Šćepan Polje ( sr-cyrl, Шћепан Поље, ) is the name of a small settlement and the region in Plužine Municipality northwestern in

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. It is the border crossing point between Montenegro and

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 ...

, where the Tara river forms the border between the two countries. Right across the river and the state border in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the village Hum.

History

Šćepan Polje was named after Herzog

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača Stjepan Vukčić Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Стјепан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose active political career spanned the last three decades of medieval Bosnian history, from 1435 to 1465. ...

, medieval nobleman, who was known to the locals as ''Herzog Šćepan''. On the hill above the settlement is the medieval Soko Grad _{( sr.wiki)}, one of Stjepan's favorite residences. The fortress was destroyed by the

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

during their conquest of this part of the

Kingdom of Bosnia The Kingdom of Bosnia ( sh, Kraljevina Bosna / Краљевина Босна), or Bosnian Kingdom (''Bosansko kraljevstvo'' / Босанско краљевство), was a medieval kingdom that lasted for nearly a century, from 1377 to 1463, and ...

. Below the Soko Grad is the monastery of the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

dedicated to St. John the Baptist, known as the Zagradje Monastery _{( sr.wiki)}.

Geography and location

The settlement and the region is surrounded on the north by the Tara canyon and on the west by the Piva canyon. The river Drina is formed near Šćepan Polje by merging Piva and Tara, on the territory of the municipality of

Foča Foča ( sr-Cyrl, Фоча, ) is a town and a municipality located in Republika Srpska in south-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the banks of Drina river. As of 2013, the town has a population of 12,234 inhabitants, while the municipality has 1 ...

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

Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and Pars pro toto#Geography, often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of Southern Europe, south and southeast Euro ...

. Šćepan Polje is located in

Piva Piva may refer to: * Piva (river), a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina * Piva, Montenegro, a region in Montenegro and tribe * Piva River, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea * Piva Trail, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea ** Battle for Pi ...

and

Old Herzegovina Old Herzegovina ( sr, Стара Херцеговина, Stara Hercegovina) is a historical region, covering the eastern parts of historical Herzegovina, outside the scope of modern Herzegovina. A large section of ''Old Herzegovina'' belongs to ...

, the historical regions of northwestern Montenegro.O Plužinama
Opština Plužine

Transport

The main road E762 leads through Šćepan Polje, which connects

Plužine Plužine (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Плужине, ) is a town in northwestern Montenegro. In 2011 it has a population of 1,341. Location Town is located near the Piva lake (Pivsko) in the northwestern mountainous region of Montenegro, close to th ...

, with the municipality of

, the main road that connects Republika Srpska,

with

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Gallery

File:Montenegro scepan polje.jpg, An passport stamp from Šćepan Polje, in 2008 Šćepan Polje Border.JPG, Border crossing point between Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina Border, Bosnia Herzegovina - Montenegro - panoramio.jpg, Border crossing point between Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina Hum-Šćepan polje granični prijelaz.jpg, Border crossing point between Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina Поглед на спој река Тара и Пива и настанак реке Дрине, PNP003 - Национални Парк Кањон Таре и Љубишња.jpg, View of the confluence of the rivers Tara and Piva and the formation of the river Drina. Soko grad Scepan polje Pluzine.png, Ruins of the medieval fortress Soko Grad Stefan Vukcic and the war in Zeta 1441.jpg, Location of Fortress Soko in 1444, within the Duchy of Saint Sava 1441 Kosaca S V u Zeti.jpg, Fortress Soko in 1441, during the breakthrough of Herzog Šćepan to Lordship of Zeta.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scepan Polje Bosnia and Herzegovina–Montenegro border crossings Populated places in Plužine Municipality