Vrela, Teslić
Coordinates: 44°38′6″N 17°52′6″E / 44.63500°N 17.86833°E
| Vrela | |
|---|---|
| village | |
| Coordinates: 44°38′06″N 17°52′06″E / 44.635°N 17.868333°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republic of Srpska |
| Municipality | Teslić |
Vrela (Serbian Cyrillic: Врела) is a rather small village in Teslić municipality, in Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Today it is individual local community within the municipality. Previously it was but an insignificant part of neighbouring local communities such as Žarkovina and Stenjak within Teslić municipality, or Kalošević within Tešanj municipality. Population counts to less than 200, all of Serb ethnic groupation, 97% of Orthodox Christian religion.
It is bordered with the river Usora to the north and hills to the south, with straits at the Škrebin Kamen hill (literally: Škreba’s Rock) to the west and another one to the Kalošević village to the east. It is the first settlement of Teslić municipality to be entered when approaching from Doboj.
Until 1968 there was a railway station in Vrela.
During the war in Bosnia, the village was an important border crossing between than warring Republic of Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where numerous exchanges of POWs, civilians and the killed were conducted. The area around the Inter-Entity Boundary Line was heavily seeded with mine-fields and some parts are still considered dangerous.
