Ub, Serbia
town and municipality in Serbia
Ub (Serbian Cyrillic: Уб) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of western Serbia. As of 2022, the population of the town is 6,684, while population of the municipality is 25,780 inhabitants.
History
The first communities established at the municipal territory of Ub, according to the historical traces and traces of human civilization discovered in the current settlements of Trlić, Kalinovac, Brgule, originated from the time of Vinča culture, around 5000 BC. In the settlement of Čučuge today there are traces of the Bronze Age.
The most probable theory of the origin of the name is from the Latin word urbs 'city'. According to legend, the place was built in the reign of Prince Kocelj, and named after his brother Slavoljub. Over time, the names shortened to just "Ub".
The most important cultural and historical monument of Ub is the church - monastery in the village Dokmir, dating from the fifteenth century. Research suggests that the monastery was restored in 1415, so it is believed to date from an earlier period. Also affiliated with the monastery are the nuns of the Žitomislić Monastery in Herzegovina, who had fled the war in Bosnia in the early 1990s.
The Tamnava area has preserved evidence of earlier styles and ways of life.
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