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

Plužine Municipality Plužine Municipality ( Montenegrin: Opština Plužine / Општина Плужине) is one of the municipalities in Northern Montenegro. The administrative center is the town of Plužine. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 3, ...

, northwestern

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. It is the border crossing point between Montenegro and

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

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

History

Šćepan Polje was named after Herzog

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (1404–1466) was a powerful Bosnian Nobility, nobleman who was politically active from 1435 to 1466; the last three decades of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages, Bosnian medieval history. During this period, ...

, medieval nobleman, who was known to the locals as ''Herceg Šćepan''. On the hill above the settlement is the medieval Soko Grad, one of Stjepan's favorite residences. The fortress was destroyed by the

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during their conquest of this part of the

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

. Below the Soko Grad is the monastery of the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...

dedicated to

St. John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

, known as the .

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 municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the south-east 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, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north a ...

. Šćepan Polje is located in Piva and

Old Herzegovina Old Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Stara Hercegovina, Стара Херцеговина) is a historical region, covering the eastern parts of historical Herzegovina, outside the scope of modern Herzegovina. A large section of ''Old Herzegovina'' ...

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

Transport

The main road E762 leads through Šćepan Polje, which connects Plužine, with the municipality of

, the main road that connects Republika Srpska,

with

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Gallery

File:Montenegro scepan polje.jpg, A 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.

References

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