Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Coordinates: 45°08′N 17°15′E / 45.133°N 17.25°E | |||
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity | Republika Srpska | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Nikola Kragulj (SNSD) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 762 km2 (294 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 59,974 | ||
| • Municipality | 62,062 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Area code(s) | +387 51 | ||
| Website | www.opstina-gradiska.com | ||
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Gradiška (Serbian Cyrillic: Градишка, pronounced [ɡrǎdiʃka]) is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before the Bosnian War, it was also known as Bosanska Gradiška (Босанска Градишка). Gradiška is situated in the northern part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the eastern most municipalities of the Bosanska Krajina region. The town is situated on the Lijevče plain, at the right bank of the Sava river across Stara Gradiška, Croatia, and about 40 km (25 mi) north of Banja Luka.
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[edit] History
According to the written documents, Gradiška was first mentioned a little more than 700 years ago under the name of Gradiški Brod. However, the life in the area of the present town, its immediate and wider environs, dates back to the prehistoric times. In the time of Roman Empire, the city named Serbinum (Servitium) existed at this location. Gradiška was mentioned as a free town. In the Middle Ages, Gradiška had a major importance as the place where the Sava river used to be crossed.
Following the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising (1804), in the Sanjak of Smederevo (modern Central Serbia), the Jančić's Revolt broke out in the Gradiška-region against the Ottoman government in the Bosnia Eyalet, following econominal, national and religious deprivation of rights of Serbs. Hajduks (brigands) also arrived from Serbia, and were especially active on the Kozara. Jovan Jančić Sarajlija organized the uprising with help from Metropolitan Benedikt Kraljević. The peasants took arms on 23 September 1809, in the region of Gradiška, beginning from Mašići. The fighting began on 25 September, and on the same night, the Ottomans captured and executed Jančić. The rebels retreated to their villages, except those in Kozara and Motajica who continued, and offered strong resistance until their defeat in mid-October, after extensive looting and burning of villages by the Ottomans.[1]
Another revolt broke out in 1834, in Mašići.[2]
[edit] Settlements
The municipality includes 68 total settlements: • Adžići • Berek • Bistrica • Bok Jankovac • Brestovčina • Bukovac • Cerovljani • Cimiroti • Čatrnja • Čelinovac • Čikule • Donja Dolina • Donja Jurkovica • Donji Karajzovci • Donji Podgradci • Dragelji • Dubrave • Elezagići • Gašnica • Gornja Dolina • Gornja Jurkovica • Gornja Lipovača • Gornji Karajzovci • Gornji Podgradci • Gradiška • Grbavci • Greda • Jablanica • Jazovac • Kijevci • Kočićevo • Kozara • Kozinci • Krajišnik • Kruškik • Laminci Brezici • Laminci Dubrave • Laminci Jaružani • Laminci Sređani • Liskovac • Lužani • Mačkovac • Mašići • Mičije • Miloševo Brdo • Miljevići • Mokrice • Nova Topola • Novo Selo • Orahova • Orubica • Petrovo Selo • Rogolji • Romanovci • Rovine • Samardžije • Seferovci • Sovjak • Srednja Jurkovica • Šaškinovci • Trebovljani • Trnovac • Trošelji • Turjak • Vakuf • Vilusi • Vrbaška • Žeravica
[edit] Demographics
[edit] 1971
53,581 total
- Serbs - 35,038 (65.39)
- Bosniaks - 12,688 (23.68)
- Croats - 4,415 (8.23)
- Yugoslavs - 415 (0.77)
- Others - 1,025 (1.93)
[edit] 1991
In 1991, the municipality of Gradiška had a population of 59,974, including:
- 39,630 Serbs (49.4%)
- 15,297 Bosniaks (42.2%)?
- 1,894 Croats (3.2%)
- 1,811 Yugoslavs (3.0%)
- 1,342 others (2.5%)
The town of Gradiška itself had 18,671 residents, including:
- 43.5% Bosniaks
- 37.7% Serbs
- 10.3% Yugoslavs
- 4.6% Croats
- 3.9% others
Today, the town is estimated to have 22,000 people, with the municipality being composed of approximately 70,000 people.
[edit] Notable people
- Marko Marin, German national football team player of Serb origin
- Zvjezdan Misimović, Bosnian national football team player of Serb origin
- Nordin Gerzić, Sweden national football team player
- Rade Mihaljčić, Serbian historian and academic
- Samson Morpurgo, Medieval Italian rabbi, physician, and liturgist
- Alojzije Mišić, 19 century Bishop
- Branko Grahovac, football goalkeeper
- Atif Dudaković, former general of Bosnian army
- Nazif Hajdarović, Bosnian footballer
- Ratko Varda, basketball player
- Milan Janković (footballer born 1984), footballer
- Ognjen Šinik, football player
- Miodrag Latinović, retired football player
- Zlatko Janjić, football player
- Ozren Perić, football player
- Goran Zakarić, football player
- Vinko Marinović, former Serbian football player, nowdays manager
- Safet Halilović, Muslim politician
- Tatjana Pašalić, Croatian poker presenter
- Radenko Milak, painter
- Vaso Čubrilović, Serbian politician and historian, member of Black Hand organisation
- Veljko Čubrilović, member of Black Hand organisation
- Enver Šiljak, People's Hero of Yugoslavia
[edit] Twin towns – Sister cities
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Стојан Бијелић. Машићка буна. Врбаске новине бр. 107 ст. 5, 1933. (извор)
- ^ http://www.gradiskasela.net/masici/istorija.html
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 45°08′N 17°15′E / 45.133°N 17.25°E
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