BraÃÂe Jerkoviàor colloquially Jerkovià(; ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voà ¾dovac.
BraÃÂe Jerkoviàis located between the valleys of the former creeks of Kumodraà ¡ki potok and Mokroluà ¡ki potok. It borders the neighborhoods of Marinkova Bara (north), Duà ¡anovac (north-west), Voà ¾dovac (west), MedakoviàII (north-east), Padina (east), while in the south it extends into the neighborhood of BraÃÂe JerkoviàII. It is bounded by the elbow-shaped street of the same name (on the west and south) and the street of Ignjata Joba (on the east). Northern border to Duà ¡anovac and Marinkova Bara, just as it case with many neighborhoods of Belgrade, can not be clearly established, though majority of city maps place it between the Darvinova and Ignjata Joba streets.
The name of the neighborhood means "JerkoviàBrothers" and it was named after two brothers, fighters during the World War II, who were both killed in 1941. Nebojà ¡a (1912-41), commander of the MaÃÂva partisan detachment, and Duà ¡an Jerkovià(1914âÂÂ41), commander of the Uà ¾ice partisan detachment, were both teachers. Duà ¡an was killed during the Battle of KadinjaÃÂa, in November 1941, and was declared a National Hero of Yugoslavia. A street, which is a central one in the neighborhood now, was named in their honor in 1946 as well as the neighborhood which later developed around it.
Even though it leans on the Voà ¾dovac's industrial zone along the Kumodraà ¡ka street, the neighborhood itself is entirely residential, built since the 1960s and the newer sections consist solely of residential buildings. The population of the local community BraÃÂe Jerkoviàwas 13,413 in 1981, 13,225 in 1991, 11,453 in 2002, and 9,661 in 2011, while the combined population of BraÃÂe Jerkoviàand Mitrovo Brdo was 23,162 in 2011 and is often named as one of the largest neighborhoods in both municipality of Voà ¾dovac and the city of Belgrade.
The main feature in the neighborhood is the Centralno groblje ("central cemetery", ), one of two main graveyards in urban Belgrade (the other one being the Novo groblje ("new cemetery") in Zvezdara. The church dedicated to Birth of Saint John the Baptist is within the cemetery complex.
There are three elementary schools in the neighborhood: "Branislav Nuà ¡iÃÂ" (founded in 1935), "Zmaj Jova JovanoviÃÂ" (founded in 1967), and "ÃÂura DaniÃÂiÃÂ" (moved from Zvezdara in 1970).
In the central part of the neighborhood, in the park next to the health care center, there are busts of the Jerkoviàbrothers and the memorial plaque. Work of sculptor Radmila Graovac, they were placed in 1979, in the park's section called Tito's memorial rose garden. There is another monument dedicated to the brothers, in a different part of the city. It is placed in front of the elementary school "BraÃÂa JerkoviÃÂ" in the neighborhood of à ½eleznik.
A green area between the streets of BraÃÂe JerkoviÃÂ, Jovana BijeliÃÂa and Meà ¡troviÃÂeva was reconstructed in May 2017 and turned into a mini-park which covers an area of . It has two children's playgrounds and area for the senior citizens. New paths were placed so as the new lawn. Seedlings of the white birch were planted, so as the both deciduous and evergreen shrubs, including honeysuckle and Syrian rosemallow.
In May 2023, it was announced that of largely uninhabited or formerly industrialized area along the entire west and southwest section of BraÃÂe Jerkoviàwill be urbanized. The zone is bounded by the streets of Darvinova on the north, BraÃÂe Jerkoviàon the east, Bulevar Peke DapÃÂeviÃÂa on the west, and Kruà ¾ni put on the south. The project envisions a total floor area of of residential buildings and growth of population from 1,273 in 2023, to 13,000.
In November 2023, the neighborhood was chosen as the site for the monument to Milunka SaviÃÂ, a Serbian World War I heroine. The monument will be located in Fontana Park, replacing the defunct fountain.
BraÃÂe JerkoviàII or Veljko Vlahovià(Serbian Cyrillic: ÃÂõÃÂúþ ÃÂûðàþòøÃÂ) was officially assigned name to the newer, southern extension of the neighborhood. It occupies the area between the streets of BraÃÂe JerkoviÃÂ, Pive KaramatijeviÃÂa and Dragice KonÃÂar. Even though built in the 1970s, the name didn't live up and except for some official uses (like the real estate agencies advertising or the official style of the terminal station of the bus line 26). It was named after the Communist politician Veljko Vlahovià(1914âÂÂ75). In the early 2000s the name of the neighborhood was officially changed to Mitrovo Brdo. It had a population of 10,114 in 1981, 12,576 in 1991, 12,557 in 2002 and 13,501 in 2011.
Eastern, residential extension of the neighborhood. It is located between the streets of Dragice KonÃÂar on the south, Ignjata Joba on the north and Svetozara RadojÃÂiÃÂa on the east, with Central cemetery on the north-west. Main street in the neighborhood is Indire Gandi.