Gradiška ( sr-Cyrl, Градишка) is a city in

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. As of 2013, it has a population of 51,727 inhabitants, while the city of Gradiška has a population of 14,368 inhabitants. It is geographically located in eastern Krajina region, and the town is situated on the Lijevče plain, on the right bank of the

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river across from Stara Gradiška,

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, and about north of

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History

In the Roman period this town was of strategic importance; a port of the Roman fleet was situated here. Among notable archaeological findings are a viaduct. Gradiški Brod is mentioned for the first time as a town in 1330. It had a major importance as the location where the Sava river used to be crossed. By 1537, the town and its surroundings came under Ottoman rule. The Ottoman built a fortress, which served as the Bosnia Eyalet's northern defense line. The town was also called Berbir because of the fortress. Following the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising (1804), in the Sanjak of Smederevo (modern Central Serbia), the '' Jančić's Revolt'' broke out in the Gradiška region against the Ottoman government in the Bosnia Eyalet, following the erosion of the economic, national and religious rights of

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. Hajduks also arrived from Serbia, and were especially active on the Kozara. Jovan Jančić Sarajlija organized the uprising with help from Metropolitan Benedikt Kraljević. The peasants took up arms on 23 September 1809, in the region of Gradiška, beginning from Mašići. The fighting began on 25 September, and on the same night, the Ottomans captured and executed Jančić. The rebels retreated to their villages, except those in Kozara and Motajica who continued, and offered strong resistance until their defeat in mid-October, after extensive looting and burning of villages by the Ottomans. Another revolt broke out in 1834, in Mašići. Ottoman rule ended with the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878), following the Herzegovina Uprising (1875–77). Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in 1918, when the South Slavic Austro-Hungarian territories proclaimed the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which subsequently joined the

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into the

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. From 1929 to 1941 Gradiška was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During

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, the town was known as ''Bosanska Gradiška'' (''Босанска Градишка''). During the

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, the town was incorporated into

(). After the war, the RS National Assembly changed the name, omitting ''bosanska'' ("Bosnian"), as was done with many other towns ( Kostajnica, Dubica, Novi Grad, Petrovo, Šamac). In the night of 18 November

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, Catholic priest and parson Kazimir Višaticki was

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ed in the

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of the St. Roch parish in Gradiška.

Settlements

Aside from the town of Gradiška, the municipality includes total of 74 other settlements: * Adžići * Baraji * Berek * Bistrica * Bok Jankovac * Brestovčina * Bukovac * Bukvik * Cerovljani * Cimiroti * Čatrnja * Čelinovac * Čikule * Donja Dolina * Donja Jurkovica * Donji Karajzovci * Donji Podgradci * Dragelji * Dubrave * Dušanovo * Elezagići * Gašnica * Gornja Dolina * Gornja Jurkovica * Gornja Lipovača * Gornji Karajzovci * Gornji Podgradci * Grbavci * Greda * Jablanica * Jazovac * Jelići * Kijevci * Kočićevo * Kozara * Kozinci * Krajčinovci * Krajišnik * Kruškik * Laminci Brezici * Laminci Dubrave * Laminci Jaružani * Laminci Sređani * Liskovac * Lužani * Mačkovac * Mašići * Mičije * Miloševo Brdo * Miljevići * Mokrice * Nova Topola * Novo Selo * Orahova * Orubica * Petrovo Selo * Rogolji * Romanovci * Rovine * Samardžije * Seferovci * Sovjak * Srednja Jurkovica * Šaškinovci * Šimići * Trebovljani * Trnovac * Trošelji * Turjak * Uzari * Vakuf * Vilusi * Vrbaška * Žeravica

Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

Culture

The town has a Serbian Orthodox cathedral dedicated to the '' Mother of God''. There is also a

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called the ''Džamija Begluk''.

Sports

Local football club Kozara have played in the top tier of the

football pyramid but spent most seasons in the country's second level First League of the Republika Srpska.

Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):

Notable residents

* Alojzije Mišić, Roman Catholic bishop * Amar Hrnjić Bosnian footballer * Atif Dudaković, Bosnian war-time army general *

Branko Grahovac Branko Grahovac ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко Граховац; born 8 July 1983) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He started playing in the youth squads of FK Zeta and started playing as a senior ...

, football goalkeeper * Dženan Čišija, Swedish politician * Goran Zakarić, Bosnian footballer * Kristajan Zelonka Serbian footballer * Marko Marin, German footballer * Milan Janković, footballer * Miodrag Latinović, retired footballer * Nazif Hajdarović, footballer * Nordin Gerzić, Swedish footballer * Ognjen Ožegović, Serbian footballer, European U-19 champion * Ozren Perić, footballer * Ratko Varda, basketball player * Safet Halilović, politician * Tatjana Pašalić, poker presenter * Vaso Čubrilović, politician and historian, member of Black Hand organisation and participant in the conspiracy to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. * Veljko Čubrilović, member of Black Hand organisation * Vinko Marinović, former Serbian footballer, now manager * Vlado Jagodić, former footballer, now manager * Zlatko Janjić, footballer * Zvjezdan Misimović, Bosnian footballer

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Gradiška is twinned with: * Kavala, Greece (1994) * Ćuprija, Serbia (1994) * Negotino, North Macedonia (2006) * Montesilvano, Italy (2018) * Palilula, Serbia (2019) * Zubin Potok, Serbia (2021)

Partnerships

Gradiška also cooperates with: *

, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) * Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) * Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) * Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) *

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Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gradiska Populated places in Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border crossings