Veternik

Veternik Ветерник (Serbian)
Suburban settlement
Orthodox church in Veternik
Coat of arms
45°15′12″N 19°45′39″E / 45.25333°N 19.76083°E / 45.25333; 19.76083
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Bačka
Municipality	Novi Sad
Area [1]
• Total	15.37 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	17,454
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	21203
Area code	+381(0)21
Car plates	NS

Veternik (Serbian Cyrillic: Ветерник) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Over the years, especially in the 1990s, it grew with size and inhabitants thus merging with Futog to the west and Novi Sad to the east.

Name

The settlement was named in honour of the assault of the Serbian army in the Veternik mountain area during the breach of the Macedonian front in World War I. It was first called Novi Veternik ("New Veternik"), but was later changed into Veternik. The name Veternik itself means "windy" in Serbian. [1]

In Serbian Cyrillic, the settlement is known as Ветерник (in Serbian Latin as Veternik) and in Hungarian as Hadikliget.

History

The first settlement at this location was mentioned in 1848 and its name was Neu Ilof. It was a settlement for workers that worked in the nearby estate whose last owner was count Kotek.

The modern settlement was founded in 1918 as a settlement for Serb veterans from World War I. During World War II, the Hungarian occupational authorities relegated the population of the village across the Danube, and settled Hungarians from Bukovina into their houses. After the war, the population returned and settlement largely developed in the next period: from only 789 inhabitants that were recorded by the 1948 census, the population of Veternik rose to 18,626 in 2002.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1948	6,179	—
1953	6,829	+10.5%
1961	9,185	+34.5%
1971	12,945	+40.9%
1981	15,803	+22.1%
1991	16,711	+5.7%
2002	18,375	+10.0%
2011	17,454	−5.0%
2022	18,849	+8.0%
Source: Census [2] [3]

Status

Officially, Veternik holds suburban settlement status, as it is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad. Today, Veternik has merged with Novi Sad completely.

Features

Besides basic village infrastructure (post office, two elementary schools, infirmary, library, market etc.), Veternik is also home to an institution for handicapped children and young people.^[4]

In 2009 the city of Nova Sad decided to build a new primary school in Veternik with access for children with disabilities. The new school was named after the local philanthropist Marija Trandafil.^[5]

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

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HealthSports

Stadiums and Indoor arenas	Detelinara Stadium Karađorđe Stadium Slana Bara Stadium SPC Vojvodina
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Companies

Finance	DDOR Novi Sad Erste Bank Novi Sad OTP Banka Srbija
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Transportation

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