Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gracanica ( Serbian Cyrillic Грачаница ) ( German outdated Gratschanitz ) is a city in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Tuzla Canton. The municipality covers a large part of the plain of the River Spreča vale in the lower course of the river, and part of the Trebava Mountains.

The town consisted of Bosnian war in 1991 an area of 387 km ², was composed of 28 towns and counted 59 134 inhabitants. After the war and the Treaty of Dayton, Petrovo Municipality was created from a part of its territory, which now belongs to Republika Srpska.

The current urban area covers an area of ​​219.5 km ², is composed of 18 towns and one according to latest statistics 48 395 inhabitants ( census 2013). Gracanica borders the municipality Gradačac to the north, Srebrenik in the east, and to the southeast and Lukavac Petrovo in the south. In the west, the town adjacent to the town of Doboj Doboj municipality and to the small - Istok.

Gracanica was awarded city status in 1548. The strongest development experienced Gracanica end of the 17th century, during the reign of Ahmed Pasha Budimlija, the city mosque, the hammam and the Sahat Kula ( Clock Tower ), since that time the landmark of the city was built.

Personalities

Born here

• Vedin Musić (born 1973 ), football player
• Mihret Topčagić (* 1989), football player