Konjuh (mountain)
| Konjuh | ||
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 Summit of Konjuh |
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| height | 1328 m | |
| location | Kladanj , Tuzla Canton , Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Mountains | Dinaric mountains | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 18 '8 " N , 18 ° 32' 45" E | |
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The Konjuh is a mountain in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina , between Kladanj and Banovići . It is surrounded by the valleys of the Seona, Turija, Litva and Oskova rivers in the north, the Gostelja river and the M18 main road in the northeast and the Krivaja valley in the south and west. With the Ozren , Javor and Javornik, the Konjuh belongs to a mountain range which flattens out into the Pannonian Plain with the Trebavac and Majevica as part of the Dinarides .
The average altitude is over 1000 meters above sea level. ; the highest peaks are Šuplji Javor (1157 m), Vina Kruška (1088 m), Suho Drvlje (1206 m), Zidine (1180 m), Brezina (1120 m), Vrh Konjuha (1328 m) and Bandijerka, peak of Javorje ( 1261 m), Bijeli Vrh (1272 m) and the Zečiji Rat (1275 m) and on the south-western ridge Smolin.
Flora and fauna
The Konjuh is overgrown by a dense conifer population, which is home to pine , spruce , beech , maple and a small number of oaks . The rare yellow gentian (srčanik, Gentiana lutea ), which is protected and considered endangered, also grows on the summit .
Wild animals such as the brown bear , roe deer , wild boar , wolves , foxes , squirrels , capercaillie and in the surrounding rivers live trout and crayfish live in the forests of the Konjuh . Snakes like the horned viper , adder , smooth snake as well as lizards and salamanders have their habitat here .
history
There are several medieval necropolises with Stećci on Konjuh , around 500 such tombstones alone are known in the Kladanj municipality . Also worth mentioning are the remains of old caravan routes , which were used to transport salt from Tuzla , as well as monuments reminding of the Second World War in Yugoslavia .
Mountain protection
Mountaineering associations and nature lovers have been trying for years to convince the authorities to convert part of the mountain into a nature reserve. The cantonal government of the canton of Tuzla passed a nature conservation law to protect the flora and fauna over part of the mountain.