Zajecar - engleski - niska rezolucija

ZAJEČAR − CAPITAL OF SERBIAN EAST
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ter from these springs was transported by horses to Vidin,
for Vidin pasha. In Ti mo ča ni nu from October 2, 1891, Jo van
Ka me no vić announces “to the local population and everybody
who needs Ni ko li čev ska ba nja” that he had found the
main spring on his property, “so that now there is plenty of
water and that two-three people can bathe at the same time”,
and that he began, independently and at his own expense,
“to repair and develop, to make it comfortable for ill people”.
He informed the people that he would not charge anything,
but he called everybody to help him with donations to realize
his idea, everybody in accordance with their means.
In her book All This is Life, professor wrote that in Ni koli
če vo, in 1930’s, a man named An ta had a tavern and, next
to it, built a long building for accommodation of guests who
were using medicinal springs. The building had nine separate
rooms, furnished with beds, night stands and chairs, and
guests were bringing their own linen. He also built a kitchen
with a large stove, where they cooked. All that was gone after
his dfeath.
Dr Ni ko la Mi lo je vić, professor at the Faculty of Mining
and Geology, made the greatest contribution to the exploration
of water in Ni ko li čev ska banja. Thanks to him, chemical
analyses and reconnaissance of the terrain were conducted,
and was determined that water from Ni ko li čev ska banja belongs
to the group of alkali hydro-carbonated waters at the
tem pe ra tu re of 31 o C. Based on the decision of the Ministry
for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment,
from February 24, 2003, reserves of oligomineral waters of
Ni ko li čev ska banja are 2.85 liters per second.
It is planned to build a hotel complex here, on surface
area of 10 hectares, with wellness and spa centre, indoor
swimming pools, aqua park and sport fields. The extent in
which the local people are counting on this water can be seen
in the fact that some of them are already offering categorized
rooms to guests.
HEALTH FROM THE DEPTH
In Serbia today there is not a single city that has so many
artesian fountains as Za je čar. Although today there is a contemporary
water supply system and a water treatment plant
with world class equipment, many people from Zaječar are
still drinking water from Mar ko ‘s and Tac ko ‘s fountain, the
one from “Ostr vo”, near “Je din stva”, or another fountain.
Very few people today know that artesian fountains
used to be built from practical and not really pleasant rea-
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Ni ko li čev ska ba nja,
in the early
20 th century
From one of about
forty fountains
in Zaječar still
operational today
Healing Properties
In the opinion of
Dr. Mi la n Bo ja ni ć
form the Faculty of
Medicine in Belgrade,
mineral waters
from Ni ko li čev ska
Spa belong to the
category of oligomineral
sulphidic
homeotherms. They
can be used as basic
or additional means
for treatment of
the following, often
chronic, rheumatic
diseases: chronic
inflammatory rheumatism,
degenerative
rheumatism (artrosis
and spondylosis), as
well as for extraarticular
rheumatism
(fibrositis, myosistis,
panniculitis).