Tropolje

Tropolje (Završje)
Тропоље (Завршје)
Historical regiona
100
Approximate area of Tropolje
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Largest city Livno
Areab
 • Total 4,343 km2 (1,677 sq mi)
Population (2013)b
 • Total 83,541
 • Density 19.24/km2 (49.8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

a Tropolje is not an official subdivision of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a historical region.

b The figure is an approximation based on the territorial span and population of five municipalities in Canton 10 (Bosansko Grahovo, Glamoč, Kupres, Livno, and Tomislavgrad).

Tropolje or Završje or Western Regions (Serbo-Croatian: Zapadne strane) is a historical region[1] in Bosnia and Herzegovina that encompasses territory around karst fields of Livno, Duvno and Glamoč. The wider zone of this region also comprises the fields of Kupres and Bosansko Grahovo.

Etymology

Duvno Field
Glamoč Field
Livno Field
Three fields after which the region is named

Name Tropolje derives from the Serbo-Croatian words tri meaning three and polje meaning field.

Municipalities

Area of Završje covers territory of five municipalities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Grahovo, Glamoč, Kupres, Livno and Tomislavgrad.

Municipality Coat of arms Population[2] Area (km2)[3]
Bosansko Grahovo 3,091 780.0
Glamoč 4,038 1033.6
Kupres 5,893 569.8
Livno 37,487 994.0
Tomislavgrad 33,032 967.4

Geography

The total area of the Završje is approximately 4,343 square kilometres (1,680 sq mi). The region is located between Dalmatia to the west, Bosanska Krajina to the north, Central Bosnia to the east and Herzegovina to the south and southeast. Završje has population of 68,809—making the region the most sparsely populated region of Bosnia and Herzegovina at 15.84/km2 (41.0/sq mi). Most of the region consists of mountainous terrain separated by karst fields.

Large fields of Livno, Duvno, Glamoč and Kupres are located in the hinterland of the mountain Dinara from the perspective of the eastern Adriatic coast of which they are wider inland. There are also several small or very small karst fields: Grahovsko, Dobransko, Šuičko, Roško, Vukovsko and Planarsko.

Fields

  Karst fields of Tropolje

Livno Field (Serbo-Croatian: Livanjsko polje) is the largest field of Tropolje. It is a long 65 km, consisting of three parts: the Upper field in the central part, Lower fields in the northeast and Buško mud (Buško blato) in the southeast. On the northwestern edge of the Livno Field, between the slopes Dinara and Šator, a narrow valley connects it with Grahovo field.

Eastern of the Livno Field is Duvno Field (Duvanjsko polje) separated from it by Kovač, Tušnica, Grabovica i Midena mountains. Field is 20 km long and 9 km wide.

Glamoč Field (Glamočko polje) is separated from the Livno Field by Šator Mountain, Staretina, Golija, Cincar and the Krug plateau. It is long 56 km and is divided on the Lower field to the northwest, up to 15 km wide, and Upper field in the southeast wide from 1 to 4 km.

Eastern of Glamoč Field is Kupres field (Kupreško polje), separated by Mountain Cincar, Slovinjand Hrblijne. It is long 26 km and is divided into two parts: Northern or Dry field (Suho polje), about 13 km wide, and Southern or Rilić field (Rilićko polje), about 8 km wide.

Topography

Further information: Dinaric Alps

Mountainous terrain of the region is a part of the Dinaric Alps, linked to a Late Jurassic to recent times fold and thrust belt, itself part of the Alpine orogeny, extending southeast from the southern Alps. The Dinarides form part of a chain of mountains that stretch across southern Europe and isolate Pannonian Basin from the Mediterranean Sea. The highest mountain of the Tropolje Dinarides is Mount Vran, located on the border of the municipalities of Tomislavgrad and Jablanica with the peak called Veliki Vran (Great Vran) at 2,074 metres (6,804 ft).

Highest mountains of Tropolje
Mountain Peak Elevation Coordinates
Vran Veliki Vran 2,074 m (6,804 ft) 43°40′4.8″N 17°30′18″E / 43.668000°N 17.50500°E / 43.668000; 17.50500
Vran Mali Vis 2,014 m (6,608 ft) 43°40′41.34″N 17°29′57.08″E / 43.6781500°N 17.4991889°E / 43.6781500; 17.4991889
Cincar Cincar 2,006 m (6,581 ft) 43°54′08″N 17°03′46″E / 43.90222°N 17.06278°E / 43.90222; 17.06278
Vran Crno Brdo 1,966 m (6,450 ft) 43°40′52.96″N 17°29′37.3″E / 43.6813778°N 17.493694°E / 43.6813778; 17.493694
Vran Mali Vran 1,961 m (6,434 ft) 43°39′8.8″N 17°17′27″E / 43.652444°N 17.29083°E / 43.652444; 17.29083
Vran Bijela Glava 1,949 m (6,394 ft) 43°39′34″N 17°29′56″E / 43.65944°N 17.49889°E / 43.65944; 17.49889
Vitorog Veliki Vitorog 1,907 m (6,257 ft) 44°7′12″N 17°2′45″E / 44.12000°N 17.04583°E / 44.12000; 17.04583
Golija Veliki Vrh 1,886 m (6,188 ft) 43°59′12″N 16°47′21″E / 43.98667°N 16.78917°E / 43.98667; 16.78917
Vran Priorac 1,881 m (6,171 ft) 43°39′37″N 17°28′27″E / 43.66028°N 17.47417°E / 43.66028; 17.47417
Šator Veliki Šator 1,872 m (6,142 ft) 44°9′26″N 13°35′23″E / 44.15722°N 13.58972°E / 44.15722; 13.58972

Hydrology and climate

The entire Tropolje region is encompassed by the Adriatic Sea drainage basin except small part of the northern field of Glamoč and Kupres which is encompassed by the Black Sea drainage basin. Tropolje contains several losing streams such as Bistrica, Sturba, Šujica, Žabljak, Vrba, reflecting a high degree of karstification of the terrain in the region, resulting in increased permeability of soil and rocks. Ingress of water underground resulted in formation of subterranean watercourses and lakes.

History

Antiquity

Tropolje has been inhabited at least since Neolithic times. In the late Bronze Age, the Neolithic population was replaced by more warlike Indo-European tribes known as the Illyrians. The region was inhabited by Illyrian tribe of Dalmatae. Their capital was Delminium which was located in today's Tomislavgrad. The Dalmatae left many remains that testify about their presence in this area. The most important remains are the gradine, remains of Illyrian settlements which were distributed along the karst fields. The settlements were strategically well placed, that is why the Romans took over 200 years to occupy this region.

Early Middle Ages

County of Hlivno (Livanjska županija) was mentioned on the charter of the Croatian Duke Muncimir from 892. It's prefect Želimir witnessed the Charter, signed the second. Constantine VII, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, included the County (ή Χλεβίανα) as one of 11 Croatian counties and as its center stated inhabited settlement Hlivno. It covered the hinterland of the mountain Dinara (Zadinarje).

After ecclesiastical councils in Split (925 and 928), County belonged to the jurisdiction of the archbishop of Split under whose metropolitan administration remained until the beginning of the 18th century.

High Middle Ages

The extinction of the Trpimirović dynasty resulted in forming of personal union with Hungary in 12th century. Mid of the century the Byzantine Empire strengthens once again and conquers the area of Dalmatian cities, Zadinarje's karst fields and a large part of the southern Croatian Kingdom. After death of Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor, in 1180 Bosnian ban Kulin expanded the area of its authority to the east and north of the County of Hlivno while County remained in the Croatian Kingdom.

Education

Elementary schools:

Culture

Museums and art galleries

Gorica Museum

Tropolje is home to few museums, galleries, and other institutions. The first of these is the Museum of the Franciscan Monastery Gorica in Livno, established on 2 October 1995 with the goal of collecting and preserving museum’s holdings from Tropolje region and further. It has its roots in the 19th century and the work of the Franciscans from Livno, who visited archaeological sites collecting antiquities and invested effort in establishing a museum at the monastery. This is reflected in a document from 1896 in which they seek permission from the National Government in Sarajevo to display antique weapons in a public room at the monastery.[6]

Franciscan Monastery in Tomislavgrad has a Museum with archaeological, ethnographic, sacral and African exhibitions. The most significant archaeological finding is the Duvanjska ploča (stone-carved slate) found in the 1960s near the village of Prisoje, dating back to the 2nd century. The Ethnographic collection is composed of traditional attire and jewellery, sacral collection of the 17th and 19th century chalices, and the African collection of artefacts brought from Africa by Franciscan missionaries.[7]

The memorial complex 25 May 1944 in Drvar was established after the World War II near Tito's cave, and was one of the main tourist attractions in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, visited by more than 200,000 tourists a year.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://chapters.scarecrowpress.com/08/108/0810850842ch1.pdf
  2. ↑ "Rezultati popisa 2013. (Census 2013 Results)" (PDF). http://www.bhas.ba/ (in Croatian). Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 7 November 2013. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ (Bosnian)(Croatian) "Kanton 10 u brojkama (Canton 10 in numbers)" (PDF). The Federal Office of Statistics of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "About School". http://www.osigk-livno.com/. Elementary school Ivan Goran Kovačić. Retrieved 15 December 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "About School". http://os-imazuranica-tg.com/. Elementary school Ivan Mažuranić. Retrieved 15 December 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ "Povijest muzeja (History of the museum)". http://fmgg-livno.com/ (in Croatian). Franciscan Museum and Gallery Gorica (FMGG). Retrieved 1 May 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Samostanski muzej (Monastery Museum)". samostan-tomislavgrad.info (in Croatian). Franciscan Monastery Tomislavgrad. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tito's cave in Drvar". http://www.exploringbosnia.com/. Retrieved 1 May 2014. External link in |website= (help)

Coordinates: 43°49′25″N 17°00′15″E / 43.82361°N 17.00417°E / 43.82361; 17.00417

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