{"id":165708,"date":"2025-02-19T12:46:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=165708"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:46:46","slug":"from-tokyo-to-milwaukee-350000-toponyms-around-the-world-named-after-serbs-and-serbia-you-wont-believe-where-we-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/from-tokyo-to-milwaukee-350000-toponyms-around-the-world-named-after-serbs-and-serbia-you-wont-believe-where-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM TOKYO TO MILWAUKEE: 350,000 toponyms around the world named after Serbs and Serbia \u2013 you won\u2019t believe where we are!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few years ago, when the Serbian Cemetery and Museum were opened in Velk\u00fd Meder, Slovakia, experts calculated that this marked the 350,001st Serbian name on the world map. That is the number of Serbian toponyms, traces, names, and designations found outside of Serbia, in other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 194 independent countries and 70 territories in the world. Serbs live in 159 of them, but traces of the Serbian people can be found on every continent. Abroad, Serbs have been referred to and marked as Bojki, Raci, Vaci, Veneti, Serbi, Sorabi, White Serbs, Lusatian Serbs, and simply Serbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serbian toponyms around the world include the names of territories, places, monuments, streets, squares, temples, cemeteries, buildings, and the names of notable individuals. Research shows that Serbs in Europe alone have 5,000 churches, cemeteries, chapels, monuments, monasteries, schools, libraries, and endowments. There are about 660 military memorials, cemeteries, tombs, and monuments in twenty countries on the Old Continent and just as many on other continents. One of the most famous Serbian memorials is the Zejtinlik Cemetery in Greece, the Serbian tomb in the forests of Jind\u0159ichovice in the Czech Republic, and the Bloody Road memorial in Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little known to the Serbian public is that after the Zejtinlik Cemetery, the largest Serbian ossuary is in Jind\u0159ichovice, near Karlovy Vary, on the Czech-German border. It was erected by King Alexander Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 in 1931. It houses the remains of 7,100 Serbs and 180 Russians who perished in camps during World War I. Just three kilometers away, in a forest, there is another cemetery where about 1,600 more Serbs and 64 Russians are buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serbs were brought there between 1914 and 1918. Soldiers were captured on the battlefield and then transported by railway to the camps, while civilians were taken by the Austro-Hungarian army during their campaigns in Serbia. The prisoners came from all over Serbia, with the majority from the \u0160umadija and Valjevo regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zejtinlik-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15700\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>SRPSKA GROBNICA: Solunsko groblje Zejtinlik, u kome le\u017ee kosti preko 7.200 Srba<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom\u00e1\u0161 Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, decided to halt the construction of a water supply system in Jind\u0159ichovice so that part of the land could be gifted to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in memory of the Serbian victims of World War I. Dejan Ran\u0111elovi\u0107 from Karlovy Vary maintains this memorial ossuary. For a decade, a traditional liturgy and memorial service for the Serbs and Russians who perished in this largest Austro-Hungarian camp, now in the Czech Republic, have been held. The liturgy is conducted by Russian priests and Serbian priest Sr\u0111an Jablanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Spomen_kosturnica_Jindrihovice-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15701\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>JIDRIHOVICE: Spomen kosturnica srpskih vojnika i civila iz Prvog svetskog rata<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SERBIAN KOVIN IN THE HEART OF HUNGARY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest number of Serbian place names is found in Slavic countries (Russia, Poland, Czech Republic), followed by friendly states (Hungary, Romania, France, North Macedonia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Budapest, there is a district called Little Belgrade and several towns (Sz\u00e1rbog\u00e1rd) and settlements with Serbian prefixes (Tab\u00e1n, R\u00e1cv\u00e1ros, R\u00e1cmecske, Srpski Kovin, S\u00e1rberki Patak).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Manastir-Strpski-Kovin-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15702\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>SRPSKI KOVIN: Jedan od najstarijih srpskih manastira nastao je u prvoj polovini&nbsp;XII veka. Osniva\u010d je kraljica&nbsp;Jelena, \u0107erka ra\u0161kog \u017eupana&nbsp;Uro\u0161a I&nbsp;i supruga ugarskog vladara Bele II <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar situation is found in Romania, particularly in Banat, where a large Serbian population once lived. Around twenty settlements have Serbian origins (Ohaba Serbeasc\u0103, Serbe\u0219ti, Sarbi Arad, Sarbi Magura, Serben Voda in Bucharest, Srbova in Timi\u0219). One of the mountain peaks in the F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219 range is named Serbota. In the center of Timi\u0219oara is the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy, which owns the surrounding buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Poland, Serbian-origin toponyms include names like Bia\u0142a Serbia, Sarbia, Sarbin, Sarbinovo, Sarbinovka, Sarbice, Sarbka, and Sarbskie Huby. North of Szarba, there is a place called Sarbievo. In the Kaszubian-Slowinski region, there is a modern town and lake named Sarbske or Sarbske Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vysok\u00e1_Srbsk\u00e1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15703\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>VISOKA SRPSKA: Ime sela u \u010ce\u0161koj koje se prvi put pominje 1254. godine poti\u010de od Lu\u017ei\u010dkih Srba, koji su \u017eiveli na ovim prostorima, a kroz selo proti\u010de potok koji se zove Srpska <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Czech Republic, there are 25 place names and settlements, including Vysok\u00e1 and N\u00edzk\u00e1 Srbsk\u00e1 in the Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 region, Srbi in Plze\u0148, Srbi in the Kladno district, Mohtin Srbska, a quarter in Brno, Srbce in the Lu\u017ee district, and Srpska Kamenica in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slovakia has places such as Srbova in the Svidn\u00edk district, Osrblianka stream in the Brezno district, and Osrblie in the same district. In Ukraine, there are memorial areas called Nova Serbia and Slavenoserbia, where Serbs lived in the 16th century. Ukraine also has 14 official names of Serbian origin, including Novi Serbi and Stari Serbi in Yemilchyne district, Serbi villages in Yemilchyne and Kodyma districts, and Serbinovtsi railway station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN ENGLISH:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02D7Wv4PnFd1m6KD7xehq7kbGWdev7aGSMmgiwyZe7a59FeLCYXEJUUacLK743bJ1ul&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"674\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SERBIAN CITIES AND ICONS IN RUSSIA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Russia, there are places such as Serbilovo in Gavrilov Posad district, Serbin in Slavyansk district, Serbinka in the Nizhniy Terebuzh area, and Serbino in Plyushky district. Moscow is not only the capital of the Russian Federation but also the central location of the Serbian Orthodox Church\u2019s representation, which dates back to the era of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, whose mother, Elena, was Serbian. It was established by his Serbian grandmother Ana Jak\u0161i\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Beogradska-ulica-Pariz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15704\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>IZLAZI NA \u010cUVENA MARSOVA POLJA: Bogradska ulica u Parizu    FOTO: Goran \u010cvorovi\u0107<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Archhierarchical Council, the main cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Kremlin, houses three Serbian saint icons\u2014Saint Sava, Saint Simeon the Myrrh-Streaming, and Saint Tsar Lazar. Russia has also erected monuments to Sava Vladisavljevi\u0107 and Tsar Ivan the Terrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ku\u0107a-kneza-Pavla.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15705\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>VILA KNEZA PAVLA: U njoj su izbegli\u010dki \u017eivot za vreme Drugog svetskog rata provodili knez Pavle i kneginja Olga<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Serbian historical figures, including Petar Petrovi\u0107 Njego\u0161, Vuk Karad\u017ei\u0107, Mihajlo Pupin, Nikola Tesla, and Milutin Milankovi\u0107, have their statues, busts, and memorial plaques in Slavic countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Basilica-Svetog-Petra-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15706\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>OVDE SE \u010cUVA SRPSKA IKONA SVETOG PETRA I PAVLA: Bazilika Sv. Petra u Rimu (Vatikan)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FRENCH TRIBUTE TO SERBIAN KINGS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serbian-named monuments also exist in Catholic countries, including memorials to Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovi\u0107, General Dra\u017ea Mihailovi\u0107, King Peter II Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107, and others. In Paris, there is a monument to Kings Alexander and Peter Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107, an avenue named after King Peter I, and Belgrade Street leading to the Champ de Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vuk-Karad\u017ei\u0107.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15707\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>GRAD IZ KOGA JE OPISMENJAVAO SRBE: Bista Vuka Karad\u017ei\u0107a u Be\u010du<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Belgrade Street also exists in Istanbul and Munich, where Serbian Orthodox churches are located. In Switzerland, the Ministry of Diaspora of Serbia has placed a memorial plaque dedicated to scientist Mileva Mari\u0107 Einstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dublin_City_Library.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15708\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em> GRADSKA BIBLIOTEKA U DABLINU: Ovde se \u010duva \u010duveno &#8220;Nikoljsko jevan\u0111elje&#8221; <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SERBIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN JERUSALEM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serbian manuscripts written by monks and pilgrims, including Saint Sava, exist in Jerusalem and on Mount Sinai. The Serbian Gospel from the 14th century, brought by Serbian soldiers during the Great War, is kept in the Dublin City Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Serbia, he is expected to return the missing page of the Miroslav Gospel, completing this historic Serbian manuscript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/chicago-serbs-show-big-hearts-fundraiser-for-the-first-serbian-orthodox-church-in-the-caribbean-a-big-success-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CHICAGO SERBS SHOW BIG HEARTS: Fundraiser for the first Serbian Orthodox church in the Caribbean a big success! 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(VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/we-will-not-leave-until-the-demands-are-met-farmers-occupy-the-raca-municipality-building-demanding-the-resignation-of-the-entire-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cWE WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL THE DEMANDS ARE MET\u201d: Farmers occupy the Ra\u010da Municipality building, demanding the resignation of the entire leadership!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/nemanja-was-robbed-in-the-world-cup-final-serbian-mma-fighter-lost-gold-due-to-an-incomprehensible-referee-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NEMANJA WAS ROBBED IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL: Serbian MMA fighter lost gold due to an incomprehensible referee decision!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Marko Lopu\u0161ina <strong>Foto:<\/strong> Wikimedia Creative Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, when the Serbian Cemetery and Museum were opened in Velk\u00fd Meder, Slovakia, experts calculated that this marked the 350,001st Serbian name on the world map. That is the number of Serbian toponyms, traces, names, and designations found outside of Serbia, in other countries. 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