Doboj (Kakanj)

Doboj (Cyrillic: Добој) is a village in the municipality of Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Coordinates: 44°06′48″N 18°07′04″E / 44.11333°N 18.11778°E / 44.11333; 18.11778

Doboj

Doboj (Cyrillic: Добој; pronounced [dôboj]) is a city and municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, on the river Bosna. Doboj is the largest national railway junction Railways Corporation of Bosnia and Herzegovina are located in Doboj. It is one of the oldest cities in the country and the most important urban center in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Name

The town's name in Cyrillic is Добој.

History

Middle Ages

The first official mention of the settlement is from 1415, as it was written in the charter issued by Dubrovnik to Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, although there are numerous artefacts and objects that have been found (the National Museum of Bosnia/Herzegovina in Sarajevo and the Regional Museum in Doboj) and which confirm the fact that the area had been inhabited ever since the early Stone Age, and that the Roman Empire had an army camp (Castrum) and a settlement (Canabea) in the vicinity of the town dating from the 1st century AD. Following the arrival of the Slavs in the 6th century it became a part of the region/bannate Usora (in the medieval documents sometimes put together with the nearby province Soli, hence, Usora and Soli).

Kakanj

Kakanj is an industrial town and a municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located north of Visoko and southeast of Zenica. It was built along the slopes of wide hills on either side of the Zgošća river. It is administratively part of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

In the census of 1991, the city of Kakanj itself had 12,016 inhabitants.

In 2005, estimates of population of the municipality included 88% Bosniaks and 11% Croats.

History

Neolithic artifacts have been found in Obre, a nearby village.

Settlements in the region are very ancient. They are claimed to be historical landmarks of the early Bosnian state. Kraljeva Sutjeska, a Franciscan monastery, is of particular historical note. Near the monastery is Bobovac, scene of the last stand of Bosnian Queen Katarina Kosača and medieval residence of Bosnian kings. In Kraljeva Sutjeska is one of the oldest mosques in Bosnia, built by order of Sultan Mehmed II the Victorious during his expedition to Bosnia and conquest of Bobovac. The Kakanj area enjoyed a renaissance during the rule of the Kotromanić dynasty.