Čečava
| Čečava | |
|---|---|
| village | |
| Coordinates: 44°42′10″N 17°43′45″E / 44.702826°N 17.729187°ECoordinates: 44°42′10″N 17°43′45″E / 44.702826°N 17.729187°E | |
| Country | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Website | www.cecava.org |
Čečava (Serbian Cyrillic: Чечава) is a village in the municipality of Teslić, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Čečava makes its first appearance in 1323 in records and documents of a decree by prince Stjepan and his brother Vladislav Kotromanich, in which supervisor Grgur Stipanovic is rewarded for his obedience with the annexation of five villages, in the territory of Usora, to his Kingdom. It’s written: ”Firstly Chechava, secondly Hrastusa, thirdly Unenovichi Uskrsh,…"
Because of his loyalty Grgur seems to have been the delegate representative of the Bosnian court, to escort Prince Stjepan’s matchmakings from the Hungarian King. There’s also a myth that may be relative to this historical source. In the settlement of Plane east of the Grualj hill(643m/1,780 feet),a smaller hill lies, which is called “The hill of the Queen” (Kraljichino Brdo).At its northwestern side the hill is surrounded by woods and so it seems obvious that its top had been cleaned of the woods for some purpose. There also exists a crossroads of old paths leading to all far directions used by caravans; the way to Stupa and Osredak(Stupljanski put), the way through Miladich Brdo to Čečava, the Pope’s Road (Popovski Put) to Kulashi and the way over the Grualj hill to G.Vijachani and Snjegotina.
According to tradition, villagers and official quests greeted the Queen on that hill many years ago, as she entered their land to marry the Bosnian King.
Nevertheless, the reason why the village was named Čečava in about the 14th century still remains unknown. The historical period between the beginning of the 14th century until the beginning of the 19th century still remains unknown. There are no existing documents concerning the civilization of Čečava during this period. This is due to the great immigration of Serbs because of the violent invasion of the Turks. It is believed that the residents of the village moved norther. Some documents refer that they have been transferred to the area which is now called Slavonija.
The monks of the monasteries in Liplje and Stuplje where also installed in 1691 in the monastery Orahovica which belong to the Slavonska Pozega area. According to the tradition these monks reached Čečava through the mountains of Komusanska Brda where they met other monks from the monastery of Liplje who had crossed up the Snjegotina, and they all continued their way to the North. Their long journey ended to the river Sava by crossing first the river Ukrina where they have met the Chechava’s residents. The residents followed them and where installed to Slavonija. There are still villages in the area called ”Chechavac” and “Chechavski vuchijak “ which confirms this hypothesis of immigration. Bat there was a part of the Čečava’s residents who didn’t cross Sava river. This is confirmed by the fact that in the city of Brod we still find people who their surname is “Chechavac”. It is still in dispute whether some of them returned during the 18th century or other emigrants were installed in Čečava. But the truth is that there were no reason to return judging by the difficult circumstances.
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