Lješljani
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Lješljani Љешљани |
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| State : | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity : | Republika Srpska | ||
| Municipality : | Novi Grad | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 6 ′ N , 16 ° 29 ′ E | ||
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Lješljani ( Serbian - Cyrillic Љешљани ) is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad in Bosnia and Herzegovina .
geography
Lješljani is located in the north-west of the country, only a few kilometers from the border with Croatia . The distance to the southwestern Novi Grad is about 18 kilometers. The place is located at an altitude of 300 meters on the southwest edge of the Kozara Mountains. The area is almost completely forested.
history
Between the First and Second World Wars, there was a coal mine in Lješljani. At that time the village had several hundred inhabitants, in 1991 there were 59.
During the Second World War, several hundred civilians and resistance fighters from all over the region (known as partisans and communists) were rounded up and shot by fascist fighters (mostly members of the then Croatian Ustaša movement) and SS soldiers.
The mine was closed after the Second World War and a large part of the population moved away.
Since the end of the Bosnian War in 1995, the place belongs to the Republika Srpska , one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the 1970s thermal springs were discovered in Lješljani, later a health-promoting effect was confirmed by various institutes in Zagreb and Banja Luka . Today there is an outdoor swimming pool with thermal water called Slatina . The construction of a spa hotel and other thermal baths is being planned.