Oštrelj (Bosanski Petrovac)

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Oštrelj
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Oštrelj (Bosanski Petrovac) (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Basic data
State : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity : Federation of BiH
Canton : Una-sana
Municipality : Bosanski Petrovac
Coordinates : 44 ° 29 '  N , 16 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 28 '41 "  N , 16 ° 24' 8"  E
Height : 1035  m. i. J.
Residents : 5 (2013)
Telephone code : +387 (0) 33
Postal code : 77250

Oštrelj is a settlement in the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina . The population has decreased significantly; in 2013 there were still five residents.

geography

Oštrelj is about 12 kilometers from Bosanski Petrovac. The village is located in an area with rich deciduous and coniferous forests on a ridge between the Klekovača and Osječenica mountains below 1330 m above sea level. M. high peak Oštrelj and at 1031 meters the highest point on the road from Petrovac to Drvar .

history

Oštrel at the beginning of the 20th century.

At the end of the 19th century, the Bavarian entrepreneur Otto Steinbeis began exporting wood products from Bosnia. His company operated its own narrow-gauge railway, the so-called Steinbeisbahn , with the main line Prijedor - Srnetica - Knin with a station on the pass in Oštrelj. The Steinbeisbahn came into the possession of the ŠIPAD forestry company after the First World War. At that time Oštrelj had 360 inhabitants and a large number of commuters. In the village there was a primary school, a police station, several restaurants and various shops.

In Oštrelj there is a train that was used by Josip Broz Tito and the Yugoslav partisans he led during the Second World War . The train has been restored and is under protection as a national cultural monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After the XIV Winter Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984, Oštrelj became a winter sports resort with a ski lift.

population

The discontinuation of rail operations in 1975 led to a sharp decline in population. The Bosnian war then displaced most of the remaining residents.

Population group 1971 1981 1991 2013
Serbs 146 15th 46
Yugoslavs - 45 1
other 16 1 3
Total  162  61  50  5

photos

  • Oštrelj in winter

  • Oštrelj became a ski resort.

  • Stone ice rink near Oštrelj

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d Nezavisna Agencija za Statisticsu Bosne i Hercegovine, naselje Oštrelj (Independent Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Village Oštrelj), accessed on September 2, 2015
  2. ↑ Šumsko industrijsko Privredno Akcionarsko Društvo according to the article Šipad on the Bosnian-language Wikipedia, about German forest industry commercial AG
  3. ↑ Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Yugoslavije 1971 (Ethnic composition of the population of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1971), accessed on September 2, 2015
  4. ↑ Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Jugoslavije 1981 (Ethnic composition of the population of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1981), accessed on September 2, 2015