Glamoč

Glamoč
Гламоч

Basic data

State :

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Entity :

Federation of BiH

Canton :

10

Coordinates :

44 ° 3 ' N , 16 ° 51' E Coordinates: 44 ° 2 '50 " N , 16 ° 51' 4" E

Height :

930 m. i. J.

Area :

1,033.6 km²

Residents :

4,038 (2013)

Population density :

4 inhabitants per km²

Telephone code :

+387 (0) 34

Postal code :

80230

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Mayor :

Nebojša Radivojša ( SNSD )

Website :

www.opstinaglamoc.ba

Others

City Festival :

20th of August

Glamoč ( Cyrillic Гламоч) is a city and the municipality of the same name ( Općina / Opština ) in Canton 10 in the west of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

geography

City panorama of Glamoč

Both town and municipality have belonged to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the Dayton Agreement . As a result of the agreement, a part of the municipality of the Republika Srpska was added, thereby reducing the area from 1096 km² to 867 km². The city of Glamoč is surrounded by mountains 930 m above sea level, about 200 km northwest of Sarajevo and 40 km northwest of the canton capital Livno .

The M15 main road from Mrkonjić Grad to Livno runs through Glamoč, but the municipality is otherwise poorly served by traffic. Large parts of the infrastructure were destroyed in the Bosnian war.

The Serbian Orthodox Church of Glamoč

history

Before the beginning of the Bosnian War in 1992 there was an ethnically mixed population that was numerically dominated by the Bosnian Serbs (approx. 76%). The original population has been returning for several years. As a result of the war and displacement and displacement, the population fell from 12,000 to less than 4,000 at the 2013 census, most of whom lived in the actual city of Glamoč. 43.5% of the residents described themselves as Serbs , 32.4% as Bosniaks and 23.5% as Croatians . This made Glamoč one of the few communities in the country in which all three ethnic groups are represented to a significant extent.

The medieval fortress

music

The “Glamoč Round Dance” or “Silent Glamoč Round Dance” (“Gluho Glamočko kolo”), which is traditionally performed without instrumental accompaniment, is known throughout the former Yugoslavia. The rhythm is only "played" with the (wooden) shoes. This dance is said to have been a wedding initiation ritual in which one could test the physical endurance and resilience of the potential spouse.

Personalities

Pavao Posilović (* around 1597), Bishop of Skradin and Duvno .

gallery

The Catholic Church in Glamoč
Ruins of the old catholic church in Glamoč

Web links

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