Vitez
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| Vitez Витез |
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| Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
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| Population (1991 census) | 27,728 | ||
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| Area code | +387 30 | ||
| Mayor | Vlado Alilović (HDZ) | ||
| Website | http://www.gradvitez.info | ||
Vitez (Cyrillic: Витез) is a town in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The word vitez literally means knight in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian.
In 1991 the population of the Vitez municipality was 27,728, of which were 45,72% Croats (12.679), 41,36% Muslims (11.471), 5,41% Serbs (1.502), 4,91% Yugoslavians (1.362), 2,60% and others (714).
The population of the town itself was:
| Settlement | Bosnians | Serbs | Croats | Yugoslavs | Others | Total | |||||
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| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Stari Vitez | 851 | 51 | 25 | 1 | 651 | 39 | 96 | 6 | 60 | 4 | 1683 |
| Vitez | 1810 | 33 | 723 | 13 | 1933 | 35 | 834 | 15 | 202 | 4 | 5502 |
Source [1].
[edit] History
Area around Vitez was inhabited since earliest ages, which has been proved by various excavations. The first settlements belonged so called "Butmir's culture". One of the most famous artifacts found from that age in Veliki Mosunj, is a "Big Bronze Sword", uniquely crafted. During Roman time, the first urban settlements are being built. Through the Lasva valley there were communication routes in which the caravans, armies, missionaries, etc. used to travel. On Castoriusovoj Tabuli Peutingeriani, there were caravan's routes from which the important one goes through this valley to connect from Pannonia at the North to Aegnatia at the South. U lower levels of the valley there were findings and lots of tombs, foundations, ... According to excavated articles from the middle age significant findings are discovered in Zabilje, Počulica, Kremenik, Gačice, Večeriska, Preočica etc. Around the area of once active railroad station, the archeologists found stone with engraved Celtic god Sokol which proves that this region was once inhabited by Celts. During Big Migration in Europe, caused by the decay of Roman Empire, in this region the Slavs begin to come from nowadays Ukraine nad Poland, and are organizing their first states. In the time of Ban Stjepan Kotromanić there was a census in which old Bosnia had 7 counties. At nearby Bilino Polje (Zenica) the great Bosnian ruler Kulin Ban left the oldest written document of all South Slavic states (April 8, 1203)written in Boasncica (Old Bosnian Alphabet) in which the borders of Bosnia were described. (From river Sava at the North, River Drina at the East and river Una at the West). During his rule Kingdom of Bosnia enjoyed peace and prosperity. His successor Stjepan was overthrown because he wanted to accept Catholicism as state religion in Bosnia. At the end of Stjepan's rule, the Inquisition burned to death several dozens of Bosnian Christians, which caused Stjepan to loose his rule. It is also known that Vitez was part of Bosnia until the decay of Bosnia when Ottoman empire occupied this region. This was the period in Vitez got its name. According to the legend, one of the knights of Bosnian kingdom was killed in Lasva valley, but his horse brought him in today's Vitez where he finally fell down. The inhabitants of the area named that place Vitez. There are, off course, many more of +those legends. It is known that the first settlement in nowadays urban area was formed around the mosque, built in 1590. Knowing that mosques are being erected in urban areas, it is logical to say that this settlement existed even before. During Ottoman's time Turkish traveler Evlija Ćelebi mentioned Vitez 3 times but without any precise information. According to the Austrian officer Božića (1785), Vitez had 18 houses, mosque and Motel (Han). Vitez is mentioned once again during an uprising against Turks lead by Husein-kapetan Gradaščevića, when he defeated Turkish Army at Kosovo, after which he was named for Bosnian de-facto ruler (Vezir) in the residence of Hadži Mujaga Zlatar (Zlatarević) in Zabilje near Vitez. After many centuries under the Ottoman rule, 1878 Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Vitez got occupied by Austro-Hungary Monarchy, and letter 1908 annexed. During this time there were many changes in Bosnian society, both political and economical. But, unluckily only with goal to exploit Bosnian natural resources. For a short period they built many roads, railroads, mines,... At the place of old Turkish wood plant, Austrian entrepreneur Guido Rütgers built the enterprise for mechanical wood processing which was a milestone in a development of urban area. In 1879. Vitez had 510 inhabitants. Other companies existed as well, but were all owned by foreigners. It this period many people from parts of Monarchy came to work in Vitez, especially from Slovenia, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary , Switzerland,..
[edit] Sport
The town is home to the football club NK FIS Vitez, Football club VITEZ ,basketball club HKK Vitez Paladij, handball club Inpregnacja Vitez , table tennis club STK Vitez.
[edit] External links
- http://gradvitez.info/
- http://www.vitez.info/
- http://www.vitezani.com/
- http://www.nisvet-hrustic.com
- http://www.vitezani.com
- http://www.fis-bih.com
- http://www.ambyenta.com
- http://www.gsbih.com
| Municipalities of the Central Bosnia Canton |  |
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| Bugojno | Busovača | Dobretići | Donji Vakuf | Fojnica | Gornji Vakuf | Jajce | Kiseljak | Kreševo | Novi Travnik | Travnik | Vitez | | ||
