Zabrežje () is a village and the suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Obrenovac and makes one urban unit with its municipal seat. Zabrežje was known as an important border settlement, in the 19th century, and a major transportation hub, including river port, in the first half of the 20th century. Location and geography The settlement is located in the alluvial plain on the Sava's right bank, at an altitude of . It is a semi-compacted settlement elongated along the roads. On the south it is fully grown with its municipal seat, Obrenovac, which is away. It consists of three neighborhoods (spatial-physical units): Grad, Brdo and Ružičići. Being part of urban Obrenovac area, it was included in the general urban plan of Obrenovac in 1996, becoming essentially a suburban settlement. The village occupies the area of the large, peninsula-like meander of the Sava. Built up area of Zabrežje stretches in the east–west direction, spawning two opposite banks of the Sava, on the starting, and on the ending section of the meander, roughly from the Sava's 30th to the 40th kilometer. In the western section, the built up area continues to the south, reaching Obrenovac. North and south of the settlement are vast agricultural fields, including the areas and localities of Vič, Krčevine, Kruške, Babića Ćošak, Miljkovica, Plošće (north), Begluk, Ćelija, Tešnjak and Tamnava (south). Western area is called Grmik. Across the Sava, to the west, is the Syrmian sub-region of Crni Lug while to the north is the village of Boljevci, all in the Surčin municipality. Area of the settlement is . Locality Vić Bare has water springs. Earth embankment was built along the Sava's bank, stretching for . In the southeastern extension, along the Sava's right bank is the main Obrenovac's excursion area, Zabran. Name Name is influenced by the geography. Looking from the southwest, the settlement is located behind the -high hill of Petlovo Brdo. After one of the Serbian words for hill, breg, comes the word zabrežje - area behind the hill. History Zabrežje was mentioned for the first time in 1429. First diplomatic letter in modern Serbia was written in the house of Pantelija Ružičić in Zabrežje, on 14 March 1804, during the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman rule. Archpriest Mateja Nenadović wrote and sent letters, among others, to Stefan Stratimirović, the Metropolitan of Karlovci. As