Milanovac

Milanovac may refer to:

Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Гoрњи Милановац, pronounced [ɡôːrɲiː mǐlanoʋats]) is a town and municipality located in central Serbia. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" (there is a Lower Milanovac as well, while Milanovac stems from the name Milan in Serbian). The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406.

The city was founded in 1853. Before 1859 the original name of the city was Despotovac, after the Despotovica river passing by the city. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović.

History

Primarily Gornji Milanovac (before 1853) was situated in the area of today's village Brusnica. Because inexpediency of the field where should be found new municipality. New municipality should be called Despotovac after the river Despotovica (river name comes from Serbian despot, Đurađ Branković) which pass through this municipality. Despotovac (later Gornji Milanovac) will be located in place called Divlje Polje by the decision of Mladen Žujović, Trivun Novaković, Stevan Knićanin and Gaja Riznić. Despotovac was moved on the 22nd of April 1852 on new location Divlje Polje. Notable buildings and roads (for example: "Zgrada starog suda – Old Court building") are the work of German engineer Indižir Schultz from Pančevo. Today's name Gornji Milanovac was formalized by the warrant of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia 1859, after his brother Milan Obrenović.