Vir (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Vir is a village municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina right on the border with Croatia and belongs to the large municipality of Posušje . The next bigger city is Posušje. To the west of Vir is Zavelim , to the south of Podbila and the Croatian border, to the east of Vinjani . The name Vir (whirlpool) is derived from the many springs that gush out at every corner of the village in spring.

Vir has 1,430 inhabitants, mostly Croatians , who live in several small towns named after their family names. The predominant denomination is Catholic .

history

Over the centuries, Vir was repeatedly assigned to different surrounding communities, sometimes Imotski , a nearby Croatian town, was the home community, then it was Posušje, and in between the community Duvno in the north of Vir. Today Vir belongs to the Posušje municipality.

Vir fell into Turkish hands in 1513 as the last place in Herzegovina. In 1903/04 the first school was built in Vir.

particularities

Every year on August 5, see the festival of victory and Homeland Thanksgiving day and the Croatian defenders in Vir on the Megdan. a. Bullfights take place. In contrast to the Spanish bullfight, bulls fight against each other in Vir. Every clan has a bull and lets it fight. For this festival, many Virani from Germany, Austria, America etc. come to their place of origin to visit their relatives.

Parish of Vir

Vir is the oldest parish that separated from the mother parish of Posušje on April 27, 1871. There were Franciscans in Vir until 1910 , then the Dominicans came. The church was built in 1895 under Fra Bono Šarić, and the rectory from 1871–1872 under Fra Andrija Knezović. In the years after the war, the church was completely renovated, the road was re-asphalted and widened, and a new chapel was built at the cemetery.