Gacko

Gacko Гацко
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Republika Srpska
Coordinates :	43 ° 10 '  N , 18 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 9 '55 "  N , 18 ° 32' 28"  E
Height :	940  m. i. J.
Area :	736  km²
Residents :	8,455 (2018)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 59
Postal code :	89240
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Milan Radmilović (Savez za promjene Gacko)
Website :	www.gacko-rs.info

Gacko ( Serbian - Cyrillic Гацко , [ gǎtskɔ ]) is a small town and the center of the large municipality of the same name in the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The municipality of Gacko has about 8,500 inhabitants.

geography

View over Gacko

The city is located about 50 kilometers east of Nevesinje in the Gatačko polje plateau in eastern Herzegovina at an altitude of 940 m in the immediate vicinity of the Montenegrin border. Immediately west of the city is a large open-cast coal mine that supplies the local power plant.

Neighboring municipalities are Bileća , Foča , Kalinovik , Nevesinje and Trebinje as well as Nikšić and Plužine in Montenegro.

history

The area was already settled in Illyrian times, but Gacko is only mentioned in the 12th century. In the area there are still several necropolises with the typical " Stećci "

In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Serbian Kingdom of Travunia from the 8th to the middle of the 13th century . From the middle of the 13th century it was ruled by the Serbian dynasty of Vojinović and Altomanović . Nikola Altomanović conquered large areas in western central Serbia, before he was defeated in 1373 by a joint action of the Bosnian prince and later king Tvrtko I and the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebeljanović , and his territory was divided between the victors.

In early June 1941 came in Gacko to a massacre of about 170 ethnic Serbs that of Ustasha perpetrated -Angehörigen.

During the Bosnian War , the region was largely spared from fighting. However, a large part of the non-Serbian population was displaced. On December 7, 2008, the eve of the festival of sacrifice , the recently rebuilt mosque in the Fazlagića Kula district was completely destroyed by fire. The cause of the fire was suspected to be a fault in the electrical system, but an attack could not be ruled out either.

population

At the 1991 census, the community of Gacko had 10,788 inhabitants, including

• Serbs : 6,661 (61.74%)
• Bosniaks : 3,858 (35.76%)
• Yugoslavs : 84 (0.77%)
• Croatians : 29 (0.26%)
• Others: 156 (1.47%)

4,584 people lived in the main town, including

• Bosniaks : 2,253 (49.14%)
• Serbs : 2,144 (46.77%)
• Yugoslavs : 78 (1.70%)
• Croatians : 28 (0.61%)
• Others: 81 (1.78%)

The Serbs make up the absolute majority of the population today, around 98% according to estimates.

The municipality comprises a total of 71 places: Avtovac, Bahori, Bašići, Berušica, Brajićevići, Branilovići, Cernica, Čemerno, Danići, Dobrelji, Domrke, Donja Bodežišta, Dramešina, Dražljevo, Drugovići, Dubljevići, Gackornjačo, Gackornica, Graeco , Gradina, Hodinići, Igri, Izgori, Jabuka, Jasenik, Jugovići, Kazanci, Ključ, Kokorina, Kravarevo, Kula, Lipnik, Lončari, Luka, Lukovice, Ljeskov Dub, Medanići, Međuljići, Mekavci, Melejačići, Mijovedenikeni Muhovići, Nadinići, Novi Dulići, Platice, Poda, Pridvorica, Pržine, Ravni, Rudo Polje, Samobor, Slivlja, Soderi, Srđevići, Stambelići, Stari Dulići, Stepen, Stolac, Šipovica, Zevoći, Ulinagrad, Višratnjković , Zurovići and Žanjevica.

economy

The TE Gacko thermal power station in Gacko

The most prominent point of the small town is the 1977–1982 built power plant (TE Gacko), which uses the nearby lignite deposits. A modernization of the power plant and open pit mine is planned with the participation of the Czech energy company ČEZ . Among other things, another power plant block with 300 MW is to be built.

In the villages that are difficult to access, subsistence agriculture continues to play a major role.

traffic

The well-developed M20 main road ( Trebinje –Foča) runs through Gacko and serves as a supraregional connection between Dubrovnik and Belgrade or Sarajevo . A branch line branches off to the west in Gacko and leads to Nevesinje.

Sports

Gacko is the home of the soccer club FK Mladost Gacko , which plays in the 1st division of the Republika Srpska.

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. ↑ http://www.most.ba/06364/083.htm
3. ↑ Tomislav Dulić: "Gacko massacre, June 1941", Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence , November 22, 2011, http://www.massviolence.org/Gacko-massacre-June-1941 , ISSN  1961-9898
4. ↑ http://www.gfbv.ba/index.php?id=149
5. ↑ Izgorjela džamija u selu Fazlagića Kula kod Gacka , Nezavisne novine of December 8, 2008
6. ↑ EUPM Press Report  ( 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. , 20./21. December 2008  
7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2008 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.  
8. ^ Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske: ZP RiTE Gacko ad Gacko

Web links

Commons : Gacko  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Gacko at virtualnahercegovina.com