Zabrežje

Zabrežje (Serbian Cyrillic: Забрежје) is a village and the suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

Across the Sava, to the west, is the Syrmian sub-region of Crni Lug while to the north is the village of Boljevci, all in the Surčin municipality.

[6] First diplomatic letter in modern Serbia was written in the house of Pantelija Ružičić in Zabrežje, on 14 March 1804, during the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman rule.

As the border settlement, since across the Sava was the territory of Austria-Hungary, the village in time a custom house, pier, railroad and port authority were built or established.

There were two salt evaporation ponds in the village, one owned by the captain Miša Anastasijević and another by the Greek entrepreneur Kostas Salidis.

Both the passenger and freight steamboats docked in the village's port, while there were regular ship lines to Belgrade, on the east, and Šabac, on the west, on every three hours.

Steam train, popularly and generically called ćira in Serbia, connected Zabrežje with Herceg Novi on the Adriatic coast and Sarajevo and Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, via Valjevo and Čačak.

As there was no bridge across the Sava, the pier in Zabrežje was equipped with the slipway, to accommodate he ferry which transported the entire train composition.

It was visited by several heads of state, including emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and king Alexander I of Yugoslavia.

It has numerous grocery stores, craft shops (including candy production) and the local beer tradition.

First football match under the lights in Yugoslavia was held in Zabrežje, between the local team "Drvodeljac" and the FK Partizan from Belgrade, on 22 August 1948 in front of 2,000 spectators.

[2] At the locality Vić Bare, facilities of the Obrenovac's waterworks are located, including processing and purification of the water.

Remaining part of the village appears to be growing in population numbers since 1921, while including the total former area of Zabrežje, it was depopulating since 1981.

1904 postcaard from Zabrežje