Zemun , in Serb Cyrillic Земун, is a municipality of Serbia located in the district of Belgrade. It belongs to the 10 urban municipalities of the town of Belgrade itself. In 2002, Zemun counted: 145741 inhabitants and the municipality of which it is the center: 152950.
Zemun is located at the confluence of the Save and the the Danube.
History
The area of Zemun is inhabited since the age of copper. The first Celtic establishments appeared at the 3rd century before Jesus Christ. A city of the name of Taurunum belonged to the Roman province of Pannonia, in the neighborhoods of year 15.
The first written mentions of the town of Zemun go back to the 12th century. The name of the city would come from the Slavic term “zemlin” meaning “the ground”. At the end of the 12th century, Zemun passed from the Byzantine supervision to that of the Royaume of Hungary. After Serbia fell under the Othoman domination in 1459, Zemun became an important military outpost. The city was finally taken by the Turks the July 12th 1521 and it was integrated into the sandjak Syrmie (Srem) in the pachalik of Buda.
Zemun and the South of Syrmie were conquered by the Autrichiens in 1717 and were attached to the feudal field of the family of Schönborn. In 1739, by the Treaty of Belgrade between Austria and Turkey, the city is again attached to the Ottoman Empire and in 1749 the city becomes common a soldier.
In 1806, at the time of the First revolt Serb against the Turks, Zemun is released by Karageorges, but the Turks seize some again in 1813.
During the Revolution of 1849 - 1849, Zemun was in fact one of the capitals of the Serb Voïvodine, become a province of the Empire Austro-Hungarian equipped with an importance autonomy.
The November 5th 1918, the city was definitively attached to Serbia.
Starting from 1934, Zemun achieves its administrative bringing together with the town of Belgrade. After the Second world one, the city was officially attached to the capital.
Locality of the municipality of Zemun
In addition to part of the town of Belgrade, Zemun includes/understands the locality of Ugrinovci.
External bonds
Information
- Official site of the town of Zemun
- Official site of the municipality of Zemun
Geographical data
- Seen satellite of Zemun
- Zemun
Internal bonds
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