Gradacac
Encyclopedia
Gradačac is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina
, located roughly 40 km (24.9 mi) south of the Sava river. Administratively, Gradačac is part of the Tuzla Canton
of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
. The towns of Bosanski Šamac and Modriča
lie near Gradačac.
• Biberovo Polje
• Blaževac
• Donja Međiđa
• Donja Tramošnica
• Donje Krečane
• Donje Ledenice
• Donji Lukavac
• Donji Skugrić
• Gornja Međiđa
• Gornja Tramošnica
• Gornje Krečane
• Gornje Ledenice
• Gornji Lukavac
• Gradačac
• Hrgovi Donji
• Jasenica
• Jelovče Selo
• Kerep
• Krčevljani
• Mionica
• Novalići
• Njivak
• Orlovo Polje
• Pelagićevo
• Porebrice
• Rajska
• Samarevac
• Sibovac
• Srnice Donje
• Srnice Gornje
• Tolisa
• Turić
• Vida
• Vučkovci
• Zelinja Donja
• Zelinja Gornja i Zelinja Srednja.
of 1991, the municipality of Gradačac had 56,378 residents of which there were:
of Gradačac was first mentioned in 1302, while the town's first written mention dates from 1465 (also as Gračac). The town became part of the Ottoman Empire
in 1512, its nahija (municipality) was first recorded in the defter
of 1533, while its kadiluk (county) was recorded in 1634.
In 1701 the settlement was given the status of a palanka (city), and it became the headquarters of a military captaincy in 1710. The captains of the Gradaščević family led the development of the city, and the most famous of them, Husein-kapetan Gradaščević
or Zmaj od Bosne ("Dragon of Bosnia"), led an uprising that raised to arms most of the Bosnian captains in 1831.
The town has a fort with 18-meter high walls built between 1765 and 1821, and a 22-meter high watchtower, built in 1824 by Husein-kapetan Gradaščević
on foundations made originally by the Romans
. Husejnija Mosque was built in 1826.
It was severely bombed during the Bosnian war 1992-1995. It is located at the narrow northern corridor that connects two major portions of the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska
, near Brčko
. Gradačac became part of the Tuzla Canton
in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
after the war.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
, located roughly 40 km (24.9 mi) south of the Sava river. Administratively, Gradačac is part of the Tuzla Canton
Tuzla Canton
The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...
of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two political entities that compose the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The two entities are delineated by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line...
. The towns of Bosanski Šamac and Modriča
Modrica
Modriča is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Republika Srpska entity. It is located near the towns of Šamac, Derventa and Doboj...
lie near Gradačac.
Settlements
• AvramovinaAvramovina
Avramovina is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Biberovo Polje
Biberovo Polje
Biberovo Polje is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Blaževac
Blaževac
Blaževac is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Donja Međiđa
Donja Međiđa
Donja Međiđa is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Donja Tramošnica
Donja Tramošnica
Donja Tramošnica is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Donje Krečane
Donje Krečane
Donje Krečane is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Donje Ledenice
Donje Ledenice
Donje Ledenice is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Donji Lukavac
Donji Lukavac (Gradačac)
Donji Lukavac is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Donji Skugrić
Donji Skugrić
Donji Skugrić is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Gornja Međiđa
Gornja Međiđa
Gornja Međiđa is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Gornja Tramošnica
Gornja Tramošnica
Gornja Tramošnica is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Gornje Krečane
Gornje Krečane
Gornje Krečane is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Gornje Ledenice
Gornje Ledenice
Gornje Ledenice is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Gornji Lukavac
Gornji Lukavac (Gradačac)
Gornji Lukavac is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Gradačac
Gradacac
Gradačac is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located roughly south of the Sava river. Administratively, Gradačac is part of the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
• Hrgovi Donji
Hrgovi Donji
Hrgovi Donji is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Jasenica
Jasenica (Gradačac)
Jasenica is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Jelovče Selo
Jelovče Selo
Jelovče Selo is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Kerep
Kerep
Kerep is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Krčevljani
Krčevljani
Krčevljani is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Mionica
Mionica
Mionica is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 1,571, while population of the municipality is 14,263....
• Novalići
Novalići
Novalići is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Njivak
Njivak
Njivak is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Orlovo Polje
Orlovo Polje
Orlovo Polje is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Pelagićevo
Pelagicevo
Pelagićevo is a village and a municipality in Republika Srpska, one of two entities comprising Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pelagićevo is located in Bosanska Posavina...
• Porebrice
Porebrice
Porebrice is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Rajska
Rajska
Rajska is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Samarevac
Samarevac
Samarevac is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Sibovac
Sibovac
Sibovac is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Srnice Donje
Srnice Donje
Srnice Donje is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Srnice Gornje
Srnice Gornje
Srnice Gornje is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Tolisa
Tolisa (Gradačac)
Tolisa is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
• Turić
Turić
Turić is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Vida
Vida
Vida is a word meaning "life" in languages such as Occitan, Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish. It is also a female given name. It may refer to:In sports:*Club Deportivo y Social Vida, a football team from HondurasIn arts and entertainment:...
• Vučkovci
Vučkovci
Vučkovci is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Zelinja Donja
Zelinja Donja
Zelinja Donja is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
• Zelinja Gornja i Zelinja Srednja.
1971
48,384 total- Muslims - 26,905 (55.60%)
- Serbs - 12,455 (25.74%)
- Croats - 8,447 (17.45%)
- Yugoslavs - 321 (0.66%)
- Others - 256 (0.55%)
1991
In the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 1991, the municipality of Gradačac had 56,378 residents of which there were:
- 60.2% BosniaksBosniaksThe Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
- 19.8% SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
- 15.1% CroatsCroatsCroats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
- 4.9% others.
History
The župaŽupa
A Župa is a Slavic term, used historically among the Southern and Western branches of the Slavs, originally denoting various territorial and other sub-units, usually a small administrative division, especially a gathering of several villages...
of Gradačac was first mentioned in 1302, while the town's first written mention dates from 1465 (also as Gračac). The town became part of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
in 1512, its nahija (municipality) was first recorded in the defter
Defter
A Defter was a type of tax register in the Ottoman Empire. The information collected could vary, but tahrir defterleri typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads , ethnicity/religion , and land use.The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax...
of 1533, while its kadiluk (county) was recorded in 1634.
In 1701 the settlement was given the status of a palanka (city), and it became the headquarters of a military captaincy in 1710. The captains of the Gradaščević family led the development of the city, and the most famous of them, Husein-kapetan Gradaščević
Husein Gradašcevic
Husein-kapetan Gradaščević was a Bosnian Muslim general who fought for Bosnian autonomy in the Ottoman Empire. He is often referred to as "Zmaj od Bosne", meaning "Dragon of Bosnia"...
or Zmaj od Bosne ("Dragon of Bosnia"), led an uprising that raised to arms most of the Bosnian captains in 1831.
The town has a fort with 18-meter high walls built between 1765 and 1821, and a 22-meter high watchtower, built in 1824 by Husein-kapetan Gradaščević
Husein Gradašcevic
Husein-kapetan Gradaščević was a Bosnian Muslim general who fought for Bosnian autonomy in the Ottoman Empire. He is often referred to as "Zmaj od Bosne", meaning "Dragon of Bosnia"...
on foundations made originally by the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. Husejnija Mosque was built in 1826.
It was severely bombed during the Bosnian war 1992-1995. It is located at the narrow northern corridor that connects two major portions of the Bosnian Serb entity Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, near Brčko
Brcko (city)
Brčko is a city in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, administrative seat of the Brčko District. It lies on the country's border along the Sava river across from Gunja, Croatia...
. Gradačac became part of the Tuzla Canton
Tuzla Canton
The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...
in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two political entities that compose the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The two entities are delineated by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line...
after the war.
Thermal springs
The first spa facility, Ilidža Spa Treatment Centre was built on the thermal springs in Gradačac in 1882. The water temperature is 29.30˚C. In the area nearby are also two lakes Hazna and Vidara.Economy
The most important industries in Gradačac are textile, chemical, mechanical and food processing. Gradačac is the place where the traditional international fair for plums is held.Notable people
- Stevan DedijerStevan DedijerStevan Dedijer was a Yugoslav academic and a pioneer of Business Intelligence.Stevan Dedijer was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serb parents, Milica Dedijer and Jefto Dedijer....
- Husein GradaščevićHusein GradašcevicHusein-kapetan Gradaščević was a Bosnian Muslim general who fought for Bosnian autonomy in the Ottoman Empire. He is often referred to as "Zmaj od Bosne", meaning "Dragon of Bosnia"...
- Mustafa Imamović
- Hasan Kikić
- Ahmed MuradbegovićAhmed MuradbegovicAhmed Muradbegović was a Bosniak writer, dramatist and novelist.-Works:*Haremska lirika, Zagreb, 1921*Haremske novele, Zagreb, 1924*Nojemova ladja, Zagreb, 1924...