Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Gradiška Градишка (Bosanska Gradiška) |
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 Gradiška
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| Coordinates: 45°08′N 17°15′E / 45.133°N 17.250°E | ||
| Country |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 Republika Srpska
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| Region | Bosanska Krajina | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Zoran Adžić (SNSD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 761,74 km2 (29,411 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) | |
| Population (2013 census) | ||
| • Total | 51,727 | |
| • Density | 74,5/km2 (1,930/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 78400 | |
| Area code(s) | +387 51 | |
| Website | Official website of the municipality | |
Bosanska Gradiška (Serbian Cyrillic: Градишка) is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of the Republika Srpska entity. The municipality is geographically located in eastern Krajina region, and the town is situated on the Lijevče plain, on the right bank of the Sava river across from Stara Gradiška, Croatia, and about 40 km (25 mi) north of Banja Luka.
In the Roman period, the municipium of Serbinum existed on the location of the present-day town. It was of strategical importance; a port of the Roman fleet was situated here. Among notable archaeological findings are a viaduct.
Gradiški Brod is mentioned for the first time as a town in c. 1330. It had a major importance as the location where the Sava river used to be crossed. By 1537, the town and its surroundings came under Ottoman rule.
The Ottoman built a fortress, which served as the Bosnia Eyalet's northern defense line. The town was also called Berbir because of the fortress.
Following the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising (1804), in the Sanjak of Smederevo (modern Central Serbia), the Jančić's Revolt broke out in the Gradiška region against the Ottoman government in the Bosnia Eyalet, following the erosion of the economic, national and religious rights of Serbs. Hajduks also arrived from Serbia, and were especially active on the Kozara. Jovan Jančić Sarajlija organized the uprising with help from Metropolitan Benedikt Kraljević. The peasants took up arms on 23 September 1809, in the region of Gradiška, beginning from Mašići. The fighting began on 25 September, and on the same night, the Ottomans captured and executed Jančić. The rebels retreated to their villages, except those in Kozara and Motajica who continued, and offered strong resistance until their defeat in mid-October, after extensive looting and burning of villages by the Ottomans. Another revolt broke out in 1834, in Mašići.
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