Sajlovo or Donje Sajlovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Доње Сајлово) is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

 in Serbia

Serbia

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History

In 1237, two villages with name Sajlovo (Hungarian: Zajol), Donje Sajlovo and Gornje Sajlovo, were mentioned to exist in this area. The original name of these settlements was Isailovo. Settlements were named after monk Isaija from nearby monastery that existed in the 12th century in the east of Rumenka

Rumenka

Rumenka is a village located in the Novi Sad municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

. Name Sajlovo/Isailovo is of Slavic

Slavic languages

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 origin, which indicate that these settlements were initially inhabited by Slavs.

Later, this settlement ceased to exist and in the 19th and beginning of the 20th century Zajoli SCHNEIDER (Schneider de Zajol - Snajder) noble family lived in "zajoli puszta" (plain of Zajol - plain of Sajlovo).

Modern settlement of Sajlovo was mostly settled during 1990s with Serb refugees from parts of former Yugoslavia.

Borders

The north-eastern border of Sajlovo is Rumenački put (Rumenka Road), the south-eastern border is ulica Donje Sajlovo (Donje Sajlovo Street), and the western border is a western city limit of Novi Sad.

Neighbouring city quarters

The neighbouring city quarters are: Jugovićevo

Jugovicevo

Jugovićevo is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia.-Borders:The southern border of Jugovićevo is Bulevar Vojvode Stepe , the eastern border is a future new section of the Subotički bulevar , which will be built in 2007, the north-eastern border is Rumenački put , the north-western border is...

 in the south-east, and Industrijska Zona Jug in the north-east.

External links

• Sajlovo images
• Brujalo celo Sajlovo (in Serbian)
• Sajlovo 1940 (in Serbian)
• Detailed map of Novi Sad and Sajlovo