Trebinje
Encyclopedia
Trebinje is the southernmost municipality
Municipality
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 and town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 entity and is located in southeastern Herzegovina
Herzegovina
Herzegovina is the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While there is no official border distinguishing it from the Bosnian region, it is generally accepted that the borders of the region are Croatia to the west, Montenegro to the south, the canton boundaries of the Herzegovina-Neretva...

, some 10 km (6.2 mi) from the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

.

The town was first mentioned in the 10th century.

Geography

The town lies on the Trebišnjica River
Trebišnjica River
Trebišnjica River is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It used to be a sinking river, 96,5 km long above the ground. With a total length of 187 km above and under the ground, it was one of the longest sinking rivers in the world.- Upper course :...

 in southeastern Herzegovina, some 24 km (14.9 mi) by road from the city of Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

, Croatia
Croatia
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 on the Adriatic coast. There are several mills
Watermill
A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...

 along the river, as well as several bridges, including two in Trebinje itself, and a historic Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 Arslanagic bridge nearby. The river is heavily exploited for hydro-energy. After it passes through the Popovo polje area southwest of the town, the river - which always floods in winter - naturally runs underground to the Adriatic, near Dubrovnik.

Settlements

The Trebinje municipality has a total of 178 settlements according to the 1991 census.

Aranđelovo
Aranđelovo
Aranđelovo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Arbanaška
Arbanaška
Arbanaška is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 51 people.-References:...

, Arslanagića Most
Arslanagića Most
Arslanagića Most is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Baljivac
Baljivac
Baljivac is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Baonine
Baonine
Baonine is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Begović Kula
Begović Kula
Begović Kula is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Belenići
Belenići
Belenići is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.In the 1991 census it had 12 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipality.-References:...

, Bihovo
Bihovo
Bihovo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Bijelač
Bijelač
Bijelač is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Bijograd
Bijograd
Bijograd is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Bioci
Bioci
Bioci is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Bobovišta
Bobovišta
Bobovišta is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipality.-References:...

, Bodiroge
Bodiroge
Bodiroge is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Bogojević Selo
Bogojević Selo
Bogojević Selo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Borlovići, Brani Do
Brani Do
Brani Do is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Brova
Brova
Brova is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Budoši
Budoši
Budoši is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Bugovina
Bugovina
Bugovina is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Cerovac
Cerovac (Trebinje)
Cerovac is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Cicina
Cicina
Cicina is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Cicrina
Cicrina
Cicrina is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Čavaš
Čavaš
Čavaš is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Čopice
Čopice
Čopice is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Čvaljina
Čvaljina
Čvaljina is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Čvarići
Čvarići
Čvarići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Desin Selo
Desin Selo
Desin Selo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Diklići
Diklići
Diklići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Djedići, Do, Dobromani
Dobromani
Dobromani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Dodanovići
Dodanovići
Dodanovići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Dolovi, Domaševo
Domaševo
Domaševo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Donja Kočela
Donja Kočela
Donja Kočela is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Donje Čičevo
Donje Čičevo
Donje Čičevo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Donje Grančarevo
Donje Grančarevo
Donje Grančarevo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Donje Vrbno
Donje Vrbno
Donje Vrbno is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Donji Orahovac
Donji Orahovac
Donji Orahovac is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Dračevo
Dracevo
Dračevo is a village in Herzegovina, in Čapljina municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Population:According to the 1991 census, the population was 630, consisting of:* Croats – 582 * Serbs – 41...

, Dražin Do
Dražin Do
Dražin Do is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Drijenjani
Drijenjani
Drijenjani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Dubljani
Dubljani
Dubljani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Dubočani, Duži, Dvrsnica
Dvrsnica
Dvrsnica is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Glavinići
Glavinići
Glavinići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Glavska
Glavska
Glavska is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Gojšina
Gojšina
Gojšina is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Gola Glavica
Gola Glavica
Gola Glavica is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Golubinac
Golubinac
Golubinac is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.In the 1991 census it had 11 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipality.-References:...

, Gomiljani
Gomiljani
Gomiljani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Gornja Kočela
Gornja Kočela
Gornja Kočela is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Gornje Čičevo
Gornje Čičevo
Gornje Čičevo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Gornje Grančarevo
Gornje Grančarevo
Gornje Grančarevo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Gornje Vrbno
Gornje Vrbno
Gornje Vrbno is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Gornji Orahovac
Gornji Orahovac
Gornji Orahovac is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Gorogaše
Gorogaše
Gorogaše is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Grab
Grab (Trebinje)
Grab is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Grbeši
Grbeši
Grbeši is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Grbići, Grebci
Grebci
Grebci is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Grkavci
Grkavci
Grkavci is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Grmljani
Grmljani
Grmljani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Hum, Ivanica
Ivanica
Ivanica is a small village in Bosnia and Herzegovina which is located just over the border from Gornji Brgat in Croatia-History:The village was destroyed during the 1992 Bosnian War but later reconstructed in the 2000s. There is still evidence of war damage in the village such as a large...

, Janjač
Janjač
Janjač is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Jasen, Jasenica Lug
Jasenica Lug
Jasenica Lug is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Jazina
Jazina
Jazina is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Jušići
Jušići
Jušići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Kalađurđevići
Kalađurđevići
Kalađurđevići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Kijev Do
Kijev Do
Kijev Do is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Klikovići
Klikovići
Klikovići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Klobuk
Klobuk
thumbA klobuk is an item of clerical clothing worn by Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic monastics and bishops, especially in the Russian tradition...

, Konjsko
Konjsko
Konjsko is a village in the Resen municipality of Macedonia. It is located on the shore of Lake Prespa, two kilometers from Golem Grad....

, Korlati
Korlati
Korlati is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Kotezi
Kotezi (Trebinje)
Kotezi is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Kovačina
Kovačina
Kovačina is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Kraj
Kraj
A kraj is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. For lack of other English expressions, the Slavic term is often translated as "province", "region", or "territory", although it actually approximately means " country", or " countryside"...

, Krajkovići, Kremeni Do
Kremeni Do
Kremeni Do is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Krnjevići
Krnjevići
Krnjevići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Kučići, Kunja Glavica
Kunja Glavica
Kunja Glavica is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Kutina
Kutina
Kutina is a small city in central Croatia, the largest settlement in the hilly region of Moslavina, in the Sisak-Moslavina county. The town proper has a population of 14,814 , while the total municipality population is 22,815....

, Lapja
Lapja
Lapja is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Lastva
Lastva
Lastva is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Lokvice
Lokvice
Lokvice is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Lomači
Lomači
Lomači is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Lug
Lug (Trebinje)
Lug is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Lušnica
Lušnica
Lušnica is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Ljekova
Ljekova
Ljekova is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Ljubovo
Ljubovo
Ljubovo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Marić Međine
Marić Međine
Marić Međine is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Mesari
Mesari
Mesari is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Mionići
Mionići
Mionići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Morče
Morče
Morče is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Mosko
Mosko
Mosko is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Mrkonjići
Mrkonjići
Mrkonjići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Mrnjići
Mrnjići
Mrnjići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Necvijeće
Necvijeće
Necvijeće is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Nenovići
Nenovići
Nenovići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

, Nikontovići
Nikontovići
Nikontovići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Ograde
Ograde
Ograde is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Orah
Orah (Trebinje)
Orah is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Orahov Do
Orahov Do
Orahov Do is a village in Ravno municipality Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with Croatia on the road from the Adriatic coast to Popovo polje. Village is inhabited by Catholic Croats. In 1991...

, Orašje Popovo
Orašje Popovo
Orašje Popovo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Orašje Površ
Orašje Površ
Orašje Površ is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Orašje Zubci
Orašje Zubci
Orašje Zubci is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Parojska Njiva
Parojska Njiva
Parojska Njiva is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Petrovići, Pijavice
Pijavice
Pijavice is a small settlement in the Sevnica municipality in east central Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the river Mirna to the southwest of Krmelj in the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is included in the Lower Sava statistical region.-External links:*...

, Podosoje
Podosoje, Trebinje
Podosoje is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Podstrašivica
Podstrašivica
Podstrašivica is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Podštirovnik
Podštirovnik
Podštirovnik is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Podvori
Podvori
Podvori is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Poljice Čičevo
Poljice Čičevo
Poljice Čičevo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Poljice Popovo
Poljice Popovo
Poljice Popovo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Prhinje Pridvorci, Prosjek, Rapti Bobani
Rapti Bobani
Rapti Bobani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Rapti Zupci
Rapti Zupci
Rapti Zupci is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Rasovac, Ravno
Ravno
Ravno is a town and the seat of its municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. Ravno was a municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje municipality...

, Rupni Do
Rupni Do
Rupni Do is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Sedlari
Sedlari (Trebinje)
Sedlari is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Skočigrm
Skočigrm
Skočigrm is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Slavogostići
Slavogostići
Slavogostići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Slivnica Bobani
Slivnica Bobani
Slivnica Bobani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Slivnica Površ
Slivnica Površ
Slivnica Površ is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Sparožići
Sparožići
Sparožići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Staro Slano
Staro Slano
Staro Slano is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Strujići
Strujići
Strujići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Šarani
Šarani
Šarani is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 344 people.-References:...

, Šćenica Bobani
Šćenica Bobani
Šćenica Bobani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Šćenica Ljubomir
Šćenica Ljubomir
Šćenica Ljubomir is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Taleža
Taleža
Taleža is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Todorići
Todorići
Todorići is a village in the municipality of Bileća, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

, Trebijovi
Trebijovi
Trebijovi is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Trebimlja
Trebimlja
Trebimlja is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Trebinje, Trnčina
Trnčina
Trnčina is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Tuli, Tulje
Tulje
Tulje is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Turani, Turica
Turica
Turica is a village in the municipality of Lučani, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 634 people....

, Turmenti
Turmenti
Turmenti is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Tvrdoš
Tvrdoš
Tvrdoš is a 15th-century Serb Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today....

, Ubla
Ubla
Ubľa is a border village and municipality in Snina District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia on the border with Ukraine.-Geography:...

, Ugarci
Ugarci (Trebinje)
Ugarci is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Ukšići
Ukšići
Ukšići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Uskoplje, Uvjeća
Uvjeća
Uvjeća is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Veličani
Veličani
Veličani is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Velja Gora
Velja Gora
Velja Gora is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Velja Međa
Velja Međa
Velja Međa is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Vladušići
Vladušići
Vladušići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Vlaka, Vlasače
Vlasače
Vlasače is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Vlaška
Vlaška
Vlaška is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Volujac, Vrpolje Ljubomir
Vrpolje Ljubomir
Vrpolje Ljubomir is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Vrpolje Zagora
Vrpolje Zagora
Vrpolje Zagora is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Vučija
Vučija
Vučija is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Vukovići
Vukovići (Trebinje)
Vukovići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Začula
Začula
Začula is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.In the 1991 census it had 23 inhabitants, all of them being Serbs. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipality.-References:...

, Zagora, Zagradinje
Zagradinje
Zagradinje is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Zaplanik
Zaplanik
Zaplanik is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Zavala, Zgonjevo
Zgonjevo
Zgonjevo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Žakovo
Žakovo
Žakovo is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Ždrijelovići
Ždrijelovići
Ždrijelovići is a village in the municipality of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

, Željevo and Župa
Župa
A Župa is a Slavic term, used historically among the Southern and Western branches of the Slavs, originally denoting various territorial and other sub-units, usually a small administrative division, especially a gathering of several villages...

.

Trebinje is one of two municipalities that were created from the former Yugoslavian
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 municipality of Trebinje of the 1991 census, the other being Ravno
Ravno
Ravno is a town and the seat of its municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. Ravno was a municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje municipality...

 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Middle Ages

"From the city of Decatera begins the domain of Terbounia and stretches along as far as Ragusa, and on the side of its mountain country it is neighbour to Serbia."
"Travunia (Terbounia) and Konavli are united. Its inhabitants originate from the unbaptized Serbs, who lived there since the archont
Unknown Archont
The Unknown Archont is a conventional name given by historians to the Serbian leader who led the White Serbs from their homeland to settle in the Balkans after 610, during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius ....

 that fled from White Serbia
White Serbia
White Serbia or Bojka , is the mythical homeland of the ancestors of the Serbs, of the White Serbs .The area adjacent to White Serbia was known as White Croatia, where the Croats trace their origin...

 to Emperor Heraclius
Heraclius
Heraclius was Byzantine Emperor from 610 to 641.He was responsible for introducing Greek as the empire's official language. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the exarch of Africa, successfully led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Phocas.Heraclius'...

"
"The archonts of Travunia have always been subject to the archont of Serbia"
"Populated cities in Travunia and Konavli are: Travunia (ηε Τερβουνια), Vrm (το Ορμος), Risan
Risan
Risan is a town in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro...

 (τα Ρισενα), Lukavete (το Λουκαβεται), Zetlivi (του Ζετλεβε)."
- taken from
De Administrando Imperio,
by Constantine VII
Constantine VII
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, "the Purple-born" was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 913 to 959...

 (905-959)


The toponym Trebinje is first attested in De Administrando Imperio
De Administrando Imperio
De Administrando Imperio is the Latin title of a Greek work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII. The Greek title of the work is...

 by Constantine VII
Constantine VII
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus, "the Purple-born" was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 913 to 959...

 (905-959), when describing the geography of the Serbs. Travunia
Travunia
Travunia was a medieval region, administrative unit and principality, which was part of Medieval Serbia , and in its last years, the Bosnian Kingdom . The county became hereditary in a number of noble houses, often kin to the ruling dynasty. The region came under Ottoman rule in 1482...

(Τερβουνια) was a province of the Serbian Principality under the Vlastimirović Dynasty. The first known office holder was Beloje
Beloje of Trebinje
Beloje was the Župan of Travunia in the early 9th century, a fief of the Serbian Principality under Prince Vlastimir . He may have had the position under Vlastimir's predecessors; Radoslav or Prosigoj...

, a count, who ruled under Prince Vlastimir (also possibly under Radoslav
Radoslav of Serbia
Radoslav was a Serbian Prince who ruled over the Serbs from 800 to 822, he succeeded his father Višeslav who united the Serbian tribes, resulting in the formation of Raška in the 8th century...

 or Prosigoj
Prosigoj
Prosigoj was a 9th-century Serbian Prince that ruled the Serbian Principality from 822 to 836.-Biography:He was the son of Radoslav. Prosigoj or his father was the ruler of Serbia during the uprisings of Ljudevit Posavski against the Franks...

, fl. 819). In the mid 9th century, Vlastimir married his daughter to Krajina
Krajina Belojević
Krajina Belojević was the župan of Travunia, an administrative unit of the Principality of Serbia, in the 9th century. In 847/848, not long after the three-year Bulgarian–Serbian War in which Prince Vlastimir of Serbia Krajina Belojević was the župan of Travunia, an administrative unit of the...

, the son of Beloje, and gave him the Župa
Župa
A Župa is a Slavic term, used historically among the Southern and Western branches of the Slavs, originally denoting various territorial and other sub-units, usually a small administrative division, especially a gathering of several villages...

 of Trebinje to govern under his suzerainty. The Belojević noble family
Belojević noble family
Belojević was a Serbian noble family that served the first Serbian Principality . Beloje, the eponymous founder, was a lord in Travunia under Prince Vlastimir of Serbia...

 was entitled to rule Travunia; Hvalimir, and his son Čučimir, continued the office under the Serbian crown.

The town commanded the road from Ragusa
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

 to Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...

, traversed, in 1096, by Raymond of Toulouse and his crusaders
First Crusade
The First Crusade was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem...

. Under the name of Tribunia or Travunja (the Trebigne of the Ragusans), it belonged to the Serbian Empire
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire was a short-lived medieval empire in the Balkans that emerged from the Serbian Kingdom. Stephen Uroš IV Dušan was crowned Emperor of Serbs and Greeks on 16 April, 1346, a title signifying a successorship to the Eastern Roman Empire...

 until 1355. Trebinje became a part of the expanded Medieval Bosnian state under Tvrtko I in 1373. There is a medieval tower in Gornje Police (Gornye Politse) whose construction is often attributed to Vuk Branković. The old Tvrdoš
Tvrdoš
Tvrdoš is a 15th-century Serb Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today....

 Monastery dates back to the 15th century.
In 1482, together with the rest of Herzegovina
Herzegovina
Herzegovina is the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While there is no official border distinguishing it from the Bosnian region, it is generally accepted that the borders of the region are Croatia to the west, Montenegro to the south, the canton boundaries of the Herzegovina-Neretva...

 (see: Herzog Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
Stjepan Vukcic Kosaca
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača was a Herzegovina nobleman. He was a member of the House of Kosača, a Grand Duke of Herzegovina, Lord of Zahumlje and Primorje and also Herzog of Serbian Saint Sava...

), the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

. The Old Town-Kastel was built by Turks on the location of the medieval fortress of Ban Vir, on the western bank of the Trebišnjica River
Trebišnjica River
Trebišnjica River is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It used to be a sinking river, 96,5 km long above the ground. With a total length of 187 km above and under the ground, it was one of the longest sinking rivers in the world.- Upper course :...

. The city walls, the Old Town square, and two mosques were built in the beginning of the 18th century by the Resulbegović family. The 16th-century Arslanagić bridge (or Perovica bridge) was originally built at the village of Arslanagić, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the town, by Mehmed-paša Sokolović
Mehmed-paša Sokolovic
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha was a 16th-century Ottoman statesman...

, and was managed by Arslanagic family. The Arslanagić bridge is one of the most attractive Ottoman-era bridges in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. It has two large and two small semicircular arches. It was moved closer to Trebinje (1 km (0.621372736649807 mi)) in the late 1960s.

Modern

During the period of Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

 administration (1878–1918), several fortifications were built on the surrounding hills, and there was a garrison based in the town. The imperial administrators also modernized the town, expanding it westwards, building the present main street, as well as several squares, parks, schools, tobacco plantations, etc.

Trebinje strongly grew in the era of Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...

's Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

 between 1945 and 1990. It especially developed its hydroelectric potential
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

 with dams, artificial lakes, tunnels, and hydroelectric plants. This industrial development brought a large increase in the urban population of Trebinje.

Ravno
Ravno
Ravno is a town and the seat of its municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. Ravno was a municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje municipality...

 municipality was formed within the former territory of Trebinje municipality for the area now belonging to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two political entities that compose the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The two entities are delineated by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line...

.

Culture

There is an Orthodox church in Trebinje, Saborna Crkva, as well as a new monastery, Trebinje Gračanica, located above the town, on the historic hill known as Crkvina, while nearby is also Tvrdoš
Tvrdoš
Tvrdoš is a 15th-century Serb Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today....

 Monastery, which dates back to the 15th century. Trebinje is also home to the Catholic Cathedral of the Birth of Mary.

Sports

The local football club
Football team
A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...

, FK Leotar Trebinje
FK Leotar Trebinje
FK Leotar is a football club from the city of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1925 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the club served as a training ground for many players who went on to enjoy notable careers elsewhere...

, plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the country's most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season....

.

Demographics

According to the 1910 census, the majority in the Trebinje municipality were Eastern Orthodox Christians
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

 (71.38%).

Municipality

Census year Total Serbs
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina are people of Serb ethnicity inhabiting the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, since the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state in the 1990s, the Serbs who have its citizenship. The Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of this...

 
Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

 
Croats
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina form one of the three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.There is no precise data regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's population since the last war. Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw the vast majority of Croats move and take...

 
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

 
Others
1991 30,996 21,349 (68.87%) 5,571 (17.97%) 1,246 (4.01%) 1,642 (5.29%) 1,188 (3.83%)
1981 30,372 18,123 (59.67%) 4,405 (14.50%) 2,309 (7.60%) 4,154 (13.67%) 1,381 (4.54%)
1971 29,024 19,362 (66.71%) 4,846 (16.69%) 3,350 (11.54%) 424 (1.46%) 1,042 (3.60%)

Town (itself)

Census year Total Serbs
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina are people of Serb ethnicity inhabiting the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, since the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state in the 1990s, the Serbs who have its citizenship. The Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of this...

 
Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

 
Croats
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina form one of the three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.There is no precise data regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina's population since the last war. Ethnic cleansing within Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s saw the vast majority of Croats move and take...

 
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

 
Others
1991 21,870 14,915 (68.19%) 4,228 (19.33%) 347 (1.58%) 1,470 (6.72%) 910 (4.18%)

Notable people


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