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11 unusual facts about Valjevo


Aeroput MMS-3

According to eyewitness reports, after the German invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the aircraft was destroyed by the crew at the airport near the village of Divci in Valjevo region that would not fall into enemy hands.

Aleksandar Ivoš

Born in Valjevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, he will start his career playing in neighbouring FK Loznica before moving to FK Mačva Šabac in 1951.

Eparchy of Šabac

In the end of that century, the seat of the eparchy was moved from Valjevo to Šabac.

Janissary

According to historical sources of the city of Valjevo, heads of the murdered men were put on public display in the central square to serve as an example to those who might plot against the rule of the Janissaries.

Kučuk Alija

When four dahiyahs were informed about the rebellion they agreed that Kuchuk Ali should go from Belgrade to Rudnik with 600 janissaries to release Rudnik from siege and to advance with his forces to Šabac trough Valjevo, while Belgrade was left under protection of three remaining dahiyahs.

Milan Timotić

During World War II, he was a prisoner in a factory near Valjevo.

Nikola Kalabić

During his studies, he met Borka (a year younger than him) who was born in Rajkovići near Valjevo in present-day Serbia into a family of old supporters of the People's Radical Party and Nikola Pašić.

Nikola Lazetić

Immediately spotted as a talented youngster he moved on to bigger teams and cities throughout Serbia such as Valjevo's FK Budućnost then played for Vojvodina and Obilić.

Paraćin massacre

Mobs responded to the killings by destroying Albanian-owned kiosks and shops in Paraćin, Subotica, and Valjevo.

Spair Airlines Flight PAR-3601

About 15 minutes after takeoff, as Flight PAR-3601 reached Valjevo, Yugoslavia, pilot Vladimir Starikov contacted Belgrade air traffic control and said the plane was again having electrical system problems; that was the last contact air traffic control had with Flight PAR-3601.

Stjepan Filipović

Filipović was commander of the Partisans' Tamnavsko-Kolubarski unit in Valjevo (modern-day Serbia) by 1941.


Eparchy of Šabac

In 1831, the large Eparchy of Valjevo was divided into 3 separate eparchies: the Eparchy of Valjevo (which was renamed to the Eparchy of Šabac), the Eparchy of Užice, and the Eparchy of Zvornik.

Nikola Kalabić

They then moved to Aranđelovac and finally back to Valjevo (where there are Kalabićs today).

Tamnava

The Tamnava originates from several small streams from the hill of Konjsko brdo (Cyrillic: Коњско брдо; Horse hill) on the northern slopes of Vlašić mountain, northwest of the town of Valjevo, less than a kilometer away from the source of its major tributary, the Ub River.

Valjevo Airport

The products are, first of all, raspberries, plum and other fruit, of which price is multiplied if the fresh fruit reaches buyers - Jordan Tanasković, manager of company "Aerodrom" from Valjevo, explains.

Žikica Jovanović Španac

Today Španac is best remembered in popular songs of Yugoslav Rock Group Riblja Čorba, and has a number of schools and a hospital in Valjevo named after him.

Zoran Spasojević

He took part in many collective mail-art exhibitions in Serbia and abroad (Kragujevac, Pančevo, Valjevo, Banja Luka, Budapest, Vancouver, Leiden, Arcevia...)