Bošnjaci

Bošnjaci

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Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 45 ′ 36 ″ E

Basic data

State :

Croatia

County :

Vukovar-Srijem

Area :

94.96 km²

Residents :

3,901 (2011)

Population density :

41 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

(+385) 032

Postal code :

32275

License plate :

TO

Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )

Community type :

local community

Mayor :

Andrija Juzbašić ( HSS )

Website :

www.bosnjaci.hr

Bošnjaci is a village and the municipality of the same name in the Croatian Vukovar-Srijem County east of the city of Županja near the Sava River . It has an area of 94.96 km².

history

In 2011 the village had 3,901 inhabitants. Most of them are of Croatian nationality. The area of the municipality was populated as early as the Neolithic . In the middle of the 20th century, a necropolis was found in the Bošnjaci area , and during the investigation, important archaeological material from the 10th and 12th centuries was found. The name of the place Bošnjaci was mentioned for the first time in 1476 in the most important written documents. Back then, Bošnjaci was the only place in this area. At the beginning of the 18th century they formed the military border with the Ottoman Empire. Because of the military border, people had certain obligations towards the government (e.g. protecting the border, going to war) but also their rights (making the land arable).

church

From 1729 to 1749 there was only one wooden church in the parish, that of St. Bishop Martin, and two cemeteries, east the cemetery of St. Mark the Evangelist and southwest the cemetery of the Holy Cross. In 1755 there were 970 inhabitants in the village. In the 18th century the parish had its seat in Bošnjaci for a while and then later in Županja.

Since 1789 the village has had its own parish run by priests. The current church of Saint Bishop Martin was built between 1792 and 1794. The first priests, born in this village, were mentioned at the beginning of the 18th century and to this day over 20 come from Bošnjaci.

One of the most important events of 1945 is the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The apparitions lasted until 1963. After the Croatian War, the place of the apparitions was declared a holy place and protected.

school

The school in Bošnjaci has existed since 1810. In the beginning it was just a house, and the first school building was not built until 1827. Due to the large number of children, a new school building had to be built in 1979 (later also the sports hall), and today the school is attended by around 450 children. After the Second World War the school was called " Vladimir Nazor " and later it was given a new name, after the devout writer fra. Bernardin Tomo Leaković.

economy

The place got the strongest economic and demographic impulse in the middle and in the second half of the 19th century, when the harvest time and the processing of the oak wood from the nearby Spatschwanischen forest, which is known for its quality of oak all over Europe, began. Because of the great need for quality woodworking and labor, other forest workers from other Croatian areas came to this area. When the workers came with their families, you could see the difference in the number of residents from 1857 to 1869. According to the first official census in 1857, the village had 3,100 inhabitants and in 1869 this number rose to 3955 inhabitants.

Sport and culture

The first football club “Bošnjaci” was founded in 1927, but the official establishment of today's NK “Zrinski” was in 1933. In the past there were several clubs that only had a short impact. In addition to 6 political parties, there is a pensioners' club, the handball club “Zrinski”, the chess club “Bošnjaci” and the like. a.

People from Bošnjaci

Well-known people such as B. the writer fra. Bernardin Tomo Leaković, the writer Matija Antun Reljković , the general Kuzman Bogutovac, the painter Sonja Kovačić and the actors Vanja Drach and Nada Subotić.

The majority of today's population lives from agriculture or works in nearby towns and cities.

Source

"Gradovi i općine Republike Hrvatske II." Slavko Šister (mr.), Mato Lovrak, Zagreb, 2007. (str. 53–56.)
Bošnjački list, svibanj 2008 (str. 23)
Bošnjački list, listopad 2007 (str. 14–15)