Višnjik, Sarajevo

Višnjik Вишњик
Neighborhood
Part of the Višnjik street in the winter
Višnjik border
Višnjik
Coordinates: 43.866774°N 18.417689°E / 43.866774; 18.417689
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	FBiH
Canton	Sarajevo
City	Sarajevo
Municipality	Centar Municipality, Sarajevo
Developed	since 1960
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387

Višnjik (Cyrillic: Вишњик, lit. "Cherry orchard") is a neighborhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Location

It is located just above central parts of the old city center, and is part of Centar municipality.

History

Višnjik - center of the image

Neighborhood is conceived as residential, on a hillside above city center never developed before, where, beside many small private gardens, also existed large cherry orchard - hence the name Višnjik (in English: Cherry orchard). It was designed and developed after the World War II, mostly between early 1950s and late 1960s.

The historic building Višnjik 16, designed by unknown architect in vernacular style with secessionist elements, is inscribed into the List of National monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina by KONS.[1]

Features

Višnjik Street

Neighborhood designers utilized the presence of abundant natural greenery on the location, and developed designated space while preserving most of it. This became a main attribute of the neighborhood, one which constitutes important quality and appeal. Višnjik neighborhood on its northern side borders with large Koševo hospital complex (KCUS, Klinički centar univerziteta Sarajevo).[2]

See also

• Sarajevo

References

1. "Stambeni objekat u ulici Višnjik 16, historijska građevina" (html, pdf). kons.gov.ba. Sarajevo: KONS. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
2. "Interactive Map - hospital complex and its neighborhoods" (.html). www.kcus.ba (in Bosnian and English). KCUS, Klinički centar univerziteta Sarajevo. Retrieved 29 July 2016.