Gradiška (), formerly Bosanska Gradiška () is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 51,727, while the city of Gradiška has a population of 14,368.

It is located in eastern Krajina region, and the town is situated on the Lijevče plain, on the right bank of the Sava river across from Stara Gradiška, Croatia, and about north of Banja Luka.

History In the Roman period this town was of strategic importance; a port of the Roman fleet was situated here. Among notable archaeological findings are a viaduct.

Gradiški Brod is mentioned for the first time as a town in 1330. It had a major importance as a Sava river crossing. By 1537, the town and its surroundings came under Ottoman rule.

The Ottoman built a fortress here, which served as the Bosnia Eyalet's northern defense line. The town was also called Berbir or Turska Gradiška because of the fortress. During the Austro-Turkish War, the battle for Turska Gradiška began on 23 June 1789. After the forces of Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Gideon von Laudon captured the fortress on 9 July, made a map of it and Stara Gradiška.

Following the First Serbian Uprising (1804), in the Sanjak of Smederevo (modern Central Serbia), the Jančić's Revolt broke out in the Gradiška region against the Ottoman government in the Bosnia Eyalet, following the erosion of the economic, national and religious rights of Serbs. Hajduks also arrived from Serbia, and were especially active on the Kozara mountain. Jovan Jančić Sarajlija organized the uprising with help from Metropolitan Benedikt Kraljević. The peasants took up arms on 23 September 1809, in the region of Gradiška, beginning from Mašići. The fighting began on September 25, and on the same night, the Ottomans captured and executed Jančić. The rebels retreated to their villages, except those in Kozara and Motajica who continued to offer resistance until their defeat in mid-October, after extensive looting and burning of villages by the Ottomans.Стојан Бијелић. Машићка буна. Врбаске новине бр. 107 ст. 5, 1933. (извор) Another revolt broke out in 1834, in Mašići.:: Www.Gradiskasela.Net ::

Ottoman rule ended with the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878), following the Herzegovina Uprising (1875–77). Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in 1918, when the South Slavic Austro-Hungarian territories proclaimed the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which subsequently joined the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

From 1929 to 1941 Gradiška was part of the Vrbas Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

During Yugoslavia, the town was known as Bosanska Gradiška (Босанска Градишка). During the Bosnian War, the town was incorporated into Republika Srpska (). After the war, the RS National Assembly changed the name, omitting bosanska ("Bosnian"), as was done with many other towns (Kostajnica, Dubica, Novi Grad, Petrovo, Šamac).

In the night of 18 November 2004, Catholic priest and parson Kazimir Višaticki was murdered in the clergy house of the St. Roch parish in Gradiška.

Settlements Aside from the town of Gradiška, the municipality includes total of 74 other settlements:

Adžići Baraji Berek Bistrica Bok Jankovac Brestovčina Bukovac Bukvik Cerovljani Cimiroti Čatrnja Čelinovac Čikule Donja Dolina Donja Jurkovica Donji Karajzovci Donji Podgradci Dragelji Dubrave Dušanovo Elezagići Gašnica Gornja Dolina Gornja Jurkovica Gornja Lipovača Gornji Karajzovci Gornji Podgradci Grbavci Greda Jablanica Jazovac Jelići Kijevci Kočićevo Kozara Kozinci Krajčinovci Krajišnik Kruškik Laminci Brezici Laminci Dubrave Laminci Jaružani Laminci Sređani Liskovac Lužani Mačkovac Mašići Mičije Miloševo Brdo Miljevići Mokrice Nova Topola Novo Selo Orahova Orubica Petrovo Selo Rogolji Romanovci Rovine Samardžije Seferovci Sovjak Srednja Jurkovica Šaškinovci Šimići Trebovljani Trnovac Trošelji Turjak Uzari Vakuf Vilusi Vrbaška Žeravica

Demographics Population Population of settlements – Gradiška municipalitySettlement1885.1895.1910.1921.1931.19481953.1961.1971.1981.1991.2013.Total29,96237,79741,86845,19057,23546,01348,05650,14353,58158,09559,97451,7271Berek4824122Bistrica7954323Bok Jankovac7541,1614Brestovčina3601,0275Bukovac3493716Čatrnja7686977Cerovljani6043678Čikule3692559Cimiroti33120210Donji Karajzovci60054811Donji Podgradci95775812Dubrave2,5811,53413Elezagići56152814Gašnica44332415Gornja Lipovača99250016Gornji Karajzovci53748417Gornji Podgradci2,3781,65618Gradiška5,5909,9326,3639,58513.47516,84114,36819Grbavci99159420Jablanica74543821Kijevci38121222Kočićevo63146323Kozinci9081,66124Krajišnik52861725Kruškik1,0741,11926Laminci Brezici1,4151,84727Laminci Dubrave59143828Laminci Jaružani39428729Laminci Sređani57445630Liskovac1,4671,08031Lužani27523832Mačkovac47626633Mašići1,3591,15334Miloševo Brdo43924135Nova Topola2,1912,32436Orahova2,4791,18537Petrovo Selo35832938Rogolji74166839Romanovci1,19997640Rovine1,0161,42241Seferovci50250442Sovjak30720843Trebovljani42534844Trošelji55055945Turjak41526846Vakuf41634247Vilusi88773648Vrbaška1,05777949Žeravica335482

Ethnic composition Ethnic composition – Gradiška cityNationality2013.1991.1981.1971.Total14,368 (100,0%)16,841 (100,0%)13,475 (100,0%)9,585 (100,0%)Serbs11,122 (77,41%)6,502 (38,61%)4,251 (31,55%)2,911 (30,37%)Bosniaks2,408 (16,76%)7,188 (42,68%)5,033 (37,35%)5,377 (56,10%)Croats294 (2,046%)781 (4,637%)730 (5,417%)808 (8,430%)Unaffiliated214 (1,489%)Others174 (1,211%)582 (3,456%)99 (0,735%)121 (1,262%)Yugoslavs38 (0,264%)1,788 (10,62%)3 218 (23,88%)306 (3,192%)Roma34 (0,237%)42 (0,312%)9 (0,094%)Albanians29 (0,202%)44 (0,327%)25 (0,261%)Ukrainians17 (0,118%)Unknown16 (0,111%)Montenegrins14 (0,097%)29 (0,215%)12 (0,125%)Slovenes5 (0,035%)20 (0,148%)14 (0,146%)Macedonians3 (0,021%)9 (0,067%)2 (0,021%) Ethnic composition – Gradiška MunicipalityNationality2013.1991.1981.1971.Total51,727 (100,0%)59,974 (100,0%)58,095 (100,0%)53,581 (100,0%)Serbs41,863 (80,93%)35,753 (59,61%)32,825 (56,50%)35,038 (65,39%)Bosniaks7,580 (14,65%)15,851 (26,43%)13,026 (22,42%)12,688 (23,68%)Croats826 (1,597%)3,417 (5,697%)3,544 (6,100%)4,415 (8,240%)Unaffiliated416 (0,804%)Roma395 (0,764%)232 (0,399%)29 (0,054%)Others340 (0,657%)1,642 (2,738%)660 (1,136%)849 (1,585%)Ukrainians111 (0,215%)Yugoslavs76 (0,147%)3,311 (5,521%)7,638 (13,15%)415 (0,775%)Unknown43 (0,083%)Albanians30 (0,058%)70 (0,120%)56 (0,105%)Montenegrins29 (0,056%)57 (0,098%)61 (0,114%)Slovenes14 (0,027%)31 (0,053%)25 (0,047%)Macedonians4 (0,008%)12 (0,021%)5 (0,009%)

Culture

The town has a Serbian Orthodox cathedral dedicated to the Mother of God. There is also a mosque called the Džamija Begluk.

Sports Local football club Kozara have played in the top tier of the Bosnia and Herzegovina football pyramid but spent most seasons in the country's second level First League of the Republika Srpska.

Economy The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): Activity TotalAgriculture, forestry and fishing320Mining and quarrying4Manufacturing2,916Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply171Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities234Construction267Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles1,956Transportation and storage452Accommodation and food services543Information and communication71Financial and insurance activities114Real estate activities24Professional, scientific and technical activities323Administrative and support service activities77Public administration and defense; compulsory social security581Education840Human health and social work activities661Arts, entertainment and recreation62Other service activities222Total9,838

Notable residents Alojzije Mišić, Roman Catholic bishop Amar Hrnjić Bosnian footballer Atif Dudaković, Bosnian war-time army general Branko Grahovac, football goalkeeper Dženan Čišija, Swedish politician Goran Zakarić, Bosnian footballer Kristajan Zelonka Serbian footballer Marko Marin, German footballer Miodrag Latinović, retired footballer Nazif Hajdarović, footballer Nordin Gerzić, Swedish footballer Ognjen Ožegović, Serbian footballer, European U-19 champion Ozren Perić, footballer Ratko Varda, basketball player Safet Halilović, politician Tatjana Pašalić, poker presenter Vaso Čubrilović, politician and historian, member of Black Hand organisation and participant in the conspiracy to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Veljko Čubrilović, member of Black Hand organisation Vinko Marinović, former Serbian footballer, now manager Vlado Jagodić, former footballer, now manager Zlatko Janjić, footballer Zvjezdan Misimović, Bosnian footballer

International relations Twin towns and sister cities

Gradiška is twinned with:

Kavala, Greece (1994) Ćuprija, Serbia (1994) Negotino, North Macedonia (2006) Montesilvano, Italy (2018) Palilula, Serbia (2019) Zubin Potok, Rep. of Kosovo (2021)

Partnerships Gradiška also cooperates with:

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Čelinac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Kozarska Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Maglaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Odžak, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Orašje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Teslić, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Vareš, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Žepče, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Živinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016) Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018) Čačak, Serbia (2018) Herceg Novi, Montenegro (2018) Hersonissos, Greece (2018) Labin, Croatia (2018) Nova Gorica, Slovenia (2018) Ragusa, Italy (2018) Shkodër, Albania (2018) Tirana, Albania (2018) Daruvar, Croatia (2020) Lipik, Croatia (2020) Jesi, Italy (2020) Marche, Italy (2020) Mošćenička Draga, Croatia (2020) Kotor, Montenegro (2020) Tepelenë, Albania (2020)

Notes

See also Municipalities of Republika Srpska Subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

Bibliography Signature HR-ZaNSK S-JZ-XVIII-147.

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