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Aleksinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Алексинац) is a town and municipality located in the Nišava District of southern Serbia. According to 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 43,258 inhabitants.
The Battle of Šumatovac (Serbian: Bitka na Šumatovcu) or Battle of Aleksinac (Turkish: Aleksinaç Muharebesi) happened in 1876, in central Serbia, near the town of Aleksinac. The outnumbered Serbian army, led by colonel Kosta Protić, won a tactical victory in this defensive battle against the Ottoman forces. In a major tactical blunder the ...
Prćilovica (Serbian: Прћиловица) is a village in the municipality of Aleksinac, Serbia in the Nišava District of Serbia. The village is situated in the Aleksinac Basin on the left bank of the South Morava River. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2410 people. [1]
It is kept at the Heritage Museum in Aleksinac and belongs to Starcevo culture." The remains of clay vessels from different periods, among oldest of them are related to Starcevo culture can be found in large sites in the Moravac area. The remains are the most present near neighbor village Zitkovac and close brickyard, where several urns were found.
Mining in the Aleksinac area started in 1883, when Đorđe Dimitrijević, a local doctor, and Johan Apel, owner of the Aleksinac Brewery, received a permit for coal mining on the area of 950 hectares. First tonnes of coal were used as fuel for the Brewery, which was, however, moved to Niš in 1884. Still, the mine further expanded and in 1902 ...
In December 1806, it was the site of a major battle between the Serbs and the Turks, known as the Battle of Deligrad.Again, during the 1876-1877 Serbian-Ottoman war, there was a battle in Deligrad on 20 to 21 October 1876.
After the failure near Šumatovac and Aleksinac, Turkish corps of Aiyub Pasha was transferred to the left bank of the South Morava by August 30, in order to, together with the divisions of Ali Saib-Pasha and Fazil-Pasha, attack the right wing of the Serbian Aleksinac positions, with the intention of bypassing Aleksinac and continuing to advance north along the left bank of the South Morava ...
Aleksinački Bujmir (Serbian Cyrillic: Алексиначки Бујмир) is a village in Serbia situated in the municipality of Aleksinac, in the Nišava District. The population of the village was 557 people at the 2002 census.