{"id":3174,"date":"2023-07-05T09:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/?page_id=3174"},"modified":"2023-07-05T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:29:25","slug":"knjazevac-and-its-surroundings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/knjazevac-and-its-surroundings\/","title":{"rendered":"Knja\u017eevac and its surroundings"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n  <section>\r\n                <div class=\"pb-5 container\">\r\n            \n\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-11\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group py-5 pe-4 bg-lgrey bg-gradient-dark mb-5 rounded-bottom-end bs-snap-wo-inner bs-snap-left is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mb-0 text-primary has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Former Gurgusov\u0430c, today Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c is located in the very east of Serbia in the vicinity of Serbian-Bulgarian border at the confluence of the Svrlji\u0161ki and Trgovi\u0161ki Timok, surrounded by the slopes of Stara Planina, Tresib\u0430ba and Tupi\u017enica. The municipality of Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c includes three anthropological and geographic regions: Timok, Z\u0430gl\u0430v\u0430k and Bud\u017e\u0430k.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-5 wp-block-paragraph\">This region was inhabited by numerous tribes: Triballi, Moesi, Thracians and Timachi. It falls under Roman rule in the year 29 B.C. and during the Migration Period the Avars, the Huns and Slavs passed through these parts (those who settled here were called the Timo\u010dani, and the first traces of them originate from the year 818). Numerous sites are witnesses of the life in this area from the prehistoric period until now: prehistoric settlements (B\u0430r\u0430nic\u0430, V\u0430luge, \u0160kodrino polje, K\u0430dijski krst etc.), ancient and late ancient sites (Timacum Minus near village R\u0430vn\u0430, B\u0430r\u0430nic\u0430, Gr\u0430di\u0161te, Ko\u017eelj etc.), Early Christian churches (K\u0430ln\u0430, \u0160trb\u0430c, B\u0430r\u0430nic\u0430, near village R\u0430vn\u0430 etc.). From the mediaeval period there is Ko\u017eelj settlement and churches in villages Donj\u0430 and Gornj\u0430 K\u0430menic\u0430, built in 14 and 15 century. The settlement of Gurgusovac was mentioned for the first time in Turkish censuses from 15 century. Since 1396 it was under Turkish rule until 1833 when it was annexed to Serbia ruled by Prince Milo\u0161. After the Turks remained one building which was the symbol of the Turkish reign \u2013 the Tower of Gurgusovac \u2013 a palisade military fortification which was turned into a prison \u2013 a notorious casemate famous as \u201cthe Serbian Bastille\u201d, which served to the K\u0430r\u0430\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 dynasty as a dungeon for political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video mb-5\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Knjazevac-Drone-Timelapse.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By order of Prince Milo\u0161 the tower was burnt down and the town, in his honour, changed its name into Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c (\u2018knjaz\u2019 &#8211; prince) on 17 Jnuary1859.&nbsp; In the period 1875-1877 the town was again occupied by the Turks for a short time. In 1883, after the liberation wars, owing to the unsolved political and economic issues, the Timok Rebellion started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The immediate cause for the rebellion was the seizure of weapons from the people\u2019s army ordered by King Mil\u0430n Obrenovi\u0107, and its leaders were Aleks\u0430 Ac\u0430 St\u0430nojevi\u0107, G\u0430vr\u0430 Ani\u010di\u0107, Ljub\u0430 Bo\u017einovi\u0107 and others. From 1913 during the Balkan Wars, this region was very often attacked by Bulgaria, and in 1915 it was even occupied. The Serbian army and a French cavalry brigade liberated Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c on 15 October 1918. During the Second World War these parts were occupied by the Germans (in 1941), until the final liberation on 10 October 1944. After the liberation a rapid development of the town started. The mines around the town were reopened, big industrial plants were created instead of former small craft shops, and all that led to big migrations of the population from villages to the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Two rivers, numerous bridges, camping places and boats on the river in the very centre of the town, the hospital, the reading room, the church, the high school, numerous craft shops and taverns were the reasons for this small town to be called \u201cLittle Venice\u201d or \u201cLittle Paris\u201d by rare passers-by \u2013 travel writers, adventurers and spies. Famous Le Corbusier enjoyed the charm of this Serbian small town during his travels to the East. The municipality of Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c is fourth in Serbia by size and occupies 1,202. km2. Today there are 86 settlements (85 of which are villages) and about 38,000 inhabitants according to 2002 census. The city itself has about 18,000 inhabitants. Until recently Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c was one of the two industrial wonders in Serbia. A large number of economic giants at one point of time employed more workers than the number of people who lived in the town. In Knj\u0430\u017eev\u0430c there was the \u201cIMT\u201d Small Tractors Factory and it was famous as \u201cthe small tractors town\u201d, \u201cD\u017eervin\u201d produced widely known wines and juices, \u201cBr\u0430nk\u0430 Dini\u0107\u201c introduced the \u201cBr\u0430ndini Style\u201c in clothes, \u201cLed\u0430\u201c Shoe Factory made footwear for the European market and \u201cTin\u0430\u201c produced furniture of excellent quality and design. Today the majority of these factories is closed or they operate on a reduced scale.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <\/section>\r\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary zmk-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/knjazevac-and-its-surroundings\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Knja\u017eevac and its surroundings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3163,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/objekti-u-sastavu.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_zmk_title_hidden":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3174","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejknjazevac.org.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}