Stari Košutnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Кошутњак) is a neighborhood located in Rakovica, municipality of the city of Belgrade. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Rakovica municipality Kanarevo brdo and Miljakovac,[1] and municipalities of Čukarica, Savski venac and Voždovac.

Stari košutnjak
Стари Кошутњак
Stari košutnjak is located in Belgrade
Stari košutnjak
Stari košutnjak
Location within Belgrade
Coordinates: 44°45′24″N 20°27′05″E / 44.75667°N 20.45139°E / 44.75667; 20.45139
Country Serbia
RegionBelgrade
MunicipalityRakovica
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+381(0)11
Car platesBG

History

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The neighborhood's original name was the Railway colony (Serbian: Železnička kolonija). At the beginning of the 1920s, the Ministry of Railroad started building a neighborhood for their workers.[2] Even today, the neighborhood is filled with old trains and their parts, so its primary purpose still remains in a way.[3]

Geography

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It is located in the southern part of the municipality, at its border with the municipality Savski venac. Around the neighborhood, there are 4 forests: Košutnjak, White Palace forest, Banjica forest, and Miljakovac forest.[1] River Topčiderka flows through the whole neighborhood. It is 8 kilometers from the center of Belgrade (~5 miles). Close to this neighborhood is the park Topčider and a forest with a similar name – Košutnjak.[4] And in its very close vicinity is also the luxurious neighborhood Dedinje, which connects the neighborhood to Slavija, a part of Belgrade's center with the most traffic.[5]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b "Miljakovac". Archived from the original on 2020-02-24.
  2. ^ "Pruga uskog koloseka Užice-Šargan-Vardište - FORUM LJUBITELJA ŽELEZNICA". www.zeleznice.in.rs. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17.
  3. ^ "BEOGRADSKO GROBLJE VAGONA: Tu svraćaju beskućnici i pijani klinci, a vreme je stalo! (FOTO)". 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ "S KOJIM SE PREDZNANJEM IDE NA TOPČIDER I KOŠUTNJAK? O stvarnom značenju ovih naziva i o javnim tajnama koje čuvaju (FOTO)". 6 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Treći vek Rakovice".