Podgorac | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Osman Bey's Fountain | |
  Podgorac | |
| Coordinates:43°56′39″N21°56′42″E / 43.94417°N 21.94500°E /43.94417; 21.94500 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Zaječar District |
| Municipality | Boljevac |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 2,218 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Podgorac (Serbian Cyrillic:Подгорац;Romanian:Podgorț) is avillage in themunicipality ofBoljevac,Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2218 people.[1] The village is situated in theCrna Reka region.
There is an 18th-century Ottoman Turkish public fountain built with the funds donated by a certain Osman Bey and therefore named (in Serbian)Osmanbegova česma.
The village was a site of operations in theFirst Serbian Uprising (1804–13).[2][3] The Crna Reka nahija was organized intoRevolutionary Serbia, with a seat at Zaječar and the establishment of amagistrate (court).[4] A Serbian military camp was located at Podgorac.[4]
For a brief period in 1840/41 school year,Đura Jakšić was a village school teacher here.
43°56′39″N21°56′42″E / 43.94417°N 21.94500°E /43.94417; 21.94500
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