Stari košutnjak

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
Urban neighbourhood
Stari košutnjak
Location within Belgrade
Coordinates: 44°45′24″N 20°27′05″E
Country Serbia
RegionBelgrade
MunicipalityRakovica
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+381(0)11
Car platesBG

History

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

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Sources
  1. http://www.miljakovac.org/o-miljakovcu/
  2. http://www.zeleznice.in.rs:8080/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8
  3. https://www.srbijadanas.com/zabava/zanimljivosti/beogradsko-groblje-vagona-tu-svracaju-beskucnici-i-pijani-klinci-vreme-je-stalo-foto-2017-01-29
  4. http://www.miljakovac.org/o-miljakovcu/
  5. https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/beograd/2937390-s-kojim-se-predznanjem-ide-na-topcider-i-kosutnjak-o-stvarnom-znacenju-ovih-naziva-i-o-javnim-tajnama-koje-cuvaju-foto
  6. http://www.poslovnicentarrakovica.rs/istorijski-kutak/37-trei-vek-rakovice
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