Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, located along the Lepenica River. It has a population of around 150,000. Kragujevac has historically been important as the first capital of modern Serbia from 1818-1839 and was the site of the first constitution and university in the Balkans. However, Belgrade became the new capital in 1841. Kragujevac is also known for its weapons, munitions, and automobile industries today. It underwent terrible massacres during World War II when thousands of civilians were killed by Nazi soldiers in retaliation for attacks on German forces.

2.  Kragujevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крагујевац, pronounced [krǎɡujeʋat͡s] (
listen)) is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija
region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on
the banks of the river Lepenica. According to official results of the 2011
census, the city has a population of 150,835 inhabitants, while
administrative area has a population of 179,417.
 Kragujevac was the first capital of modern Serbia (1818–1839), and the
first constitution in the Balkans was proclaimed in this city in 1835. Further
on, the first full- fledged university in the newly independent Serbia was
founded in 1838, preceded by the first grammar school (Gimnazija),
Printworks (both in 1833), professional National theatre (1835) and the
Military academy (1837).
 Belgrade took the lead by becoming the seat of the throne in 1841. The
University of Kragujevac was not reestablished until 1976. Contemporary
Kragujevac is known for its weapons, munition and automobile industries

3. Kragujevac lies at 180 metres (591 feet) above
sea level, the mathematical and geographical
position +44 ° 22 '; +20 ° 56' and is located in the
valley of the river Lepenica. The city area covers
an area of 835 square kilometres (322 sq mi),
surrounded with further slopes of mountains
Rudnik, Crni Vrh and Gledić mountains.
Šumadija characterized by hilly - mountainous
land, slightly ruffled. Kragujevac has developed
transportation infrastructure.
Thanks to the good geographical position, it’s
possible to arrive to the city from five important
roadways from: a) Belgrade, across Batocina,
by State road, IB class, number 15; b) the
Montenegrin border, across Novi Pazar and
Kraljevo, by State road, IB class, number 15; c)
Belgrade, across Mladenovac and Topola, by
State road, IB class, number 16; d) Jagodina,
across Donja Sabanta, by State road, class II,
number 170; e) Gornji Milanovac, across Bare,
by State road, class II, number 176.

4. Kragujevac underwent a number of ordeals, the worst
probably having been the October massacre during World
War II. The Kragujevac massacre was the slaughter of 2,300
to 5,000 civilians—mostly Serbs and Roma— by Nazi
soldiers between 19–21 October 1941.[13] Staniša Brkić,
curator of The Museum of 21 October, published a book in
2007 where he listed names and personal data of 2,796
victims.[14]
The killings went on from October 19 to October 21, 1941, in
retaliation for a partisan attack on German soldiers. 50
people were killed if a German soldier was wounded, while
100 were slaughtered if a German soldier was killed. Among
the killed was a whole generation of boys taken directly from
schools. A monument for the executed pupils is a symbol of
the city.[15] This atrocity has inspired a poem called "Krvava
Bajka" ("Bloody Fairy Tale")
Panoramic night view over Kragujevac
by Desanka Maksimović, a well known Serbian poet from
the former

5. The architecture of Kragujevac displays a fusion of two different styles—
traditional Turkish (nowadays almost completely gone) and 19th century Vienna
Secession style.[20] Modern conceptions also appear throughout the city, firstly in
the shape of post-war concrete (usually apartments designed to house those left
homeless during World War II), and secondly the up-to-date glass offices
reflecting the ambitious business aspects of modern architects.

6. There are 22 primary and 8 secondary schools in Kragujevac.[24] There are also 3
special schools: School for hearing impaired children,[25] Music school Dr Miloje
Milojevic,[26] and School for children with disabilities Vukasin Markovic.[27]
University of Kragujevac was established on 21 May 1976 although the first
higher education institutions started with operations in 1960 as departments of
the University of Belgrade. It is fourth largest university in Serbia and is organized
in 12 faculties and two institutes which are spread over six cities (Kragujevac,
Cacak, Kraljevo, Uzice, Jagodina and Vrnjačka Banja) of the Central Serbia
region which covers an area populated by 2,500,000 people. Around 16.000
students is currently enrolled at the university. It has around 1.350 employees
out of which 900 is teaching and research staff.[28] The University Library in
Kragujevac is of generally scientific character, and its primary users are
university teaching staff and students. It takes space of 1,500 square meters
and includes several storage rooms, reading area and University Gallery. Library
takes care of around 100,000 copies of books, 2,500 doctoral and master thesis,
450 titles of domestic journals and 105 titles of foreign journals.[29]

7. Kragujevac is home to Čika Dača
Stadium, which is the third largest
stadium in Serbia by seat capacity.
FK Radnički 1923 is the city's most
successful football club and
competes in the Serbian SuperLiga.
However in football, Kragujevac is
also known for having the oldest
Serbian club, FK Šumadija 1903
(although FK Bačka 1901 is the
oldest club in present-day Serbia, at
time of its foundation was located
in Austro-Hungary while Kragujevac
was in Serbia, so that is why
Šumadija is the oldest Serbian club,
while Bačka is the oldest club in
Serbia).