Grahovo, Nikšić

Grahovo is a small town in the high-altitude Grahovo Polje in Montenegro. Located on the north side of Orjen Mountains, it is a major site agro- pastoral lifestyle of Katunska Nahija, a Montenegrin clan area in the Karst Dinarides high. This most miserable settlement area throughout Western Montenegro is dominated by the monotony of the flat corrugated When landscape with sparse scrub forest. The agricultural use of poljes and remote pasture on extensive summer pastures on the Bijela gora Plateau in Orjens determine the traditional economy. The sterility of the surrounding karst landscape makes the close before the ascent to Orjengebirge around 250 m sunk into its south-western outskirts of small Polje Grahovo as " oasis " in the desert appear and makes the numerous battles for the possession of course.

The town can be in the style of its once -storey, red-tiled houses already close to the Adriatic coast recognize. The town is located below a small hill under the protection of a former Turkish fortress.

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Geography

The Grahovo Polje is one of the highest poljes the Dinarides. Due to glacial deposition in the form of huge alluvial fan at the southern Poljerandes, and glaciofluvial deposits in the western part of the Bijela gora from the plateau reaching down glacier, part of the Grahovo Polje, with its deep, mineral clay soils of the most fertile regions of the high karst. Quite different is the situation in the subsequent Dragalj is Polje, which has a very stony dry ground through moraine and does not qualify for agricultural use in question. A haunting image mighty glacial deposits in Dragalj polje designs, the Serbian scholar Jovan Cvijić:

Climate

Grahovo is located in the subtropics. Because of the altitude and the shielding effect of the Orjen mountains the climate is already more continental. In the closed position Beck even all year round frosts are possible. The maritimere Crkvice station on the south side of Orjens other hand, is frost free from May to September. Continental winter cold air reaches the coastal mountains in winter, when cold wind that flows through the Bora then the depression of poljes in the Bay of Kotor. Frosts with Tmin < -28 ° C have been measured in Grahovo at a distance of 15 km as the crow flies from the. The winter snow cover can therefore hold more than two months. The precipitation totals reach the highest levels in Europe (3500 - 5000 liters per square meter and year). Due to the karst nature, the region is still very dry.

* Mean monthly and annual temperatures [° C] in Grahovo and Crkvice in Montenegro

* Mean monthly and annual rainfall [mm ] in Grahovo and Crkvice in Montenegro

History

Historically, the region was to the late 19th century part of the Ottoman Empire. As provided with strong fortifications military border with Austria - Hungary was directly south Grahovos ( Crkvice ) was in Grahovo a significant military garrison. During the Russo -Turkish War, the Montenegrins were able to defeat the Turks in 1856 at the Vucji dol. The Berlin Congress guaranteed the Principality of Montenegro then the independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Economy

Traditionally, supply the inhabitants Grahovos the coastal towns in agricultural products ( honey, cheese, meat ) and numerous medicinal plants that grow in the surrounding mountain ranges (eg mountain bean herb, cowslip ). Main market for the Montenegrin inhabitants Grahovos is the place Risan in Bay of Kotor. Since the only river of the Montenegrin karst high, the Grahovska reka, in Grahovo Polje is, this has been a strategic point between the coast and the interior from time immemorial. The important connecting route between Nikšić, Cetinje and Risan tick the Grahovo Polje.

The traditional form of economy in western Montenegro is the Kolibawirtschaft. Kayser describes the Kolibawirtschaft the traditional economic system in western Montenegro ( Orjen Grahovo ).

Credentials

  • BEUERMANN, A. 1967: remote pasture in South East Europe - a contribution to the cultural geography of the eastern Mediterranean region - Westermann, Munich..
  • KAYSER, K. 1931: West Montenegro - a culture- geographic representation - Geographical essays. . 4 Stuttgart.
  • Lazarevic, R. 1949: Grahovsko polje - Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva XXIX (2):. 143-146, Beograd.

42.65144722222218.673002777778Koordinaten: 42 ° 39 ' N, 18 ° 40 ' E

  • Orjen
  • Dinarides
  • Geography (Montenegro )
  • Place in Montenegro
  • Nikšić
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