Kaletinac
Kaletinac (Serbian: Калетинац) is a village situated in Gadžin Han municipality in Serbia.[1]
Kaletinac | |
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Village | |
  Kaletinac | |
| Coordinates: 43°09′11″N 22°09′35″E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Municipality | Gadžin Han |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Notable
Kaletinac is the birthplace of Dragutin Matić (1888–1970), a famous Serbian infantry soldier from World War I. His image is widely recognizable in Serbia, from a photograph where he was a lookout of Austro-Hungarian positions. That photograph is often found in military albums, encyclopedias and museums. Nicknamed Hawkeye, Matić was the youngest of 7 children born in the house.[2]
In the mid-2000s the initiative was started for his birth house in Kaletinac to be adapted into the museum. The house was abandoned and derelict as all the descendants of the Matić family moved out and some emigrated abroad. In July 2018 it was announced that the house will be reconstructed and turned into the memorial home. Both living descendants waved their rights on the house and donated it to the municipality to turn it into the museum. Reconstruction is scheduled to start in the fall of 2018.[2]
References
- Institut national d'études démographique (INED) Archived 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- T.Todorović (14 July 2018). "Родна кућа Драгутина Матића ипак спомен музеј" [Family home of Dragutin Matić will be a memorial museum after all]. Politika (in Serbian).