Zrenjanin is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.
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15 Facts About Zrenjanin
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The old name for Zrenjanin is Veliki Beckerek or Nagybecskerek as it was known under Austria-Hungary up until 1918.
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Zrenjanin became an important agricultural, industrial, cultural and sport centre, at the time Zrenjanin was one of the most powerful industrial centres of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia led by Josip Broz Tito.
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Zrenjanin placed all the corpses in zinc coffins in the chateau crypt and used to talk to them, drinking champagne.
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Zrenjanin was arrested in 1930, condemned to death, sentence commuted to life in prison because, at that time, Yugoslavia did not execute women.
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Zrenjanin became complete insane and died in the town asylum in 1960.
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Zrenjanin is situated on the western edge of the Banat loess plateau, at the place where the canalized River Begej flows into the former water course of the River Tisa.
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The City of Zrenjanin is situated at a longitude of 20°23' east and a latitude of 45°23' north, in the center of the Serbian part of the Banat region, on the banks of the Rivers Begej and Tisa.
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Zrenjanin is around 70 kilometres away from Belgrade, and about 50 kilometres from Novi Sad, which is the distance to the present border with the European Union, which makes its position a particularly important transition center and potential resource in the directions north–south and east–west.
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Orthodox Christians in Zrenjanin belong to the Eparchy of Banat of the Serbian Orthodox Church with seat in Vrsac.
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Zrenjanin is the centre of the Roman Catholic diocese of the Banat region belonging to Serbia.
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City of Zrenjanin used to be the fourth largest industry center in former Yugoslavia.
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The economy of Zrenjanin is diverse, as it has developed processing industry, agriculture, forestry, building industry, and transport.
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Zrenjanin has many places of interest like City Hall, the cathedral, Freedom Square, King Aleksandar I Street, etc.
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