Podgorac, Boljevac

Podgorac
Подгорац (Serbian)
Podgorț (Romanian)
Village
Osman Bey's Fountain
Podgorac
Coordinates: 43°56′39″N 21°56′42″E / 43.94417°N 21.94500°E / 43.94417; 21.94500
Country Serbia
DistrictZaječar District
MunicipalityBoljevac
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
2,218
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Podgorac (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорац; Romanian: Podgorț) is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2218 people.[1] The village is situated in the Crna Reka region.

There is an 18th-century Ottoman Turkish public fountain built with the funds donated by a certain Osman Bey and therefore named (in Serbian) Osmanbegova česma.

The village was a site of operations in the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13).[2][3] The Crna Reka nahija was organized into Revolutionary Serbia, with a seat at Zaječar and the establishment of a magistrate (court).[4] A Serbian military camp was located at Podgorac.[4]

For a brief period in 1840/41 school year, Đura Jakšić was a village school teacher here.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
  2. ^ Protić 1893.
  3. ^ Jovanović 1883.
  4. ^ a b Nenadović 1884, p. LVI.

Sources

43°56′39″N 21°56′42″E / 43.94417°N 21.94500°E / 43.94417; 21.94500

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