Črnomerec

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District in Zagreb, Croatia

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::summary District in Zagreb, Croatia ::

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Field	Value
name	Črnomerec
image_map	Map of Črnomerec District (Zagreb).svg
image_map1
area_total_km2	24.33
population_total	38,546
population_density_km2	1593.4
leader_title	Council president
leader_name	Sven Turk(HDZ)
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|name = Črnomerec |image_map = Map of Črnomerec District (Zagreb).svg | image_map1 = ||area_total_km2 = 24.33 |population_total = 38,546 |population_density_km2 = 1593.4 |leader_title =Council president |leader_name =Sven Turk(HDZ) Črnomerec () is one of the city districts of Zagreb, Croatia. The original name was Črnomerec kod Pitona. It is located in the western part of the city and has nearly forty thousand inhabitants.

History

Archeological findings from Donja Kustošija show evidence of early stone age settlements in this area, some 35,000 years ago. There are even more artifacts from Roman period, including Roman road from mountain Medvednica to river Sava via this area.{{cite web | url = http://www.zagreb.hr/dokument.nsf/VPD/79DA601931AE6415C1256F1D00438DCF?OpenDocument&04 | title = Mjesna samouprava Gradska četvrt Črnomerec Općenito o Gradskoj četvrti | work = Grad Zagreb | language = Croatian | accessdate = 2007-09-03

Črnomerec was first mentioned as Village Černomerci near Chapel of Holy Spirit in the 14th century, as the biggest village near city (of Zagreb). This ancient Chapel of Holy Spirit was abandoned after Jesuit order was dismissed (1773). It was destroyed in 1810 when lightning struck hit it while used as ammunition depot for nearby army barracks.{{cite web | url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/1999%5C08%5C26%5C13A13.PDF | title = Branimir Špoljarić: Zagreb od vugla do vugla | date = 1999-08-26 | work = Vjesnik on-line | accessdate = 2007-08-24 | language = Croatian

For centuries the Črnomerec Stream was border of Zagreb city area, with malta (toll gate) in it. All vehicles entering the city area were due to pay maltarina, as well as peasants bringing their produce to be sold at city's markets. Local legend says that the district's name derives from toll officers that were clad in black (črno means black, and merec person that measures).

Črnomerec city district covers much wider area than the former village, incorporating also old urbanized villages of Vrhovec, Jelenovac, Kustošija, Fraterščica, Čukovići, and others. Positioned on the very end of historic Zagreb, according to urban regulation plans from 1865, 1887 and 1919 Črnomerec was meant to serve as industrial and army part of the city. Therefore, number of factories and army barracks were built there, together with substandard suburban housing.{{Cite journal | first = Snješka | last = Knežević | title = Povijest područja bivše Rudolfove vojarne i Trga Francuske republike u Zagrebu | journal = Godišnjak zaštite spomenika kulture Hrvatske 22/1996 - 23/1997 | language = Croatian | year = 1997 | pages = 61 | place = Zagreb | issn = 0350-2589 }}

Economy and public affairs

The following factories are positioned in Črnomerec:

Pliva pharmaceutical industry (owned by Teva)
Zagrebačka pivovara brewery (owned by CVC Capital Partners)
Franck coffee and snacks industry
Ciglana Zagreb brick factory, including open pit mine
Kamensko textile industry

Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction and Ministry of Interior have seats in Črnomerec.

Buildings and monuments

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Zagreb_West_Station.JPG" caption="Zapadni kolodvor}}) was built in 1862."] ::

In the area of Sisters of Charity Hospital in Vinogradska Street there is the Chapel of Sacred Heart, built in 1896.

Wealthy Pongratz family built in Mikulići a unique summer house in Romanesque Revival style in 1868.

Medvedgrad ('Bear-Town'), medieval fortified town is located on the south slopes of Medvednica mountain, approximately halfway to the mountain top Sljeme.

From end of the 19th century Črnomerec was the main location for army barracks in Zagreb: Domobranska, Vozarska, Bataljunska, Topnička, Rudolfova. Although still standing, most all of them eventually got another functions - as factories, schools, ministries, courts. The most famous, Rudolf barracks (), built in 1888, is today under protection as monument of architecture.{{cite web | url = http://www.net.hr/kultura/page/2007/03/23/0062006.html | title = Napuštene vojarne za novi grad | date = 2007-03-23 | first = Barbara | last = Matejčić | language = Croatian | accessdate = 2007-09-05 | url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2003%5C06%5C10%5C20A20.PDF | title = Rudolf u hrvatskoj prijestolnici | language = Croatian | date = 2003-06-10 | accessdate = 2007-09-05 | archive-date = 2007-07-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070701122428/http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2003/06/10/20A20.PDF | url-status = dead

In 2006 Zagreb City Council decided that, on the newly named Franjo Tuđman Square, a monumental statue of the first Croatian president will be erected.{{cite web | url = http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Tudjman_gets_his_square_in_Zagreb_12222006.html | title = Tuđman gets his square in Zagreb | accessdate = 2006-07-02 | archive-date = 2007-11-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071127134103/http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Tudjman_gets_his_square_in_Zagreb_12222006.html | url-status = dead

In 2010, a mass grave from World War II was discovered near the settlement of Gornja Kustošija. Exhumations of the mass grave began in February 2011, thus far revealing the remains of nine victims.

List of neighborhoods

Bijenik
Čukovići
Dedići
Filipović Drive (former commune "Bartol Kašić")
Fraterščica
French Republic Square (former commune "Ban Keglević")
Gornja Kustošija
Gornje Selo
Gornji Lukšić
Jelenovac
Kustošija
Lukšić
Mikulići
Sveti Duh
Šestinski dol
Šestinski vrh
Vrhovec

Neighboring districts

References

"Population by Age and Sex, by Districts of City of Zagreb, 2011 Census".
[http://www.jutarnji.hr/zagreb--otkrivena-masovna-grobnica-vojnika-ndh/842635/ FOTO: U Zagrebu otkrivena masovna grobnica vojnika NDH], [[Jutarnji List]]
[http://www.vecernji.hr/zagreb/zagreb-otkrivena-masovna-grobnica-drugoga-svjetskog-rata-clanak-160725 Zagreb: Otkrivena masovna grobnica iz Drugoga svjetskog rata], [[Večernji list]]
[http://www.vecernji.hr/zagreb/kustosijanci-u-jami-je-17-leseva-a-suma-ih-je-prepuna-clanak-249846 Kustošijanci: U jami je 17 leševa, a i šuma ih je prepuna], [[Večernji list]]
[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/croatian-police-exhume-suspected-mass-grave-in-zagreb-containing-post-wwii-victims-115926304.html Croatian police exhume suspected mass grave in Zagreb containing post-WWII victims] ''Winnipeg Free Press''

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