Mrkonjić degree

Mrkonjić Grad Мркоњић Град
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Republika Srpska
Coordinates :	44 ° 25 '  N , 17 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 25 '0 "  N , 17 ° 5' 0"  E
Height :	591  m. i. J.
Area :	684  km²
Residents :	15,073 (2018)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 50
Postal code :	70260
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Divna Aničić ( SNSD )
Website :	www.mrkonjic-grad.rs.ba

Panorama of Mrkonjić Grad

Mrkonjić Grad ( Serbian Cyrillic. Мркоњић Град; formerly Varcar Vakuf ; German outdated Märkoner ) is a small town of the same community and to the west of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The community has around 18,100 inhabitants, almost exclusively Serbs since the Bosnian War .

The place has had its current name since 1924, when it was renamed in honor of King Peter I of Yugoslavia . Whose battle name during the Bosnian uprising against the Ottomans 1875-78 was Mrkonjić .

geography

The city lies in a valley basin of the Crna rijeka in the Banja Luka region of the Republika Srpska . While Mrkonjić Grad itself is about 600 m above sea level, it is surrounded by mountains, the peaks of which are over 1000 m high. These are the Manjača (1236 m) in the north, the Gola planina (1001 m) in the east, the Lisina (1467 m) in the south and the Dimitor (1483 m) in the west. The mountains are densely forested and hardly populated.

climate

Mrkonjić Grad has a temperate continental climate, which is strongly influenced by the altitude of the place and the surrounding mountains. The annual average temperature is 8.7 ° C; the coldest month is January with -3 ° C, the warmest is July with 18 ° C. The mean annual precipitation is 1058 mm.

Rivers

In the southern part of the municipality - on the slopes of the Podovi Mountains - are the headwaters of the Pliva and Sana . About 85% of the municipal area belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Vrbas and 15% to that of the Sana, i.e. in its entirety to that of the Black Sea .

Community structure

The municipality includes the places Baljvine, Bjelajce, Brdo, Gerzovo, Gornja Pecka, Gornja Podgorja, Gornji Baraći, Gornji Graci, Gustovara, Dabrac, Donja Pecka, Donja Podgorja, Donji Baraći, Donji Graci, Dubica, Jasenovi Potoci, Kopljevići Liskovica, Magaljdol, Majdan, Medna, Mlinište, Mrkonjić Grad, Okandžije, Orahovljani, Oćune, Podbrdo, Podorugla, Podrašnica, Stupari, Surjan, Šehovci, Šibovi, Trijebovo, Trnovo and Ubavića Brdo.

The village of Vlasinje belonged to the municipality of Mrkonjić Grad until the Dayton Treaty and then came to the municipality of Jajce in the federation.

history

The place was already settled in Roman times. He was called Varcar Vakuf by the Turks . The Kizlar Aga Mosque was built around 1595. It was a national cultural monument since 1951.

During the Second World War , the first meeting of the Bosnian Liberation Committee ( ZAVNO BiH ) took place in Mrkonjić Grad on November 25, 1943 , at which the future of the country as a joint republic of Croats , Serbs and Muslims was decided.

During the Bosnian War , the city was mostly under Serbian control, but was captured by the HVO in 1995 . Most of the Serbian population had fled beforehand.

In the remote part of the municipality Baljvine on the other side of the Vrbas Gorge, consisting of the village parts Donje Baljvine (with mosque) and Gornje Baljvine (with church), there was no fighting between Bosniaks and Serbs during either the Second World War or the Bosnian War . After a mosque was built in one part of the village, money was collected together in order to be able to build a church in the other part. The children go to the primary school in the village together.

With the Dayton Treaty , Mrkonjić Grad and the surrounding area became part of the Republika Srpska .

population

The 1991 census showed the following composition:

• Serbs - 21,057 (76.86%)
• Bosniaks - 3,272 (11.94%)
• Croatians - 2139 (7.80%)
• Yugoslavs - 593 (2.16%)
• Others - 334 (1.24%)

The newly built Hamadija Mosque

At the 2013 census, the municipality had only 16,671 inhabitants; that means a decrease of almost a third during and after the Bosnian war. The proportion of Bosniaks and Croats fell significantly due to the course of the war.

• Serbs - 16,050 (96.3%)
• Bosniaks - 375 (2.2%)
• Croatians - 159 (1%)
• Others - 87 (0.5%)

The Serbian Orthodox Church for the transfer of the relics of St. Sava

traffic

Mrkonjić Grad is located on Magistral Road 5 ( Bihać - Sarajevo ), which is the most important west-east connection in this part of the country. The nearest towns - Ključ in the west and Jajce in the east - are 38 and 27 km away, respectively. A busy connecting road leads through the valley of the Crna rijeka in a northerly direction to the M 16 into the Vrbas valley and to Banja Luka (53 km).

There is no longer a train connection to Mrkonjić Grad.

Web links

Commons : Mrkonjić Grad  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mrkonjić Grad Guide
• Mrkonjić degrees @ Internet
• mrkonjicgrad.com
• Crimes committed by croatian army, croatian defense council and police forces against the residents of Mrkonjic-Grad and its surroundings in autumn 1995 (representation from a Serbian perspective)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://rzs.rs.ba/front/article/3630/ Updated population figures for 2018 from the Institute for Statistics of the Republika Srpska. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
2. ↑ Vesna Milaković: Diplomski rad - "Turistički potencijali Opštine Mrkonjić Grad", Prirodno-matematički facultet, Novi Sad 2003
3. ↑ The site and remains of the architectural ensemble of the Kizlaraga mosque in Mrkonjić Grad  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ BOSNIA: Il villaggio in cui non ci fu la guerra , integrated: TV Justice Magazine Episode 70: Baljvine - village where there was never been a war , eastjournal.net , December 11, 2015, 2'50 '' to 16'28 ''
5. ↑ Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine: Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013. Rezultati popisa. (pdf, 19.7 MB) Sarajevo, June 2016; P. 62