The first urban plan of Uzice from 1863.

Abstract

Urban plan for Uzice from 1863. started urban reforming of settlement. Historical events in 1862. set the basis: great fire and emigration of Turks from the city which reduced number from 5700 to 2490 inhabitants. At the same time, financial capacity of population weakened and that affected to dynamics of reconstruction. Sketch of current state from 1863. represents first geodetic record of the town. It provides important information about town state during Turkish occupation. On sketch of current state after the fire are seen unequal width winding streets, blocks with irregular borders, streams flowing freely through town, and, in the town center, a large cemetery which divides the town and prevents further development. According to the sketch was made the First regulation proposal on May 1863. (eng. Emanuel Shefel) which included identical surface as area destroyed in the fire. With this plan cemetery located in center was abolished, regulation of river Djetinja and steam Uremovac was planned, formed two blocks at expense of river regulation, street routes were straightened, street axle fractures were planned only in areas of intersections, block boundaries realigned, blocks got proper geometry, and around the church and district office was formed a town market from which poured out the main street - carsija. Problems of this proposalwere that it envisaged small number of town markets, in relation to economic importance of the town and inappropriate main street solution. In order to help in rewriting the plan in the town were sent engineers Josip Klinar (from Cacak) and Joseph Veseli (from Loznica). Together with E. Sefel they have made Second plan proposal: thay have expanded plan intervention to north (Military Circle), to west (stream Kostica), on cemetary space were formed two blocks and Knez Milos Market, on west side the block where was madrassa was reduced and school building was set on the regulatory line and thereby was formed Sveti Sava Market, Old market retained all features from previous proposal, Main Street has changed its route and in the part just before the Old Market was connected with the street that leads to Lipa, two parallel roads of same rank spreading from east to west and north to south were formed, river Djetinja and steam Uremovac channels were regulated, and formed Military circle. Town graphic presentation was changed so that on the drawing all blocks have written side length, and some streets even width. This proposal was endorsed in 1871. and remained in force until 1891. The work was made based on stored archival material and written sources.