Gerzovo

Gerzovo
Gerzovo
	Герзово
	Gerzovo
	Coordinates: 44°18′44″N 16°59′37″E / 44.3123203311646°N 16.993723316383964°E
Population
• Total	268
Demonym(s)	(sg.) Gerzovac ; (pl.) Gerzovci

Gerzovo (Serbian Cyrillic:Герзово) is a settlement located in the municipality of Mrkonjić Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Geography

Gerzovo is located in the southeastern portion of the Mrkonjić Grad Municipality bordering Šipovo. Gerzovo is situated under a hill and is primarily a field.

Name

This settlement wasn't always named Gerzovo, in the 1528 Ottoman Defter it was labeled as Pr'ovo (Прхово) or Popovići. The Slavic traveler Benedikt Kuripešić concluded in his Book (Travel Writings through Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Rumelia;1530) that the settlement's name was Gerzovo. In correlation with Atanastije Grgićević in the description of the Klis Sanjak mentions Sokograd and Gerzovo together. Gerzovo itself is derived from the Duke Gerzelez Alija (Turkish: Gürz Ilyas) whose turbe until recently was located in Gerzovo, on Breščić, and who died there at the end of the 15th century.^[1]

History

In late May 1463, Mahmud Pasha launched an invasion of Bosnia with 20,000 Soldiers directly heading towards Jajce through Gerzovo, Sokoc, Pecka, Medina, and Ključ.^[2] After the Turkish Conquest of Bosnia, The Nahija of Sokol or The Nahija of Gerzovo^[a] was a Nahija formed in 1528 that controlled territory from Pliva to the Sana river. During this time period, the settlement of Pecka and Vrbljani was first mentioned. In the Turkish defters, it is hard to identify the correlation between censuses in that period to now due to name changes. The settlement Gerzovo was named Prhovo (Прово) while the settlement Pecka was listed as Kozara (Козара).^[3] It can be confirmed that all of the settlements around Baraći were part of the Sokolac Nahija.^[4] During the Nahija of Gerzovo, Sokograd was the administrative center of the Nahija.^[5]

Nahija of Gerzovo

Toponyms

In the Župa of Gerzovo, Many settlements were inhabited during the Roman Empire. Pecka was (Sarnade) Sarići was (Saritte near Šipovo) Jezero was (Indenea) and Majdan or Mrkonjić was (Balole)^[6]

Demographics

Ethnic Composition-Settlement Gerzovo
	2013 ^[7]	1991 ^[8]	1981^[9]	1971^[10]
In Total	268 (100,0%)	679 (100,0%)	914 (100,0%)	1,104 (100,0%)
Serbs	268 (100,0%)	673 (99,12%)	900 (98,47%)	1,085 (98,28%)
Others		6 (0,884%)	1 (0,109%)	7 (0,634%)
Yugoslavs			6 (0,656%)	9 (0,815%)
Montenegrins			5 (0,547%)
Bosniaks			1 (0,109%)
Croats			1 (0,109%)	3(0,272%)

Early Censuses of Settlements in Gerzovo^[b]
Settlement:	1879^[11]	1885^[12]	1895^[13]	1910^[14]	1921^[15]	1931^[15]
Brdo	417	473	542	670
Gromile	226	220	284	379
Podkraj	275	251	285	347
Podgorje	206	270	337	543
In Total	1,124	1,214	1,448	1,939	1,783	5,203

References

Clarifications

^ In Serbo Croatian, the Nahija was named Nahija Sokol or Nahija Gerzovo, In Cyrillic; (Serbian Cyrillic: Нахија Сокол, Нахија Герзово)
^ In the 1921, 1931 censuses of Yugoslavia they did not list individual settlements of Gerzovo rather combined them into one name as Gerzovo.

Notes

^ Udovčić 2007, p. 21.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 53.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 54.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 55.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 56.
^ Vasić 2005, p. 233.
^ "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Jugoslavije 1971" (PDF). stat.gov.rs.
^ "Popis 2013 u BiH". www.statistika.ba. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
^ "Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini 2013 – Etnička/nacionalna pripadnost, vjeroispovijest, maternji jezik". popis.gov.ba. Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine.
^ "Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini 2013 – Etnička/nacionalna pripadnost, vjeroispovijest, maternji jezik". popis.gov.ba. Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 123.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 124.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 125.
^ Udovčić 2007, p. 126.
^ ^a ^b Udovčić 2007, p. 127.

Sources

Udovčić, Rade (2007). Baraći i Baraćani (in Serbian). Mrkonjić Grad: JU Kulturni Centar, Petar Kočić. ISBN 978-99938-888-0-2.
Vasić, Milan (2005). Naselja na Balkanskom Poluostrvu od XVI do XVIII Vijeka (in Serbian). Banja Luka: Narodna I Univerzitetska Biblioteka Republike Srpske. pp. 233–240. ISBN 99938-0-584-X.
Niškanović, Miroslav (1978). Ilindanski dernek kod turbeta Đerzelez Alije u Gerzovu. Novi Pazar.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[3] In Serbo Croatian, the Nahija was named Nahija Sokol or Nahija Gerzovo, In Cyrillic; (Serbian Cyrillic: Нахија Сокол, Нахија Герзово)

[12] In the 1921, 1931 censuses of Yugoslavia they did not list individual settlements of Gerzovo rather combined them into one name as Gerzovo.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić200721-1] Udovčić 2007, p. 21.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić200753-2] Udovčić 2007, p. 53.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić200754-4] Udovčić 2007, p. 54.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić200755-5] Udovčić 2007, p. 55.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić200756-6] Udovčić 2007, p. 56.

[FOOTNOTEVasić2005233-7] Vasić 2005, p. 233.

[8] "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Jugoslavije 1971" (PDF). stat.gov.rs.

[9] "Popis 2013 u BiH". www.statistika.ba. Retrieved 2022-05-15.

[popis2013-10] "Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini 2013 – Etnička/nacionalna pripadnost, vjeroispovijest, maternji jezik". popis.gov.ba. Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine.

[popis20132-11] "Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini 2013 – Etnička/nacionalna pripadnost, vjeroispovijest, maternji jezik". popis.gov.ba. Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić2007123-13] Udovčić 2007, p. 123.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić2007124-14] Udovčić 2007, p. 124.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić2007125-15] Udovčić 2007, p. 125.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić2007126-16] Udovčić 2007, p. 126.

[FOOTNOTEUdovčić2007127-17] Udovčić 2007, p. 127.

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