Ušće (Kraljevo)

Ušće (Cyrillic: Ушће ) is a village in western Serbia. The village is situated on the banks of the river Ibar, his name means in German river mouth.

Geography

Ušće is the Opština Kraljevo in Okrug Raška. Surrounded by woods village is located at the mouth of the river Ibar in the Studenica. In addition, the village is also on the river Raduša. The village is 338 meters above sea level in the central part of the Ibar valley.

The village owns in the surrounding forests and rivers a mild climate. In contrast to other regions of Serbia and the winter to Ušće are mild. The mountains of Kopaonik, the Željina, the Radočela and Stolov, and their subordinate smaller mountains retain much of the winds with them. Also blow to Ušće, as well as all the Ibar Valley the warmest, coming from the south winds of Serbia, so snow is not long remain are in place.

History

When the village was founded, is not known. In the Serbian Orthodox Monastery Studenica are records that the monastery was bought in 1781 at a resident of Ušće a vineyard.

One of the most important people of the village was the dealer Lazar Prokić of Studenica. He moved in 1882 to the village. In the village he built several buildings, such as the first school, which he had built in 1907 and donated to the village. The school is still in operation and in good structural condition.

Since the Studenica monastery is located not far from the village, are the most famous and important people from the area around Ušće, members of the Serbian royal dynasty of Nemanjić, primarily the founder Stefan Nemanjić and his son Rastko, also known as St. Sava of Serbia, the most important saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Opština Ušće

By 1965, the village was the seat of Opština Ušće. This community consisted of the villages of Bare, Bojanići, Borovo, Brezova, Bzovík, Cerje, Dolac, Dražiniće, Đakovo, Gokčanica, Kamenjani, Lozno, Međurečje, milice, Mlanča, Orlja Glava Plana, Polumir, Predole, Reka, Rudno, Rudnjak, Savovo, Tadenje, Tepeče, Ušće, Vrh and Zasad. With resolution of the community, is the whole area of the former municipality Ušće, become a part of the municipality of Kraljevo. However, the place was given the formal status of a small community.

Population

The village lies in the Opština Kraljevo, Raška in Okrug. Ušće in the census had 2002 2040 inhabitants, while there were 1991 1958 inhabitants. The people make the majority of Orthodox Serbs and a minority, also Orthodox Montenegrins. In addition, in the village still live Yugoslavs and Macedonians. The village consists of 630 households.

The number of residents to the settlement Ušće increased steadily until the 2000s. In the 1960s, with around 1600 inhabitants Ušće had, in the eighties in 1700, in the 1990s almost 2000. And by 2002, there were in the room Ušće over 4000 inhabitants.

This growth is not a reflection of a high birth rate, but the development of a number of smaller construction projects that had an impact on the population of the surrounding hamlets and so it came to the merger of the village and the surrounding hamlets.

Since 2002, the population of the place goes back slowly because factories of the town because of poor economy went into bankruptcy. Still in operation, the lignite mine Econom and the private company are Ekofarm. The factory for the manufacture of laminate, the factory for agricultural products and the textile factory were closed. In place smaller service businesses such as restaurants increasingly are opened.

Demography

Infrastructure

In the village is the primary school Milun Ivanović, with around 400 students. The school also maintains small classes in the villages Polumir, Gokčanica, Lozno and Reka. Among the cultural institutions of Ušće include a library with over 20,000 books, a small art museum, a cinema and the cultural association of the Bogorodica Studenička ( Our Lady of Studenica ).

Ušće is now an urban-type village, it has a water supply and a sewage system. In addition, the town has a police station, a post office, a bank, as well as lighted and paved streets.

Sports

Ušće is sporty, especially through his whitewater kayak team known in Serbia itself and also in the Western Europe countries.

The football club Radnik formerly played with with clubs such as Javor Ivanjica and Bane from the Raška. The club has produced many skilled players who all play in the Second Serbian League. The greatest success of football from Ušće Dragan Mladenovic is one of the best players from Belgrade football club Crvena Zvezda and the Serbian football in general. Today, football is in Ušće, but in the crisis.

For some time, there is in place a female volleyball team, consisting of pupils of primary school of the village.