Bijeljina

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Bijeljina
Бијељина

Coat of arms of Bijeljina

Bijeljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Republika Srpska
Municipality : Bijeljina
Coordinates : 44 ° 45 '  N , 19 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 45 '25 "  N , 19 ° 12' 56"  E
Height : 90  m. i. J.
Area : 734  km²
Residents : 103,983 (2018)
Population density : 142 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : +387 (0) 55
Postal code : 76300
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type: city
Mayor : Mićo Mićić ( SDS )
Website :
Others
Patron saint : St. Pantaleon
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Bijeljina ( Serbian - Cyrillic Бијељина ) is a city and the associated municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is located in the Republika Srpska (RS) and extends over 734 km². In terms of population, Bijeljina is the second largest city in the RS after Banja Luka .

Surname

The outdated German name of the city is Bieglin .

location

The municipality of Bijeljina is located in the border triangle Croatia - Serbia - Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is bounded in the north by the Save and in the east by the Drina . The region is also known as Semberija . The Tavna Monastery , built in the 16th century, is considered the spiritual center of the local Serbian Orthodox Christians.

structure

The following towns and villages are part of the Opština Bijeljina:

Amajlije , Balatun , Banjica, Batković, Batar, Bijeljina, Bjeloševac, Brijesnica, Brodac Donji, Brodac Gornji, Bukovica Donja, Bukovica Gornja, Velika Obarska , Velino Selo, Vršani, Glavičice, Glavičorak. Glogovac, Gozdevice, Glogovac, Gozdevice , Dvorovi, Dragaljevac Donji , Dragaljevac Srednji, Dragaljevac Gornji, Zagoni, Janja , Johovac, Kacevac, Kovanluk, Kojcinovac Gornji, Kojčinovac, Kriva Bara, Ljeljenča, Magnojevi Gornjev, Magnojevi Gornjevji, Magnoševacnoji, Magnoji Gornja, Ljeljenđca Gornja , Modran, Novo Naselje, Novo Selo, Ostojićevo, Patkovača, Piperci, Popovi, Pučile, Ruhotina, Slobomir, Suvo Polje, Triješnica, Trnjaci, Ćipirovine, Hase, Crnjelovo Donje, Crnjelovo Gornicađja, Čađredačine, Čađredačine, Čornjelovo Gornica, Čaardavica, Čornja Donje, Čaredačine , Čengić, Donje Zabrdje.

Population and history

According to the 1991 census, the city of Bijeljina had 36,414 inhabitants. Of which were known as:

Bijeljina was one of the first places to be the scene of the Bosnian War . The reason was the strategically important location in the northeastern part of the country on the Serbian border. Paramilitary groups led by Željko Ražnatović (also known as Arkan ) attacked the city's Bosniak population in the first days of April 1992, killing up to 1,000 civilians, according to press reports at the time. The non-Serbian population was completely expelled after this attack. The capture of the city of Bijeljina and the subsequent expulsion of the Bosniaks is considered the first step towards ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city and the municipality could thus be incorporated into the Republika Srpska without significant resistance.

During the Bosnian War on March 13, 1993, all five mosques were blown up by the Serbian militia of Željko Ražnatović. The largest mosque on the main square has now been rebuilt with funds from the European Union . The local Catholic church fell into disrepair during this time, but remained undisturbed.

While the number of Bosniaks fell by 83.5%, members of other ethnic groups have almost completely disappeared. During the escape of Bosniaks between 1992 and 1995, numerous Serb refugees or displaced persons from other parts of Bosnia came to the community. Most of them live in hastily erected superstructures, the houses of which have practically been left unfinished.

Today (2007) Bijeljina is predominantly inhabited by Bosnian Serbs. The population of the municipality of Bijeljina rose from 37,216 in 1991 to around 110,000 due to the influx of refugees during the war.

Religions

After the mosques were destroyed in the war, investments are currently being made in reconstruction. In the center of the city, the monastery of St. Vasilije Ostroški is currently the seat of the Bishop of the Zvornik Eparchy - Tuzla of the Serbian Orthodox Church .

Bijeljina is also the seat of the Bijeljina deanery of the Zvornik-Tuzla eparchy. There are other Serbian Orthodox church buildings and three Serbian Orthodox monasteries in the city.

Bijeljina also has the Roman Catholic Church of the Heart of Mary and the only Slovak Evangelical Church in the entire Republika Srpska. The synagogue of Bijeljina stood in the city from 1900 until it was destroyed in World War II .

Serbian Orthodox churches in the city of Bijeljina

Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Bijeljina

gallery

  • The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity

  • The Roman Catholic Church of the Heart of Mary

  • The Atik Mosque in the city center

  • The Synagogue of Bijeljina

Television and radio

In Bijeljina there is the radio and television station RTV BN ( Radio Televizija Bijeljina ), which is broadcast throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and via satellite.

tourism

Mosque in Bijeljina

The town has a regional history museum and the Filip Višnjić library.

In honor of Saint Pantaleon , the city patron of Bijeljinas, a festival lasting several days takes place every year in August with concerts, a street market and other cultural events.

A few kilometers away from Bijeljina is the spa town of Banja Dvorovi.

A tourist attraction is Etno Selo Stanišić , about five kilometers east of Bijeljina , a village partly modeled on the ancient architecture of the region with an artificially created lake in the middle.

Twin cities

King Peter Square and the Bijeljina City Hall

Personalities

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. ^ Noel Malcolm: Bosnia: A Short History . New York University Press, New York 1994, ISBN 978-0-8147-5520-4 , pp. 236 .
  3. ↑ Alex Alvarez: Governments, Citizens and Genocide :. Comparative and interdisciplinary approach . Indiana University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-253-33849-2 , pp. 92 .
  4. ^ City and Trauma - Google Books
  5. ↑ http://www.langenhagen.de/index.phtml?NavID=1620.18&La=1

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