Dužice

The local community includes the places Dužice, Vratlo and Smokinje. The places do not form a closed settlement area, but essentially consist of the settlements of the Adžić, Brkić, Čolak , Kvesić, Mikulić, Škrobo, Sopta and Šantić families.

Canon law Dužice belongs to the parish of Rasno , in the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno of the Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina .

history

Dužice was already settled in the Middle Ages and formed a territorial unit with the neighboring village of Rasno (formerly: Hrasno ). The first written evidence about the place can be found in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Catholic settlement has been documented in writing by church records since the 18th century . The first official acts that designate the place with the name Dužice can be found in the early 18th century.

In the Second World War and the immediate post-war period, the small town suffered 86 victims. Of which were

37 Ustaschen ( Ustaška vojnica )
24 domobrani ( domobrani )
16 civilians ( Civili )
6 members of the regional volunteer militia ( Dobrov. Milicija )
2 Tito partisans ( Partizani )
1 Catholic priest ( Svećenici ).

Many of the victims who fought for the fascist Independent State of Croatia , the Croatian vassal state of the Axis Powers , were killed by the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army in the massacres and death marches around Bleiburg after the end of the war .

Between 1945 and 1991, 166 male residents emigrated for economic or political reasons and became part of the Croatian diaspora in Europe and overseas .

The local church was built in 1970/71. At that time, locals and the pastor Petar Vlasić only applied for the construction of a burial chapel, as the communist government of the time did not allow the construction of religious buildings. They built a 15.70 m long and 9.10 m wide church, which was later expanded. From 2003 the church was rebuilt and extended with side aisles and a semicircular altar area, so that today it is 22.15 m long and 19.65 m wide.

On June 24, 1991, the feast of the local patron saint St. John the Baptist ( Sv. Ivan Kritelj ), a memorial to the victims of the Second World War was unveiled. The memorial is located between the church and the cemetery and is intended to represent the way of the cross of the Croatian people through a broken but still upright hand. The names of 84 victims are engraved on a plaque under the historic Croatian coat of arms and the dove of peace . The names of the two Tito partisans have been omitted. On another tablet underneath, in the form of an open book, the date of construction and the words Njihova jedina krivica je bila vjernost Bogu i hrvatskom narodu (your only guilt was your loyalty to God and the Croatian people) are engraved. Such a memorial could only be erected after the end of communist Yugoslavia , as any remembrance of non-communist victims and the public display of national symbols was forbidden.

population

In the state census in 1991, the place had 586 inhabitants. Of these, 99% said they were Croatian and believed to be Roman Catholic .

Population development
year	1991	1981	1971	1961	1953	1948	1892	1867	1844	1813	1768	1743
Croatians	585 (99.82%)	658 (99.54%)	813 (99.75%)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serbs	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Muslims	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yugoslavs	0	1 (0.15%)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	1 (0.17%)	2 (0.30%)	2 (0.24%)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
total	586	661	815	775	789	772	457	310	196	184	129	96

Infrastructure

In Dužice there is a church, a cemetery (field name : Crkvine ), a primary school, a branch of the Croatian Post Mostar ( Hrvatske telekomunikacije Mostar ) and a football stadium.

Personalities

Bariša Čolak (* 1956), Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( HDZ BiH ).

Vinko Škrobo (1924-1948), anti-communist guerrillas (known Škripar ).

Martin Sopta (1891–1945), Franciscan religious priest and professor at the grammar school in Široki Brijeg. Killed by the communist Tito partisans , he is venerated as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina .

Stanko "Baja" Sopta (* 1966), retired general of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) and the Croatian Armed Forces (HV) as well as a politician ( HDZ BiH ).

literature

Ivan Dugandžić, Josip Sopta: Rasno-Dužice: Župa Rasno . [Rasno-Dužice: Parish Rasno]. Matica hrvatska - Ogranak Široki Brijeg i Župni ured Rasno, Rasno-Dužice 1999.

Web links

Dužice on the website of the municipality of Široki Brijeg. Retrieved May 19, 2015 (Croatian).

Individual evidence

↑ City Široki Brijeg: Mjesne zajednice Opčine Široki Brijeg . Archived from the original on February 15, 2014 ; Retrieved May 10, 2012 .

↑ Topografska Karta Mostar 1-3 (Buhovo) / sheet no. 574-1-3 / supplement 1973. 2nd edition. Scale 1: 25,000. Vojnogeografski institut, Belgrade 1974.

↑ Information about the place: Početak sela Dužice (History of the place Dužice). URL: Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed May 7, 2010) @1@ 2

↑ Karlo Rotim: Žrtvoslov Širokog Brijega u drugom svjetskom ratu i poraću . [Victim research by Široki Brijeg in World War II and the post-war period]. Široki Brijeg 2000.

↑ Ivan Dugandžić / Dr. Josip Sopta: Rasno-Dužice, Župa Rasno (Rasno-Dužice, Rasno Parish). Matica hrvatska - Ogranak Široki Brijeg i Župni ured Rasno, Rasno-Dužice 1999, p. 125 ff.

↑ City of Široki Brijeg: Župa Rasno (The Rasno Parish). URL: Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed May 7, 2010) @1@ 2

^ City of Široki Brijeg: Spomen obilježja (memorials). URL: Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 18, 2010) @1@ 2

↑ Nacionalni sastav stanovništva: Rezultati za Republiku po opštinama i naseljenim mjestima 1991.: Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava, stanova i poljoprivrednih gazdinstava 1991 . In: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Bosne i Hercegovine (ed.): Statistički bilten . No. 234 . Sarajevo 1993.

↑ Jelica Galić: Stanovništvo i naselja općine Široki Brijeg od 1948. do 2011. godine . Briješki pleter, Široki Brijeg 2012, ISBN 978-9958-531-00-2 , p. 71 .

↑ Ivan Dugandžić, Dr. Josip Sopta: Rasno-Dužice: Župa Rasno [Rasno-Dužice, Rasno Parish] . Matica hrvatska ogranak Široki Brijeg, Široki Brijeg 1999, p. 188 .

[1] City Široki Brijeg: Mjesne zajednice Opčine Široki Brijeg . Archived from the original on February 15, 2014 ; Retrieved May 10, 2012 .

[2] Topografska Karta Mostar 1-3 (Buhovo) / sheet no. 574-1-3 / supplement 1973. 2nd edition. Scale 1: 25,000. Vojnogeografski institut, Belgrade 1974.