Šabac - Wikipedia

City in Šumadija and Western Serbia, Serbia

serbian Orthodox church, Central Šabac

Šabac, Kingdom of Serbia, 1904

Šabac library

hotel in Šabac Šabac ( serbian Cyrillic : Шабац, pronounced [ ʃâbat͡s ] ) is a city and the administrative center of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional kernel of the fecund Mačva region, Šabac is located on the correct banks of the river Sava. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has population of 53,919, while its administrative area comprises 118,347 inhabitants .

appoint [edit ]

The identify Šabac was first mentioned in Ragusan documents dating to 1454. The origin of the city ‘s name is uncertain ; it is possible its list comes from the name of the city ‘s main river, the Sava. The city is known by a variety show of unlike names : Zaslon in chivalric serbian, Szabács in Hungarian, Böğürdelen in Turkish, and Schabatz in German .

history [edit ]

archaeological tell attests to more permanent settlement in the area from the Neolithic. [ 3 ] In the Middle Ages, a Slavic colonization named Zaslon existed at the current location of Šabac. [ 3 ] The village was separate of the serbian Despotate until it fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1459. In 1470, the Ottomans built the first fortress in the township and named it Beyerdelen ( Böğürdelen, meaning “ side-striker ” ). In 1476 the hungarian king Matthias Corvinus captured the fort ; it remained under administration of the Kingdom of Hungary until 1521, when it was again captured by the Ottomans. Under hungarian administration, the town was contribution of the Banate of Macsó, whereas under Ottoman administration it was first part of the Sanjak of Zvornik within the Province of Bosnia, and later region of the Sanjak of Smederevo. Šabac was the administrative center of the nahiye of Šabac, a local anesthetic Ottoman administrative unit of measurement. During the Ottoman period, Šabac was a typical oriental town with bantam streets, small shops and several mosques. The population was composed of both Muslims and Serbs, along with smaller numbers of Hungarians and Croats. [ 3 ] Until the nineteenth hundred, Šabac was by and large under Ottoman government, but control of the town changed hands respective times between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. The first period of Habsburg principle began in 1718, when Šabac was incorporated into the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia. After the Treaty of Belgrade ( 1739 ), Šabac reverted to Ottoman dominance and, straddling the limit between the two empires, it gained importance as a market township. A second period of Habsburg operate of the area followed starting in 1789. The storm of the city was one of the early experiences of the celebrated military leader Józef Poniatowski. Ottoman control over the area was restored a few years late. Šabac became a locate of importance in serbian history in the First Serbian Uprising when, in 1806, Karađorđe led the serbian insurgents into one of the first gear victories over the Ottoman united states army near the nearby village of Mišar. Until 1813, the town was separate of Revolutionary Serbia. A brief period of restore Ottoman control followed, but after the second serbian rise in 1815, Šabac was included into the now-autonomous Principality of Serbia under the Obrenović dynasty. This first gear ruling kin of modern Serbia left its score on the town ; knez Miloš Obrenović ‘s brother, the enlightened Jevrem Obrenović, built a personal mansion and helped modernise the town : the period from 1820 to 1850 saw the establishment of a hospital, a drugstore, a serbian grammar school, a secondary school, a dramaturgy, and a melodious club .
The Ottoman army evacuated the fortress of Šabac in 1867, marking the end of the Ottoman bearing in the sphere. The first newspaper in the Kingdom of Serbia was printed in Šabac in 1883, and the town was besides the first in Serbia where women started visiting kafanas ( public house ) on Sunday afternoons, as was accustomed for men. The town prospered until the First World War, when it was occupied and devastated by the Austro-Hungarian army and had its population halved ( from cca. 14,000 to 7,000 ) on the orders of Kasimir von Lütgendorf, despite the fact that the Royal serbian Army evacuated the town without immunity. Lütgendorf late ordered three of his own soldiers to be publicly executed by bayonet in the township feather for drunkenly discharging their rifles despite orders from his superior Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas to stop, leading to him being court-martial and convicted for murder after the war in 1920. [ 4 ] World War I is besides remembered for the battle on nearby Cer batch where the serbian united states army under general Stepa Stepanović won an early victory against Austria-Hungary in August 1914, the first Allied victory in the war. [ citation needed ] After the war, Šabac was decorated with the french War Cross with Palm ( 1920 ), the Czechoslovak War Cross ( 1925 ), and the order of the Karađorđe ‘s Star with Swords ( 1934 ). In 1918, the town became a depart of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ( late renamed to Yugoslavia ). From 1918 to 1922, it was the administrative seat of Podrinje District, from 1922 to 1929 the administrative seat of Podrinje Oblast, and from 1929 to 1941 it was a contribution of the Drina Banovina. An early milestone in the Yugoslav era of the township ‘s history was the hatchway of the Zorka chemical establish in 1938. The city ‘s reclamation was interrupted by World War II and occupation by german troops ( from 1941 to 1944 ). During the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, Šabac was separate of the area governed by the Military Administration in Serbia. Its population of 1,200 Jews were arrested and ended in the doomed Kladovo ecstasy. [ 5 ] During the Uprising in Serbia the unite rebel forces of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland, forces of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Pećanac Chetniks attack German garrison in Šabac in an event known as attack on Šabac, but failed to capture the township. In the german and croatian Ustaše retributions 1,130 civilians were executed, 21,500 imprisoned and most of the populated places in Mačva were completely burned down. finally, 7,000 inmates were killed. [ clarification needed ] The city was liberated from occupation by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1944. After the war, it was included into People ‘s Republic of Serbia within the new socialistic Yugoslavia. Since then, it grew into a modern industrial city with the aforesaid Zorka chemical plant and an expanded population. The 1970s saw the construction of the first advanced sports manor hall. The swamp at the city ‘s outskirts, Benska Bara, was drained and turned into a residential vicinity, and a new bridge was built over the Sava river. By 2010, the population of the city and its suburbs had risen to 75,000 .

Demographics [edit ]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	75,096	—
1953	82,414	+1.88%
1961	94,866	+1.77%
1971	107,143	+1.22%
1981	119,669	+1.11%
1991	123,633	+0.33%
2002	122,893	−0.05%
2011	115,884	−0.65%
Source: [6]

According to the 2011 census results, the city of Šabac has a population of 115,884 inhabitants .

heathen groups [edit ]

The cultural typography of the city of Šabac :

Ethnic group	Population	%
Serbs	110,642	95.48%
Roma	1,902	1.64%
Muslims	393	0.34%
Croats	165	0.14%
Yugoslavs	123	0.11%
Others	2,659	2.29%
Total	115,884

local communities [edit ]

Urban local communities [edit ]

rural local communities [edit ]

Map of the city of Šabac

economy [edit ]

prior to 1990, Šabac had one of the best developed economies among cities in Yugoslavia. however, external sanctions against Yugoslavia during the Bosnian War provoked the closure of the Zorka plant, which was the main enterprise in Šabac. Many other major local firms like “ Šapčanka ”, “ Izgradnja ”, and “ Nama ” besides shut down during this period. The main industries of Šabac nowadays are agriculture, exile and food production. Since 2000, some of the more significant companies are diary establish Mlekara Šabac, Elixir Group, Zorka Pharma, and Hesteel Serbia Iron & Steel – canister mill. production of boo is besides highly developed in Šabac area. As of September 2017, Šabac has one of 14 detached economic zones established in Serbia. [ 7 ] The following table gives a preview of sum number of register people employed in legal entities per their congress of racial equality activity ( as of 2019 ) : [ 8 ]

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	195
Mining and quarrying	46
Manufacturing	10,085
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	230
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	579
Construction	1,661
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	6,092
Transportation and storage	2,066
Accommodation and food services	858
Information and communication	373
Financial and insurance activities	540
Real estate activities	64
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1,049
Administrative and support service activities	656
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	1,427
Education	2,173
Human health and social work activities	2,176
Arts, entertainment and recreation	412
Other service activities	631
Individual agricultural workers	3,021
Total	34,334

Sports [edit ]

There are several sports societies in Šabac :

FK Mačva Šabac
RK Metaloplastika
VK Šabac
Basketball club Šabac
Boxing club Šabac
Female handball club Medicinar
Kayak club “Zorka color” Šabac
Wrestling club Knight Šabac

local media [edit ]

radio receiver stations [edit ]

Radio Kruna (98.0 MHz)
Radio AS
Radio Roda
Skala Radio (106.8)
Radio Čivija
Radio Vikom

television stations [edit ]

RTV Šabac
TV AS
TV Vikom
TV Čivija

Newspapers [edit ]

Glas Podrinja
Podrinske novine
Sport u Podrinju

education [edit ]

Šabac Grammar School Gospodar Jevremova Street in Šabac

elementary schools [edit ]

high schools [edit ]

Šabačka gimnazija (Šabac Grammar School)
High agriculture school
High medicine school “Dr Andra Jovanović”
High economical-commercial school
High chemical and textile school
High technical school
High music school Mihailo Vukdragović
(High art school)

individual centres of education [edit ]

King’s College[9]
Premier
Pygmalion[10]
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exile [edit ]

Roads [edit ]

The length and condition of roads in the city are :

Main roads 59.9 km (37.2 mi) (all asphalt)
Regional roads 111.4 km (69.2 mi) (all asphalt)
Local roads 304.2 km (189.0 mi) (187.8 km (116.7 mi) asphalt)
Unconventional roads 2,700 km (1,678 mi) (only 20 km (12 mi) asphalt)
City streets 10 km (6 mi)

22 kilometer. highway from Šabac to Ruma is presently under construction and travelling from Belgrade to Sabac will take less than 40 minutes once it is completed. [ 11 ]

railroad track [edit ]

Šabac railroad track post is served by a serbian Railways ‘ outgrowth line connecting to the independent Croatia to Belgrade railway at Ruma. A erstwhile line continued from the place to connect Serbia with Bosnia and Herzegovina. A ramify which connected this line with Bogatić ( Petlovača – Bogatić ) is locked out. The railway is used for the transport of goods and raw materials for the Zorka factory and passenger transport to Ruma .

Politics [edit ]

Seats in the city council won in the 2004 local elections : [ 1 ]

Non-government organizations in Šabac [edit ]

According to unofficial data, in the city of Šabac, there are over 300 register non-government organizations, with wide assortment of activities and different primary goals. traditionally, the most active are those organizations whose basal goals are humanitarian, protective covering of the rights of persons with disabilities, protection of the rights of cultural minorities, protection of the vulnerable sociable categories, ecology, etc. Beside traditionally active voice organizations in Šabac, there are non-government organizations which unites young people in aim of protecting their own rights. Under the social class of young person ( young people ) are those who are not older than 30, and not younger than 15 years, according to Ministry ( Department ) of youth and sports, of the Republic of Serbia. Some of the most active organizations in Šabac are : Youth Umbrella ( Omladinski Kišobran ), Caritas – Šabac, Roma for Roma, Human center of Šabac ( Humano srce Šapca ), NGO Light, NGO Ecos .