Zemun

In ancient Rome, on the site of modern Zemun was the Taurunum settlement, which disappeared during the Great Migration Period. The first written mention of Zemun, whose name comes from the Slavic word earth , dates back to the XII century . In 1127, Belgrade and Branichevo were conquered by the Hungarian king Istvan II , who undertook a campaign against Byzantium . During his return, he destroyed Belgrade, whose stones were used in the construction of the walls of Zemun.

In the Middle Ages, Zemun was a separate city on the southern border of the Hungarian state. However, Belgrade located on the opposite bank has always surpassed it in importance. A similar distribution of roles persisted in the Ottoman Empire from 1541 to 1718 . In the subsequent era, Zemun was the border and customs city of Austria-Hungary , located on the border with the Ottoman Empire, later with Serbia. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary, Zemun belonged for a short time to the Srem kingdom of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia , before in 1918 it became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , which until 1929 was called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .

From 1934, Zemun became part of Belgrade, but again was a separate city from 1941 to 1944 as part of the fascist Independent State of Croatia . After the war, Zemun again became a district of the Yugoslav capital.

The Zemun crime clan named after this region, who organized the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in March 2003, gained international fame. In the same year, the Surchin district was separated from Zemun.

Zemun is the hometown of the Zemun football club, playing in the second Serbian league.

• Dimitri Davidovich , Serbian politician, diplomat, writer, journalist and publicist.
• Istvan IV , king of Hungary , who became, after intronization, the Byzantine governor of the fortress.
• Mateya Kezhman , soccer player
• Aleksandar Kolarov , soccer player
• Mikhail Maksimovich (1760-1819) - Serbian writer and translator, born in Zemun.
• Albert Nagy , football player.
• Dejan Stankovic , football player
• Jovan Subotić (1817–1886) - Serbian writer and politician.
• Ferari, Rachel , theater and film actress.

•   Mödling ( Austria )
•   Offenbach ( Germany )

• Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Zemun)

• Zemun official website (Serb.)
•   Wikimedia Commons has Zemun related media files