NAME AND TYPE OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREA
Outstanding Natural Landscape "Tatkova zemunica"
NATIONAL CATEGORY
Protection category III – protected area of local importance
AREA
361 ha
PROTECTION REGIMES
Protection degree II and III, whereby protection regime of the degree III includes 97% of the area, that is, approximately 352 ha.
MUNICIPALITY
Administratively, the protected area belongs to the cadastre municipality of Devča, the Municipality of Merošina. It is located in central Serbia, on the southern slope of the Mali Jastrebac mountain, at a distance of 25 km from the town of Niš.
LEGAL PROTECTION IN THE PAST
According to the Decision on the Protection of the Part of Natural Area of the Mali Jastrebac Mountain, No. 633-3, Municipality Assembly of Merošina ("Official Gazette of the Municipality of Niš" No. 33/1971) this area was protected as the Memorial Natural Monument "Tatkova zemunica". The reason for the original protection was the fact that inside the forest complex was a dugout where on August 13th, 1942 Nikodije Stojanović - Tatko, a national hero and a fighter of the Toplica Partisan squad, was killed.
During World War II, in the area of the protected natural resource and its surrounding, the fighters of the Toplica Partisan battalion clashed with the units of the Serbian State Guard, the Volunteer Unit and the Chetniks. Two dugouts, built in this area as food storage facilities, were used as a shelter by fighters during the offensive. In 1975, near the dugouts, a space was arranged in honor of the members of the resistance movement during World War II, at the initiative of the Union of Fighters of the Second World War of the Republic of Serbia. This memorial area "Tatkova zemunica" consists of a memorial composition at a space of 8 segments, as well as of a memorial plaque. Within the protected area there is the church of Sveti Vrači, the hotel "Mali Jastrebac" with sports fields and the resort facilities owned by the Correctional Institution Niš, Deligrad.
LEGAL ACT ON PROTECTION
Decree on the Designation of the Outstanding Natural Landscape "Tatkova zemunica" (“Official Gazette of the City of Niš”, No. 17/2015)
MANAGING ENTITY
PE "Srbijašume"
SHORT DESCRIPTION (THE MAIN NATURAL AND CREATED VALUES)
The protected area consists of a beech and oak forest complex at an altitude of 500-920 m above sea level. It is dominated by Moesian beech (Fagus moesiaca), followed by sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and Turkey oak (Quercus cerris). The total protected area is about 361 ha, of which 345 ha are state-owned and about 16 ha in private ownership. The closest settlements are the villages of Gornja Devča, Padina and Krajkovac. The protected area is located between the riverbed of the Krajkovac river and Jasički potok creek, on the east side, and the ridge part of Mali Jastrebac Mt. on the west side, with the peaks Ljutički krst (904 m), Crveni breg (881 m) and Golemi laz (770 m). Besides the conserved natural values, the area is also characterized by significant cultural-historical and aesthetic features. Special environmental value of this area is given by the rather small artificial reservoir downstream of the protected natural resource - Lake Krajkovac, which is filled with quality spring water from the Jasički potok and the Krajkovac river. Jastrebac mountain, consisting of two mountain massifs, Veliki and Mali Jastrebac, belongs to the Rhodope Mountains and is located north of the Toplica river. Jastrebac has a parallel direction of 45 km in length and is considered one of the most afforested areas of our country and as such is in the process of evaluation of natural values with the aim of establishing protection in the wider area
Outstanding Natural Landscape "Tatkova zemunica"
NATIONAL CATEGORY
Protection category III – protected area of local importance
AREA
361 ha
PROTECTION REGIMES
Protection degree II and III, whereby protection regime of the degree III includes 97% of the area, that is, approximately 352 ha.
MUNICIPALITY
Administratively, the protected area belongs to the cadastre municipality of Devča, the Municipality of Merošina. It is located in central Serbia, on the southern slope of the Mali Jastrebac mountain, at a distance of 25 km from the town of Niš.
LEGAL PROTECTION IN THE PAST
According to the Decision on the Protection of the Part of Natural Area of the Mali Jastrebac Mountain, No. 633-3, Municipality Assembly of Merošina ("Official Gazette of the Municipality of Niš" No. 33/1971) this area was protected as the Memorial Natural Monument "Tatkova zemunica". The reason for the original protection was the fact that inside the forest complex was a dugout where on August 13th, 1942 Nikodije Stojanović - Tatko, a national hero and a fighter of the Toplica Partisan squad, was killed.
During World War II, in the area of the protected natural resource and its surrounding, the fighters of the Toplica Partisan battalion clashed with the units of the Serbian State Guard, the Volunteer Unit and the Chetniks. Two dugouts, built in this area as food storage facilities, were used as a shelter by fighters during the offensive. In 1975, near the dugouts, a space was arranged in honor of the members of the resistance movement during World War II, at the initiative of the Union of Fighters of the Second World War of the Republic of Serbia. This memorial area "Tatkova zemunica" consists of a memorial composition at a space of 8 segments, as well as of a memorial plaque. Within the protected area there is the church of Sveti Vrači, the hotel "Mali Jastrebac" with sports fields and the resort facilities owned by the Correctional Institution Niš, Deligrad.
LEGAL ACT ON PROTECTION
Decree on the Designation of the Outstanding Natural Landscape "Tatkova zemunica" (“Official Gazette of the City of Niš”, No. 17/2015)
MANAGING ENTITY
PE "Srbijašume"
SHORT DESCRIPTION (THE MAIN NATURAL AND CREATED VALUES)
The protected area consists of a beech and oak forest complex at an altitude of 500-920 m above sea level. It is dominated by Moesian beech (Fagus moesiaca), followed by sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and Turkey oak (Quercus cerris). The total protected area is about 361 ha, of which 345 ha are state-owned and about 16 ha in private ownership. The closest settlements are the villages of Gornja Devča, Padina and Krajkovac. The protected area is located between the riverbed of the Krajkovac river and Jasički potok creek, on the east side, and the ridge part of Mali Jastrebac Mt. on the west side, with the peaks Ljutički krst (904 m), Crveni breg (881 m) and Golemi laz (770 m). Besides the conserved natural values, the area is also characterized by significant cultural-historical and aesthetic features. Special environmental value of this area is given by the rather small artificial reservoir downstream of the protected natural resource - Lake Krajkovac, which is filled with quality spring water from the Jasički potok and the Krajkovac river. Jastrebac mountain, consisting of two mountain massifs, Veliki and Mali Jastrebac, belongs to the Rhodope Mountains and is located north of the Toplica river. Jastrebac has a parallel direction of 45 km in length and is considered one of the most afforested areas of our country and as such is in the process of evaluation of natural values with the aim of establishing protection in the wider area
