Lomnica
Place in Pomoravlje, Serbia
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Lomnica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ломница) is a village in Despotovac municipality, in the Pomoravlje District of Serbia.
Lomnica
Ломница | |
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 Interactive map of Lomnica | |
| Coordinates: 44°14′N 21°28′E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| District | Pomoravlje |
| Municipality | Despotovac |
| Population | |
• Total | 988 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 35213 |
| Area code | +381 35 |
| Car plates | JA (old) DE (new) |
Geography
Lomnica is located 10 kilometers from the town of Despotovac and about 7 kilometers from Manasija Monastery. It is situated at (roughly) about 600 meters above sea level. It is the third largest village in the municipality (after villages Plažane and Veliki Popović). Near Lomnica is a small lake called Lomničko jezero, which is about 2 hectares in size for most of the year.
History
In late 1803, knez Pana and his cousin Milija, who were born in the village, joined the conspiration to overthrow the Dahije from the Sanjak of Smederevo.[2] During the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13), they initially fought under the command of obor-knez of Resava and vojvoda Stevan Sinđelić.[2]
Population
Features
The village has a part-time ambulance service with a doctor and nurse. It also has a modern football pitch with around 1,000 seats, along with other smaller football pitches and basketball courts.