Detelinara

Detelinara is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia.

Borders

The south-eastern borders of Detelinara are Ulica Branka Bajića and Ulica Braće Popović, the north-eastern border is Rumenačka ulica, the northern border is Ulica Oblačića Rada, and the western border is Bulevar Evrope, built in the last quarter of 2009.

Neighbouring city quarters

The neighbouring city quarters are: Novo Naselje and Jugovićevo in the west, Avijatičarsko Naselje in the north, Sajmište in the south-east, and Banatić and Industrijska [Zona Jug] in the north-east.

Parts of Detelinara

Detelinara is divided into Stara Detelinara and Nova Detelinara. The border between these two parts of the settlement is Ulica Kornelija Stankovića. Old Detelinara is located on the southern side of this Street, while New Detelinara is located on the northern side. But due to rapid construction of new apartment buildings on the southern side in practice, the southern side is called New and the northern Old.

Sports

The FK Novi Sad stadium holds 6.000 people.

History

Between 1980 and 1989, Detelinara was one of the seven municipalities of Novi Sad City. The municipality included the city quarters of Detelinara, Sajmište, Banatić, Avijatičarsko Naselje, Jugovićevo, Industrijska Zona Jug, Industrijska Zona Sever, Gornje Livade and Rimski Šančevi, and the villages of Rumenka, Kisač, and Stepanovićevo.
During NATO bombing of [Novi Sad in 1999|bombing of Novi Sad in 1999], NATO bombs devastated civilian residential buildings on the Ulica Ðule Molnara and a school in Detelinara.
There were no human casualties.