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25 unusual facts about Zemun


117th Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 117th Fighter Aviation Regiment remained at Pula in 1948, but that same year it moved to Cerklje, where it was to remain until 1949 when it was moved to Zemun, with the new task of defending the capital city Belgrade.

1946–47 Yugoslav First League

In April 1946 NK Mornar ("Sailor F.C.") based in Split and in 1947 FK Naša Krila ("Our Wings F.C.") based in Zemun were also established, intended to represent the Yugoslav Navy and the Yugoslav Air Force, with both clubs entering the 1947–48 Yugoslav Second League.

1st Air Reconnaissance Regiment

With order from January 27, 1963, reserve locations was changed from Zemun to Batajnica.

322nd Signal Regiment

The 322nd Signal Regiment was established on August 24, 1948, from Signal Battalion of Yugoslav Air Force Command with command at Zemun.

Andronikos Kontostephanos

The Byzantine army met the Hungarians in a pitched battle on the 8th of July near the fortified city of Zemun.

Bela Stena

With the rapid expansion and modernization of Ada Ciganlija, close to downtown Belgrade, and the emergence of the Lido beach near Zemun, Bela Stena became less and less popular, though it is estimated that some 7,000 people still visit over the weekends during summer season.

Belgrade Synagogue

There is one other surviving synagogue building in the Belgrade area, located in the town of Zemun.

Crni Biseri

In 1997, the band reunited with vocalists Dragan Baletić and Branislav Živančević in order to perform in the club Crna Maca in Zemun.

Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The province was formed in 1900, and has monasteries throughout northern Croatia, as well as in Subotica, Bač, Novi Sad and Zemun, Serbia.

Đorđe Andrejević-Kun

In the years following World War II, he had one-man shows in Belgrade (1953 and 1959), Kragujevac, Čačak, Niš, Skopje, Zemun, and Sombor, and in Berlin in 1963.

Evolved HSPA

On 19 June 2012, Telenor Serbia launched its commercial HSPA+ network with speeds up to 42 Mbit/s in several cities in Serbia like Belgrade or Zemun.

FK Naša Krila Zemun

FK Naša Krila Zemun (Cyrillic: ФK Haшa кpилa Зeмун) was a football club based in Zemun, Serbia.

HŠK Hajduk Zemun

In the unfinished Croatian championship 1944, in the group stage (City of Zemun championship), Hajduk took the last place in the group, behind Dunav, Građanski and Liet, and ended the competition.

Ilija Stolica

After a short stay with Partizan, Stolica rejoined FK Zemun and was a top scorer in the 2001-02 Yugoslav First League scoring 25 goals in 35 matches and earning a full international call-up as a result.

Judah Alkalai

Judah ben Solomon Chai Alkalai (1798 – October 1878) was a Bosnian Jew Sephardic rabbi in Zemun in the Austrian Empire's Military Frontier (in present day Serbia) and one of pioneers of modern Zionism.

Laki Pingvini

The band was formed in 1979 and had their first public appearance on November 29, at a punk costume party held at the Pinki club in Zemun.

Matija Nastasić

Unable to find space in the Partizan first team setup, he was sent out on loan to Serbian second division side FK Teleoptik from Zemun.

Pećinci

Until 1960, villages of present-day Pećinci municipality were part of the municipalities of Ruma, Stara Pazova and Zemun (village of Pećinci itself was part of Zemun municipality).

Pinki Hall

Opened on October 21, 1974, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Zemun being liberated from the Nazis and their puppet state Independent State of Croatia, the hall has hosted various basketball, handball, and volleyball teams.

Predrag Koraksić Corax

After the war Corax graduated from grammar school in Zemun and studied architecture in Belgrade.

Radovan Radaković

In his long and successful career he was the goalkeeper of many clubs like FK Zemun, FK Obilić, Borac Čačak, Standard Liège, Radnički Kragujevac, among others.

Singidunum

It became one of the primary settlements of Moesia, situated between Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica) and Viminacium (modern Kostolac), both of which overshadowed Singidunum in significance, and just across the Sava River from Taurunum (modern Zemun) in Pannonia.

SK Liet Zemun

In the unfinished Croatian championship 1944, in the group stage (City of Zemun championship), Liet took the third place in the group, behind Dunav and Građanski and in front of Hajduk, and ended the competition.

Tafil Musović

In his last years in Yugoslavia, he had an atelier in Zemun.

Technotise

The story focuses on a legendary tunnel connecting Zemun and Kalemegdan, made during Austrian-Turkish war.


322nd Signal Regiment

With order from October 9, 1951, command was dislocated from Zemun to Šabac and Kiseljak until it was disbanded.

63rd Parachute Battalion

The Exhibition at the Zemun Airport included a combined jump of 10 parachutists, including Katarina Matanović, the first and only woman parachutist in Yugoslavia prior to the 1941 war.The Yugoslav Army had realized the significance of parachute units, and a school of parachuting was opened at Pančevo on 1 October 1939.

Borislav Stevanović

Born in Titova Mitrovica, Stevanović played club football in Yugoslavia, Spain and Romania for Radnički Niš, Mérida, Rad, Zemun, Universitatea Craiova and BASK.

Čedomir Jovanović

Political opponents directly accused him of criminal involvement and of providing favours for shady individuals such as Dušan Spasojević (late leader of the Zemun mafia clan) and Milorad Ulemek (now convicted as the person who organized the assassination of Zoran Đinđić).

Đurađ Branković

The prince fled to the Kingdom of Hungary where he had large estates, which included Zemun, Slankamen, Kupinik, Mitrovica, Stari Bečej, Kulpin, Čurug, Sveti Petar, Perlek, Peser, Petrovo Selo, Bečej, Arač, Veliki Bečkerek, Vršac, etc.

Galenika

Galenika a.d., a pharmaceutical company from Zemun (Belgrade), Serbia.

Gardoš

Gardoš is one of three hills on which the historical core of Zemun was built (other two are Ćukovac and Kalvarija).

Grmovac

Origins of Grmovac (Serbian for 'bushy place') date from 1996/7 when the Zemun's municipal leadership (ruled by the Serbian Radical Party and headed by Vojislav Šešelj) decided to sell empty lots on a barren meadow to the refugees from Croatia which were forced out after the Operation Storm in 1995.

Ikarus MM-2

Flight tests conducted pre-test pilot Vasilije Stojanovic as the aircraft showed excellent properties, the Air Force Command has bought the prototype test pilot, which is 4 April 1941 flew in from Zemun in Kraljevo togedet with experiment group Yugoslav Royal Air Force.

Jovan Jezerkić

Born in Beška, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, he begin playing in the youth team of SK Vitez Zemun.

Rogožarski Brucoš

At the beginning of April, the single Brucoš was in the hangar of the Experiment Aero Group at Zemun airport, only to be flown on 10 April 1941 to the war airfield in Veliki Radinci where the first fighter brigade had been relocated.

Rogožarski SIM-Х

The German forces captured three aircraft (one in Zemun and two in Lazarevac).

Rubber Soul Project

Together, they started their Belgrade Tour '99 which was stopped by the NATO bombing of Belgrade, but the band held concerts at the British Council Cultural Centre (16 March), the Center for Cultural Decontamination (on 19 March), Hemingway Club in Zemun (on 21 March), and the Museum of Yugoslav Kinotheque (on 23 March).

Tošin Bunar

Tošin Bunar generally refers to an area alongside the Tošin Bunar Street, over 3 km long meridionally stretched street that connects Bežanija, Novi Beograd and Zemun.

It begins at Bežanijska Kosa and also passes between the neighborhoods of Studentski Grad (where it crosses the European route E75 with large interchange), Kalvarija and Paviljoni, while in the end, through the short Ivićeva and Bežanijska streets, it enters the center of Zemun.

Zmaj R-1

In early April, the bombing of the airport in Zemun a plane Zmaj R-1 was damaged in late June, the Germans were cut and thrown into the scrap metal.