The original village of Višnjica developed between the northern part of the Višnjica field and the Danube, but today makes one continuous built-up area with the rest of the city, through the bordering neighborhoods of Ada Huja, Rospi Ćuprija and Karaburma on the west and its own modern extension of Višnjička Banja, mainly on the south.

[2] In the 19th century, while the Sava was a border river between Serbia and Austria, a custom house was located in Višnjica.

With the massive administrative reorganization of the Belgrade City limits after the 1971 population census, entire eastern and southern string of more or less urbanized suburbs (Višnjica, Mirijevo, Mali Mokri Lug, Veliki Mokri Lug, Selo Rakovica, Jajinci, Kijevo, Kneževac, Resnik, Železnik, Žarkovo) were administratively annexed to the Belgrade City proper (uža teritorija grada), turning from the separate settlements into the "local communities" (mesna zajednica).

The entire area, stretching from Karaburma and Viline Vode on the east, was known for its thermal springs and healing mud which gave name to the new neighborhood of Višnjička Banja (Serbian for "Višnjica spa").

The distance from the downtown (7-8 kilometers) and a bad public transportation are the main communal problems in the neighborhood.

However, the idea of a rich settlement with villas and mansions was dropped with the economic crisis in former Yugoslavia in the late 1980s and succession of Yugoslav wars in 1990s.

A new island in front of Višnjica, called Paradajz, began to form around 1986, due to the alluvial silt brought by the Danube.

Canal is named "Karlica" and is today considered the better access path to Ada Huja's bay of Rukavac where the Višnjica Marina is located.

This continued from 1979 to 1982, when the rows of four-storey buildings and houses, ornamented with the red façade bricks, were finished.

On the other hand, the state plunged into the severe economic crisis since the late 1970s: shortage of fuel resulted in the odd–even rationing, and later in the fuel stamps; electricity was turned off on a daily basis; stamps for flour, sugar, coffee and edible oil were introduced for the entire population; "luxurious" goods (coffee, chocolate, laundry detergents) became unavailable and were replaced with second-rate products.

[11] Apart from attacking the architects and designers for the large floor areas, which was a common in Belgrade's new buildings at the time, the neighborhood experienced some real issues during the construction, as almost every communal aspect was problematic.

It was to border the neighborhoods of Višnjička Banja on the north, Lešće on the east, and Ćalije and Rospi Ćuprija on the west.

Vrtača, a water hole artificially created as a result of clay digging for the neighboring brickworks, should remain a reservation of nature to protect the present plant and animal life in it.