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11 unusual facts about Zrenjanin


Andrej Bicenko

At first, he was living in Zrenjanin where he was become a painting teacher in First Serbian gymnasium.

Andrijana Janevska

In July, Andrijana took part in the Muf + Boban 2001 festival in Zrenjanin and began her promotion for the new album "Moja Biblija", which contained some new and some old songs, 12 of which were included in the album.

Becicherecu Mic

Its name means "Small Becicherec", as opposed to the "Great Becicherec" ("Becicherecu Mare" in Romanian), located in Serbia and renamed Zrenjanin in 1946.

Bega Veche River

The river is the old course of the Bega River, It drains the area north of the city of Timişoara and after crossing the border between Romania and Serbia, joins the Bega Canal near the city of Zrenjanin

Duško Tošić

Born in Zrenjanin, Tošić began his career in his native Serbia playing for OFK Beograd before moving to French club Sochaux for the 2006–07 season but only spent one season with the club as other European clubs from Italy, Germany and Spain were expressing an interest.

Ivan Boldirev

Ivan Boldirev (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Болдирев; born August 15, 1949 in Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired Serbian-Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the NHL from 1970 through 1985.

Born in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia, Boldirev's family emigrated to Canada when he was 2.

New Barcelona

New Barcelona was the name of a settlement of Catalan-Austrian exiles that existed between 1735 and 1738, created after his defeat in the War of Succession and located in the Banat of Temesvár, the current town of Zrenjanin, in the Serbian Vojvodina.

Sânnicolau Mare

The town served as the county seat between 1807 and 1820 due to a great fire in Großbetschkerek, the county seat.

Zoran Tošić

Born in Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Tošić began his football career with Budućnost Banatski Dvor, before joining Banat Zrenjanin.

He then joined Budućnost Banatski Dvor, who then merged with Proleter to form Banat Zrenjanin.


Budućnost

FK Budućnost Banatski Dvor, defunct Serbian football club that was based in Banatski Dvor, in 2006 it merged with FK Proleter Zrenjanin to form FK Banat Zrenjanin

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.

FK Proleter Zrenjanin

In order back to First League, Proleter Zrenjanin merged with First League club FK Budućnost Banatski Dvor and formed FK Banat Zrenjanin.

Mario Szenessy

Mario Szenessy (born September 14, 1930 in Veliki Bečkerek, Yugoslavia (today Zrenjanin, Serbia) - died October 11, 1976 in Pinneberg, Germany) was a Hungarian-German author, translator, and literary critic.

New Barcelona

According to Collin Thomas, his name would be the origin of the name of Perlez, a village in the municipality of Zrenjanin.

Uprising in Banat

For a short time, the Serb rebels captured several cities in Banat, including Vršac, Bečkerek, and Lipova, as well as Titel and Bečej in Bačka.