Trstenik, Serbia

Trstenik
Трстеник
Town and municipality

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Location of the municipality of Trstenik within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°37′N 20°59′E / 43.617°N 20.983°E / 43.617; 20.983Coordinates: 43°37′N 20°59′E / 43.617°N 20.983°E / 43.617; 20.983
Country  Serbia
Region Šumadija and Western Serbia
District Rasina
Settlements 51
Government
 • Mayor Stevan Đaković
Area[1]
 • Municipality 448 km2 (173 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 • Town 15,329
 • Municipality 42,989
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 37240
Area code +381 37
Car plates TS
Website www.trstenik.rs

Trstenik (Serbian Cyrillic: Трстеник, pronounced [tr̩stěniːk]) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of the central Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 15,329, while population of the municipality was 42,989. It lies on the West Morava. The town is known for its industry of hydraulics and pneumatics company, Prva Petoletka. There is also the small Trstenik Airport near the town.

History

In the Early and Middle Iron Age, the tribe of Triballi inhabited the West Morava. Romans conquered the area in the 1st century AD. Roman sites include the Stražbe castrum on the right bank of the river, as well as sites in Bučje and Donji Dubić, and others still unexplored. The Romans introduced the Vitis vinifera (Common Grape Vine) to the region, which still today is processed in Serbian wineyards (It is one of the main incomes in the municipality).

In the Middle Ages, Trstenik belonged to the West Morava oblast (province). The first written record of Trstenik is from Prince Lazar's Ravanica charter dated 1381, in which he donated Trstenik to the Ravanica monastery. The Ljubostinja monastery was built in the Morava architectural style.

In 1427, the Ottoman Empire conquered the areas of Kruševac and Trstenik. In the Western Morava valley, the Ottomans built the Grabovac fortress. After the final fall of the Serbian Despotate in 1459, Trstenik became an important Ottoman caravan stop. In an Austrian report dated 1784, Trstenik had 47 Muslim and 17 Christian houses, stone mosques, two inns and a few craft shops. At that time Trstenik was located 2 km west of the present town, near the village of Osaonica.

After receiving autonomy of the Principality of Serbia, Miloš Obrenović ordered the construction of a new settlement on the right bank of the Western Morava in the period 1832-1838. In the 1870s, Trstenik got a primary school, a post office, a pharmacy, a bank and the first steam mill. In 1899, west across the river, a steel bridge was built, and the following year the Church of the Holy Trinity was built. Stalać-Kraljevo railroad opened in 1910.

From 1929 to 1941, Trstenik was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

After World War II new facilities were built and a large part of the old quarters dates from this period. After World War II, Trstenik suffered significant industrial development with the establishment of the factory hydraulic and pneumatic systems First five years. During the period of sanctions in the 1990s, the city stagnated.

Demographics

City of Trstenik
Historical population
YearPop.±%
194843,406—    
195346,606+7.4%
196149,107+5.4%
197150,624+3.1%
198153,570+5.8%
199154,873+2.4%
200249,043−10.6%
201142,966−12.4%
Source: [3]

According to the 2011 census results, the municipality of Trstenik has a population of 42,966 inhabitants.

Economy

Prva Petoletka is a Serbian manufacturer of hydraulics and pneumatics. It consists of a parent company which includes one public limited company and 16 enterprises which are organized as joint-stock companies. It maintains production facilities in Trstenik, Vrnjačka Banja, Brus, Aleksandrovac, Novi Pazar, Leposavić, and Belgrade in Serbia and Bijelo Polje in Montenegro. Its headquarters and main production facilities are located in the town of Trstenik.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  2. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. ↑ "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.priv.rs/Agencija+za+privatizaciju/90/PRVA+PETOLETKA.shtml/seo=/companyid=11326

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