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16 unusual facts about Bosnia and Herzegovina


1976 Zagreb mid-air collision

Pelin then pointed to a blip on the screen approaching Kostajnica.

Arbanaška

:for the village in Bosnia and Herzegovina see Arbanaška, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Danko Grlić

He was born in Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina,but in 1931 together with his family he has moved to Zagreb.

Dinaric

The term Dinaric comes from the name of a mountain called Dinara, on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ernst von Mansfeld

He set out for Venice, but when he reached Rakowitza near Sarajevo, in Bosnia, he was taken ill, and here he died on 29 November 1626.

Gradiška

Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hedum Kastelum

Hedum Kastelum was an ancient city located in central Bosnia, in the modern-day town of Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Kneževo

Kneževo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kostajnica

Kostajnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town on the right bank of river Una, in Bosnia

Milanko Petrović

He brought Serbia first ever wins in Balkan Cup in 10 km and 15 km Freestyle during the 2013 stage, held in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Šamac

Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town on the right bank of the river Sava, in Bosnia

Struge

Struge, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town in Čapljina municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tolj

Tolj is a Serbo-Croatian surname of a family originating from a small town called Greda in the district of Ljubuški in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Visoko

Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vjetrenica

Located in Popovo Polje in Ravno municipality, village Zavala with its old architecture and stone masonry, together with Vjetrenica cave, constitute the natural and architectural ensemble, which is in the process of being protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as such it is already placed on UNESCO Tentative List.

Žilavka

Production is generally focused in the area south of Mostar around the villages of Čitluk, Međugorje, Ljubuški, and Čapljina with notable producers such as Nuić, Škegro, Brkić, Vinarija Čitluk, and Vitai/Gangaš.


Blaž Kraljević

During his return to Yugoslavia in January 1992 he was appointed by Dobroslav Paraga, leader of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), as leader of the HOS in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Braco Dimitrijević

Slobodan “Braco” Dimitrijević was born on 18 June 1948 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia.

Colt Canada C7 rifle

The C7A1 was first issued to field units of Logcoy/Danbn/Dancon of the Danish International Brigade, in October–November 1995 shortly before the transition from UNPROFOR to IFOR in Bosnia.

Damir Kaletović

Damir Kaletović is a controversial reporter from Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Damir Krupalija

Damir Krupalija (born June 13, 1979) is a Bosnian American professional basketball player born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.

Darko Martinović

Darko Martinović (born September 18, 1982 in Mostar) is a Bosnian professional handballer, playing as right back.

Dianella White Eagles

In recent times, the club has seen a major influx of players and personnel who were refugees of the Yugoslav War, mainly from the Krajina region in Croatia, and from Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Džemal Hadžiabdić

Džemaludin "Džemal" Hadžiabdić, commonly known as Jamal Haji (born July 25, 1953 in Mostar), is a Bosnian left back who represented SFR Yugoslavia.

Elvir Laković Laka

Elvir Laković, also known as Laka, (born 15 March 1969) is a Bosnian rock singer-songwriter, born in Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group B

The group composed of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Franjo Komarica

One of eleven children, Franjo Komarica was born in Novakovići near Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Ivo and Ivka (née Marić) Komarica.

Haris Handžić

Haris Handžić (born 20 June 1990 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian football player currently playing as a striker for Lichtenstein club Vaduz in Swiss Challenge League.

HKK Čapljina Lasta

Hrvatski košarkaški klub Čapljina is a professional basketball club from Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

HMLA-167

These detachments supported numerous contingency operations to include: Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia, Operation Silver Wake in Albania and Operation Guardian Retrieval and Operation Noble Obelisk in Africa.

Hypo Alpe Adria in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hypo Alpe Adria has been present in the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since 2001, when it took over Auro Bank Mostar, which thereafter was operating under the name of Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank d.d. Mostar.

IrfanView

--spelling & no accents per author's webpage-->, from Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, living in Vienna.

Ivan Fijolić

He has three realized public sculptures: Foundation Batta, Zlín, the Czech Republic, Black Foot,in the Park of Sculptures, Vrsar, Croatia, and the Mostar Bruce Lee statue, in the town of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ivana Ninković

Ivana Ninković (born 15 December 1995 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian swimmer who swims for Swimming Club ' Olymp ' Banja Luka and for Bosnia and Herzegovina national swim team.

Ivica Marić

Ivica Marić (born April 16, 1967 in Zenica, Bosnia) is a former Croatian professional basketball player.

İzmir Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers still exist and are called Sahat Kula (derived from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

Jasmin Džeko

Jasmin Džeko (born November 15, 1958 in Doboj, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Josip Iličić

Josip Iličić was born in Prijedor, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to Slovenia after the death of his father when he was only one year old, together with his mother Ana and brother Igor.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The show was broadcast live in the competing countries, as well as Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Australian television channel Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) that acquired the rights for broadcasting the show, which was broadcast on 1 January 2007.

KK Igokea

Laktaši Sports Hall (Serbian Cyrillic: Хала спортова у Лакташима) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the city of Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Leyla Aliyeva

On February 24, 2012 Leyla Aliyeva attended opening ceremony of "Park of Friendship" and unveiled a monument to victims of Khojaly Massacre in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Márcio Sousa

In 2004 Sousa played for the under-19s in the 2005 European Championship qualifiers, netting against Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the country failed to ensure a place in the finals in Northern Ireland.

Marko Bruerović

In 1793 he was engaged for 4 years in diplomatic work in Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) as merchant attaché, where he also helped the Jewish merchants (based in Sarajevo).

Mauro del Vecchio

In the late 90s Del Vecchio was commander of the NATO Multinational Brigade North in Bosnia and Herzegovina (March–October 1997) and NATO Kosovo Force commander of the Multinational Brigade West in Kosovo.

Mostar Youth Theatre

Mostar Youth Theatre (locally known as Mostarski Teatar Mladih or MTM) is a city-sponsored community theatre located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Muamer Svraka

He got his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 31 May 2012 in a friendly match against Mexico on Soldier Field in Chicago which Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 2–1 in the dying minutes of the match due to a catastrophic mistake by Stojan Vranješ.

Museum of the National Struggle for Liberation

The Museum of the National Struggle for Liberation is a museum located in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Neda Ukraden

She grew up in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but she also lived in a few other Bosnian cities, mainly because of her father's professional commitments.

Neum Agreement

The Neum Agreement is an unimplemented treaty between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina granting free passage of transit traffic between the territory of Dubrovnik-Neretva County around the city of Dubrovnik and forming a pene-exclave of Croatia and the remaining Croatian territory through the municipality of Neum.

Nino Bule

Nino Bule (born 19 March 1976 in Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a striker.

NK Zvijezda Gradačac

NK Zvijezda Gradačac, or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the town of Gradačac.

Oktoih

Two volumes from 1493 and 1494 are kept in the museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pan-Slavism

In Austria-Hungary Southern Slavs were distributed among several entities: Slovenes in the Austrian part (Carniola, Styria, Carinthia, Gorizia and Gradisca, Trieste, Istria (also Croats)), Croats and Serbs in the Hungarian part within the autonomous Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and in the Austrian part within the autonomous Kingdom of Dalmatia, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, under direct control from Vienna.

Pope John Paul II's relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church

On June 22, 2003, he visited Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a city inhabited by many Catholics before the 1992-1995 war, but since then predominantly Orthodox.

Robert Edward Crozier Long

The stewing Balkan cauldron erupted again during late June, 1914, with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, at Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Skakavac Waterfall, Perućica

Perućica primeval forest is situated underneath of the highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maglić (2386 m), and separated from the Zelengora mountain with the Sutjeska river and its impressive, deep and rugged canyon.

Suada Dilberović

Serb snipers in a Holiday Inn hotel under the control of the Serbian Democratic Party in the heart of Sarajevo opened fire on the crowd killing six people and wounding several more.

Sulejman Smajić

Sulejman Smajić (born 25 June 1984 in Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a winger for FK Željezničar Sarajevo and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Svetislav Perduv

Born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Perduv played club football for NK Olimpija Ljubljana and NK Čelik Zenica in the Yugoslav First League.

Vlastimir Jovanović

Vlastimir Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Властимир Јовановић ; born 3 April 1985 in Doboj) is a Bosnian football defensive midfielder who plays for Korona Kielce and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Zdravko Kuzmanović

Born in Thun, Switzerland to a family of Bosnian Serbs expats (his father hails from a small village called Skugrić near Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), Kuzmanović continued the family tradition as both his father Ljubo and his grandfather played football for the lower league in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the local club in GradačacFK Zvijezda where he started his football career.

ŽS series 641

First four locomotives were delivered to Yugoslav industry - two to "Đuro Salaj" paper factory from Krško, Slovenia, one to UNIS factory from Vogošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one to Glogovac nickel mine at Kosovo.

Zvonimir Serdarušić

Zvonimir "Noka" Serdarušić (born 2 September 1950 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former Bosnian Croat handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.