia.
History
In the past, this area was known as Gornje Sajlovo. In 1237, two villages named Sajlovo (Gornje Sajlovo and
Donje Sajlovo) 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. The name Sajlovo/Isailovo is of
Slavic origin, which indicates that these settlements were initially inhabited by
Slavs
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.
In the 16th century, the village was destroyed and later
Ottoman defter
A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Etymology
The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...
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 () is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is mostly an industrial region, industrial zone, but it is partially a residential area as well.
Name
Its name means "the Roman trenches". It was named like this bec ...
in the north, and
Industrijska Zona Sever (northern industrial zone) in the south.
See also
*
Neighborhoods of Novi Sad
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