Zavidovići

Zavidovići Завидовићи
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Federation of BiH
Canton :	Zenica-Doboj
Coordinates :	44 ° 26 '  N , 18 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 26 '23 "  N , 18 ° 8' 48"  E
Height :
Area :	590  km²
Residents :	40,272 (2013)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 32
Postal code :	72220
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Hašim Mujanović ( SBiH )
Website :	www.zavidovici.ba

Railway station in Zavidovići

Zavidovići ( Cyrillic  Завидовићи ) is a town and municipality in the canton of Zenica-Doboj in central Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is located in a mountainous and heavily forested region at the confluence of the rivers Bosna , Krivaja and Gostović . The community has about 40,000 inhabitants, a third of whom live in the city.

history

The city developed together with the woodworking industry in the time of Austria-Hungary. The first train station was built in 1879. The station building was the first building at the time, and the city developed around this building. In 1911 Zavidovići was founded as a municipality. At that time the place had about 3800 inhabitants.

More recently, new industries have emerged: clothing, food, construction, trade and tourism.

In the Bosnian War , there were numerous civilian and military casualties. There were 685 in total, 200 of them civilians. Economic objects, houses, schools and energy systems were destroyed. Urban redevelopment is happening very slowly. So far, only objects that are important for the function of the city have been renewed. The arched pedestrian bridge opened in 2009 was torn away on May 15, 2014 by the flooding Bosna.

traffic

Zavidovići is located on the Šamac – Sarajevo railway line of the Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine (ŽFBH). In 1879, with the opening of the Bosnabahn, the city was connected to the railway network. In 1947 the Yugoslav State Railways converted the Sarajevo - Doboj section of the Bosna Railway to standard gauge and extended the line to Bosanski Šamac .

religion

The majority of the population are Muslim Bosniaks . Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats also live in Zavidovići. In 1910 137 Jews lived in the city.

There are several Sunni mosques in the city , the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Sava built from 1909 to 1911 and the Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph . From 1912 until its destruction in World War II , there was a synagogue in the city , which was visited jointly by the Ashkenazim and Sephardim .

Personalities

• Safet Sušić (* 1955), former soccer player and coach
• Šefik Džaferović (* 1957), politician (SDA), member of the State Presidium
• Venio Losert (* 1976), handball goalkeeper
• Mladen Bartolović (* 1977), football player

Parish partnership

Zavidovići has a partnership with the Italian municipality of Roncadelle in the province of Brescia , ( Lombardy ).

Web links

• Official website (Bosnian)
• Article about the religious buildings of the city on www.zdici.info , (Bosnian)