Teslić

Teslić
Теслић

Basic data

State :

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Entity :

Republika Srpska

Municipality :

Teslić

Coordinates :

44 ° 36 ' N , 17 ° 52' E Coordinates: 44 ° 36 '24 " N , 17 ° 51' 35" E

Height :

213 m. i. J.

Residents :

36,315 (2018)

Telephone code :

+387 (0) 53

Postal code :

74270

Structure and administration (as of 2012)

Mayor :

Milan Miličević ( SDS )

Website :

www.teslic.ba

Others

Patron saint :

Holy Ilija (Sveti Ilija)

City Festival :

Ilindan

Teslić ( Cyrillic Теслић ; German outdated Teslitsch ) is a small town in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska .

Demographics

Most of the city's residents consider themselves Serbs . Around 8,000 people live in the city center, but the entire city has around 25,000 inhabitants. Some villages in the area, on the other hand, have a Bosniak or Croatian population majority.

The community of Teslić had 59,854 inhabitants in 1991, of which 32,962 identified themselves as Serbs , 12,802 as Muslims and 9,525 as Croatians .

As a result of war and displacement, the population of the community fell to just under 42,000 in 2013.

geography

Teslić is located in the western part of the Republika Srpska on the Usora River and is delimited to the south by the Borja Mountains, which are up to 1,150 m high .

Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in the city center

Localities

Banja Vrućica, Bardaci, Barići, Bijelo Bučje, Blatnica, Brić, Buletić, Crna Rijeka, Čečava, Donji Očauš, Donji Ranković, Donji Ružević, Dubrave, Đulić, Gomjenica, Gornja Radnja, Gornji Liplica, Gornja Vrućekje , Gornji Očauš, Gornji Ranković, Gornji Ružević, Gornji Teslić, Jasenova, Jezera, Kamenica, Komušina Donja, Komušina Gornja, Kuzmani, Mladikovine, Osivica, Parlozi, Pribinić, Radešići, Rajšatina, Poludencije, Slakeva, Rastušencije Šnjegotina Gornja, Teslić, Ugodnovići, Ukrinica, Vlajići and Zarkovina.

history

Teslić is a relatively young town that emerged with industrialization in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the end of the 19th century. Under the rule of Austria-Hungary , the timber industry in Teslić emerged with the construction of the Destiliacija , a company for turpentine distillation and the processing of wood. The narrow-gauge railway line ( 760 mm ) Pribinić – Teslić was used to transport the wood. A forest railway in the Usora valley and the surrounding area (largest extension to Banja Luka ) supplied the Destiliacija production facility with logs and stumps. In addition to the wood industry, there was also a chemical industry that dealt with the conversion of natural raw materials into synthetic raw materials.

Since 1919, Teslić has also been a tourist destination thanks to the establishment of the Banja Vrućica spa . Teslić was one of the most important economic centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina until the late 1950s. Today the economy in Teslić is concentrated on wood production, milk production, clothing industry and electrical industry.

Culture

Attractions

South of the town of Teslić is the Banja Vrućica spa, one of the largest and most important in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The spa house in Banja Vrućica offers a stay in a four-star hotel.

After the Bosnian War, an Orthodox church was built in the city center. The place of Komušina also includes the Catholic pilgrimage site Konđžilo , which is visited by many Catholic pilgrims on August 15th ( Assumption of Mary ).

Sports

Teslić is the home of the soccer club FK Proleter Teslić , which plays in the 1st division of the Republika Srpska. In January 2009 the new multi-purpose hall Dvorana Teslić with 1,500 seats was opened.

sons and daughters of the town

Dragan Bogdanić (* 1965), Minister of Health of the Republika Srpska
Željka Cvijanović (* 1967), Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska
Borki Predojević (* 1987), chess grandmaster
Zoran Kvržić (* 1988), football player

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ http://rzs.rs.ba/front/article/3630/ Updated population figures for 2018 from the Institute for Statistics of the Republika Srpska. Retrieved June 9, 2019.