Gradačac ( sr-cyrl, Градачац, ) is a city located in the

Tuzla Canton The Tuzla Canton ( bs, Tuzlanski kanton; hr, Tuzlanska županija; sr, Тузлански кантон) is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is the ci ...

of the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

, an entity of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. It is situated in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, roughly south of the

Sava The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally th ...

river. As of 2013, it has a population of 39,340 inhabitants. The city is well known for its castle.

Settlements

• Avramovina • Biberovo Polje •

Blaževac Blaževac ( sr-cyrl, Блажевац) is a village in the municipalities of Pelagićevo (Republika Srpska) and Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–H ...

• Donja Međiđa •

Donja Tramošnica Donja Tramošnica (Cyrillic: Доња Трамошница) is a village in the municipalities of Pelagićevo (Republika Srpska) and Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, someti ...

• Donje Krečane •

Donje Ledenice Donje Ledenice (Cyrillic: Доње Леденице) is a village in the municipalities of Pelagićevo (Republika Srpska) and Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes cal ...

• Donji Lukavac •

Donji Skugrić Donji Skugrić ( sr, Доњи Скугрић) is a village in the municipalities of Modriča Modriča ( sr-cyrl, Модрича) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, th ...

• Gajevi •

Gornja Međiđa Gornja Međiđa is a village in the municipalities of Doboj (Republika Srpska) and Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known in ...

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Gornja Tramošnica Gornja Tramošnica (Cyrillic: Горња Трамошница) is a village in the municipalities of Pelagićevo (Republika Srpska) and Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, som ...

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Gornje Krečane Gornje Krečane (Cyrillic: Горње Кречане) is a village in the municipalities of Modriča (Republika Srpska) and Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gornje meaning upper, there of course is a lower one too, Donje Krečane (Cyrillic: Д ...

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Gornje Ledenice Gornje Ledenice (Cyrillic: Горње Леденице) is a village in the municipalities of Pelagićevo (Republika Srpska) and Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes ...

• Gornji Lukavac • Gradačac • Hrgovi Donji • Jasenica • Jelovče Selo •

Kerep Kerep is a village in the municipality of Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the c ...

• Krčevljani •

Mionica Mionica ( sr-cyr, Мионица, ) is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of western Serbia. , the population of the town is 1,571, while population of the municipality is 14,263 inhabitants. Geography The township of Mioni ...

• Novalići • Porebrice • Rajska • Samarevac • Sibovac • Srnice Donje • Srnice Gornje • Tolisa • Turić •

Vida Vida means “life” in Spanish and Portuguese. It may refer to: Geography * Vida (Gradačac), village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Lake Vida, Victoria Valley, Antarctica * U.S. settled places: ** Vida, Montana ** Vida, Oregon ** Vida, Missour ...

• Vučkovci • Zelinja Donja • Zelinja Gornja i Zelinja Srednja.

Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

History

The ''

župa A župa (or zhupa, županija) is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "parish", later synonymous "kotar", commonly translate ...

'' 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 The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

in 1512, its ''nahija'' (municipality) was first recorded in the

defter A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Description The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...

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 Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

. Husejnija Mosque was built in 1826. From 1929 to 1939, Gradačac was part of the

Vrbas Banovina The Vrbas Banovina or Vrbas Banate ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Vrbaska banovina, Врбаска бановина), was a province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. It was named after the Vrbas River and consis ...

and from 1939 to 1941 of the

Banovina of Croatia The Banovina of Croatia or Banate of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Banovina Hrvatska, Бановина Хрватска) was an autonomous province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1941. It was formed by a merg ...

within the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

. It was severely bombed during the

Bosnian war The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

1992–1995. It is located at the narrow northern corridor that connects two major portions of the Bosnian Serb entity

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Feder ...

, near

Brčko Brčko ( sr-cyrl, Брчко, ) is a city and the administrative seat of Brčko District, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies on the banks of Sava river across from Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 39,893 inhabitants. De jure, ...

. Gradačac became part of the

in the

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 found at depth of 286 meters. In the area nearby are also two lakes Hazna and Vidara. Both lakes were built as part of project for protecting city from floods who took final stroke in 1964 and 1967, when the city's industrial part was underwater due to extensive floods.

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 "Sajam šljive" (also known as "Šljivarevo") is held. In August 2015, the traditional international plum fair "Sajam šljive" was held. It was attended by 250 presenters from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany, Turkey and Hungary. One of the more notable local firms is "Kula", who was founded in 1960 as a small local factory producing clothing. Today, Kula is modern and respective company in Eastern Europe with 700 employees and annual production of 300.000 pieces. Kula visits fashion fairs in country and Europe. Kula's models were seen in fashion fairs in Brussel, Leipzig, Düsseldorf and Brno.

Education

In the municipality there are two high schools, seven elementary and 14 regional schools.

Sport

NK Zvijezda Gradačac Nogometni klub Zvijezda Gradačac (English: Football Club Zvijezda Gradačac), or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the town of Gradačac. Zvijezda host their home matches at the Banja ...

Notable people

Ivona Brandić Ivona Brandić (born December 23, 1977) is a Bosnian–Austrian computer scientist known for her research on cloud computing. She is University Professor for High Performance Computing Systems in the Institute of Information Systems Engineering of ...

, computer scientist *

Dario Damjanović Dario Damjanović (born 23 July 1981) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of First League of FBiH club Orašje. Club career Damjanović started his career at football clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina a ...

, footballer *

Husein Gradaščević Husein Gradaščević (''Husein-kapetan'') (31 August 1802 – 17 August 1834) was a Bosnian military commander who later led a rebellion against the Ottoman government, seeking autonomy for Bosnia. Born into a Bosnian noble family, Gradašč ...

, nobleman * Ahmed Muradbegović, writer * Julijana Matanović, writer *

Mustafa Imamović Mustafa Imamović (1941 – 23 January 2017) was a Bosnian historian of state and law, born in Gradačac. He studied and graduated from the Law Faculty in Belgrade, where he acquired his masters and doctorate. He became a professor of history of st ...

, historian * Hasan Kikić, poet *

Stjepan Šiber Stjepan Šiber (20 August 1938, Gradačac – 25 August 2016, Sarajevo) was a wartime general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After finishing high school in Gradačac, he went to Ljubljana, where he finished schooling at the m ...

, general * Ana Šimić, high jumper * Meliha İsmailoğlu (a.k.a. Meliha Smajlović), volleyball player

Twin towns – sister cities

Gradačac is twinned with: *

Düren Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people ...

, Germany *

Sivas Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a ...

, Turkey *

Stryi Stryi ( uk, Стрий, ; pl, Stryj) is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine 65 km to the south of Lviv (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). It serves as the administrative cen ...

, Ukraine

Gallery

Kula husein kapetan.jpg, Castle of Gradačac Gradacac 11 - Jezero Hazna (III).JPG, Hazna Lake Gradacac 15 - Rodna kuca Husejn kapetana.JPG, Birth house of Captain

Gradacac 17 - Sahat-kula (II).JPG, Old Clock Tower

References

External links

Gradacac.com

Official Site

gradacac.net

Gradačački Info Portal
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