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ZAJEČAR − CAPITAL OF SERBIAN EAST
In the mid 20 th century, Lenovac had 400 households
with about 2,000 residents, a coal mine, post office, creamery,
narrow-gauge railroad, cooperative, cultural center,
mill, church, two pubs, elementary school, library, water
supply system. The village church was built in 1896, in
memory of Hajduk Veljko Petrović, a famous Karađorđe
duke and hero of the First Serbian Uprising, born in Lenovac.
In memory of this hero, traditional event “Hajduk-
Veljko days”is being held in Lenovac.
Lenovac, which occupies an area of 3,556 hectares, is
19.5 kilometers away from Zaječar. According to the 2002
census, the village had 122 households with 204 inhabitants.
By comparison, in 1948 it had 1,380 inhabitants.
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“Grateful offspring
of Haj duk-Velj ko to
avengers of Ko so vo,
killed soldiers from
Le nov ac”, 1912.
Memorial plate to
Haj duk-Velj ko in his
home in Le nov ac
An image from the
village of Le sko vac
LESKOVAC
A small village on the shore of the Grliško Lake, 17 kilometers
away from Zaječar has 63 households and 128 inhabitants.
According to tradition, the village existed in the Turkish
times, and it had two water mills. It had a chapel built
of stone in 1846, which was used for weddings, funerals,
baptism and cutting the St. Day cake. The church dedicated
to Saint Father Nicholas was built in 1896, and was consecrated
the same year by Bishop of Timok, Melentije.
After World War One, a purchasing-consumer cooperative
was established in Leskovac. There was also a youth
fire department. For a while, the village mining railway was
connecting with the one of Zaječar-Niš. Today, the village
is connected to Zaječar by asphalt road.
LUBNICA
It is situated six kilometers southwest of Zaječar, between
the hills Stupina, Tolaj, Osojno, Oberštur, Kuratura
and Lubničko. The village is divided into smaller communes
(or regions) should be, Valera, wide field, Kravarnik, Fažet,
Oberštur, Soča, Mrtvina, Lice and Miner’s settlement. The
rivers Planinička and Lubnička flow through the village,
and unite near the village Šljivar. Smaller streams are Husein
and Jona stream.
The Turkish census of 145455 mentions the village as
Lubinče. In the census of 1586, there is a reference to two
settlements: Vlaški Potok (Donja Lubnica) with 15 households,
and Srednja Lubnica, with 10 households. On the
origin of the village and its inhabitants there is no infor-
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Ma li Ja se no vac
The village is situated
30 kilometers away
from Zajačar. Its area
surfaces 1,176 acres.
According to the census
from 2002, it had
117 households and
254 inhabitants.
The church in Ma li
Ja se nov ac was built
in 1913. A wooden
chapel built in 1870
had been used
before that.