Stolac

Stolac Столац
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Federation of BiH
Canton :	Herzegovina-Neretva
Coordinates :	43 ° 5 '  N , 17 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 5 '2 "  N , 17 ° 57' 33"  E
Height :	65  m. i. J.
Area :	280  km²
Residents :	14,889 (2013)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 36
Postal code :	88360
Structure and administration (as of 2012)
Mayor :	Stjepan Bošković ( HDZ BiH )
Postal address :	Kralja Tomislava bb Stolac
Website :	www.stolac.gov.ba

Stolac ( Serbian - Cyrillic Столац ) is a small town near Mostar in Herzegovina , the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Stolac is located in the fertile valley of the Bregava in the otherwise barren and karstified Herzegovina. The municipality of Stolac has almost 15,000 inhabitants.

population

1991 census

• Population (excluding Berkovići): 15,171
• Croatians: 5,542 (36.53%)
• Bosniaks: 7,386 (48.68%)
• Serbs: 1,806 (11.09%)
• Others: 437 (2.78%)

2013 census

• Population: 14,502
• Croatians: 8,486 (58.52%)
• Bosniaks: 5,544 (38.23%)
• Serbs: 279 (1.92%)
• Others: 193 (1.33%)

Before the war, Bosniaks were in the majority, but since the community had been under permanent control of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) since mid-1993, the Serbs and Bosniaks were expelled. After the war some Bosniaks returned, but the Croatians are still in the majority of the population today .

history

Stolac late 19th century

Stolac has existed since the Middle Ages and has always been a lively trading center. The city belonged to Austria-Hungary until 1918 and was garrison of the IV. Battalion of the kuk infantry regiment "Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden" No. 50.

During the Bosnian War , the city was conquered by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in April 1992, Croats were expelled from the city, and villages such as Stjepan Krst (today Šćepan Krst) were completely in ruins. After Operation Lipanjske Zore and Operation Čagalj in June 1992, large parts of Herzegovina, including Stolac, were conquered by the Croats. The eastern part of the municipality, which is predominantly inhabited by Serbs , remained in Serbian hands until the end of the war and is now part of the Republic of Srpska as the municipality of Berkovići .

In 1993 in particular there was fierce fighting between Bosniaks and Croats after the latter had proclaimed their internationally never recognized republic of Herceg-Bosna . After the Hrvatsko vijeće obrane (HVO) conquered the town , it was looted by their soldiers. During the looting, the city center was devastated and all mosques were destroyed, including the so-called Imperial Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The commanders detained male Bosniaks and Serbs in prison camps , including the Dretelj camp , while women and children were deported. The Serbian Orthodox Church was also destroyed.

On February 26, 2004, Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski was killed in a plane crash near Huskovići, about ten kilometers north of Stolac.

Personalities

• Jezzar Pasha (1708 / 20–1804), Ottoman provincial governor and commander
• Ali-paša Rizvanbegović (around 1783–1851), Ottoman Kapetan of Stolac and Vizier of the Paschalik Herzegovina
• Mak Dizdar (1917–1971), Yugoslav poet
• Zdravko Šotra (* 1933), director

Web links

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

• Report on Stolac ( Memento of June 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Federal Commissioner for Bosnia and Herzegovina (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/10024/1/Stjepan-Krst-rises-from-the-ashes.html
2. ↑ https://braniteljski.hr/operacija-lipanjske-zore/
3. ↑ https://balkaninsight.com/2013/05/29/bosniaks-and-croats-divided-over-evil-herzeg-bosna/
4. ^ Report of the Society for Threatened Peoples

City panorama