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44 unusual facts about Banja Luka


215 Signal Squadron

In 1999, the Brigade was once again called upon to deploy to the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, this time deploying to Banja Luka on Operation PALANTINE.

252nd Training Squadron

As the war in Slovenia has started, by the order of 1st Corps of Air Force and Air Defense, squadron was relocated to Mahovljani Air Base at Banja Luka.

Anto Jakovljević

Anto Jakovljević (born 25 September 1962 in Banja Luka) is a former Bosnian association footballer.

Association of Writers of Republika Srpska

From 2003, the president of the association Zoran Kostić moved the headquarters from Srpsko Sarajevo to Banja Luka.

Banja Luka incident

The Banja Luka incident on 28 February 1994, was an incident in which six Republika Srpska Air Force J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets were engaged, and four of them shot down, by United States Air Force F-16s southwest of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Corneliu Chisu

In 2004 he was deployed in the Balkans in Banja Luka as the engineering advisor to the Commander of NW Brigade.

FK Radjevac Krupanj

Dragan Sredojević after "Radjevac" played for O.F.K."Beograd", F.K."Borac" from Banja Luka.

Franjo Komarica

One of eleven children, Franjo Komarica was born in Novakovići near Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Ivo and Ivka (née Marić) Komarica.

Dr Franjo Komarica (born February 4, 1946) is a Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of Banja Luka and president of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Franz Pfanner

The difficulties seemed insuperable, but in 1869 he was able to open the monastery of Mariastern in Bosnia, near Banja Luka, which was raised to the status of an abbey in 1879.

Gimnazija Banja Luka

Situated in the centre of Banja Luka, it was founded as the Velika Real, or Grand Royal school on October 4, 1895 by the Austro-Hungarian government, making it the oldest high school in Republika Srpska.

Hilde Zaloscer

Prof. Dr. Hilde (Hildegard) Zaloscer (Zaloszer) (1903 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina – 1999 Vienna, Austria) was an art historian, Egyptologist, Coptologist, essayist, novelist and a prominent expert of Coptic history and art.

Hypo Alpe Adria in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank a.d. Banja Luka and Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank d.d. Mostar (HAA) are member banks of Hypo Alpe Adria, one of the leading international financial groups on the territory of Alps-Adriatic region, of which parent bank was founded in 1896 in Klagenfurt, Austria.

A year after, Hypo Alpe Adria took over Kristal Bank Banja Luka, which has been operating under the name of Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank a.d. Banja Luka since 2003.

Ikarus IK-2

Rovine airfield, situated north of Banja Luka, was the base of the Yugoslav 8th bomber regiment and its 24 Bristol Blenheim I bombers.

Ilija Pantelić

Ilija Pantelić (born 2 August 1942 in Kozica near Banja Luka) is a retired Serbian goalkeeper who played at Euro 1968 for SFR Yugoslavia, and in France for Olympique de Marseille, SEC Bastia and Paris SG.

İzmir Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers still exist and are called Sahat Kula (derived from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

İzmit Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers are still named Sahat Kula (deriving from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

Johann Jakob von Wunsch

Between 1737 and 1739, Wunsch participated in several battles in the vicinity of Banja Luka, in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Kratkofil International short film festival

Kratkofil was founded in 2007 and was, at the time, the first film festival in Banja Luka and Republic of Srpska.

Kratkofil (also known as Kratkofil Plus) is an international short film festival that takes place in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina in the summer.

It brought many significant film names to Banja Luka, for the first time, and gave young film-makers and the audience a chance to experience the international atmosphere, make contacts, educate in master class workshops and enjoy the additional entertainment and cultural programs.

After only 6 years, Kratkofil Plus became no1 cultural project in Republic of Srpska and Banja Luka, in regards to attendance, scope of the festival and the media support it receives.

Lucia Kimani

On August 19, 2005, they moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and currently live in Banja Luka.

Maia Chiburdanidze

She was 1st in tournaments in New Delhi (1984) and Banja Luka (1985) and in the next decade she finished 1st in Belgrade (1992), Vienna (1993) and in Lippstadt (1995).

Milena Plavšić

Milena was born into a poor, patriarchal, working family, in the vicinity of Banja Luka, Yugoslavia (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Miloš Šestić

Miloš Šestić (Serbian Cyrillic: Mилoш Шecтић; born 8 August 1956 in Milosavci village near Banja Luka) is a Serbian retired footballer who spent most of his career at Red Star Belgrade during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Miodrag Simović

He is a regular professor at the Faculty of Law in Banja Luka and at the Faculty of Law in Bihać where he teaches Criminal Procedural Law.

Miroslav Janjanin

Miroslav Janjanin (born 30 October 1961 in Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is one of the most recognizable composers of the Banja Luka and the singer of former bands Viteški ples, and Radio.

Momir Talić

Talić was the Chief of Staff of the JNA 5th Corps in Banja Luka as of 26 July 1991.

Muafiyet

The populace of Banja Luka were exempted from all customary and extraordinary taxes "as long as they are ready to repulse with weapons the attacks of infidels against the Sultan's lands and fortresses".

Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan

Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan (22 January 1957, Banja Luka, Bosnia - 8 March 1998, Hamburg, Germany) was a general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nermin Purić

He is an economist; the Bosnian parliamentary website indicates that he taught at Banja Luka College until 2009 and was pursuing a master's degree at the time of the 2010 election.

No. 28 Squadron RAF

The squadron's first operational role with the Merlin was in support of SFOR at Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pope John Paul II's relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church

On June 22, 2003, he visited Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a city inhabited by many Catholics before the 1992-1995 war, but since then predominantly Orthodox.

Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen

In 1737, his attempt to conquer Banja Luka failed, but in practically all important engagements of the war, Joseph displayed personal bravery, for example in the Battle of Grocka (on 22 July 1739), where he covered the retreat of the Imperial Army.

Riki Cakić

Orhan "Riki" Cakić (born 17 July 1990 in Banja Luka) is a Bosnian-born Swedish footballer who plays for IK Sleipner on loan from IFK Norrköping as a midfielder.

SD Željezničar

Rukometni klub (eng. Handball club) Željezničar was the most successful Bosnian handball club in former Yugoslavia, alongside RK Borac Banja Luka.

Serbia national rugby league team

In 1961 a Yugoslav Rugby League team played its only game against a French Select XIII team in Banja Luka.

State Investigation and Protection Agency

SIPA started off with just three employees, whereas today it has over 850 employees working in 11 organizational units at the headquarters of the agency and in 4 regional offices- in Sarajevo, Tuzla, Banja Luka, Mostar.

Vojvođanska banka

Vojvodjanska banka was the co-founder and shareholder of VB Banja Luka.

Later, during the 1990s, bank starter to open more branches in Central Serbia, Banja Luka (in Republika Srpska) and in Podgorica (Montenegro).

Zoran Spasojević

He took part in many collective mail-art exhibitions in Serbia and abroad (Kragujevac, Pančevo, Valjevo, Banja Luka, Budapest, Vancouver, Leiden, Arcevia...)

Zoran Vanev

Many of his songs are about the city of Belgrade but some also mention cities in Bosnia most notably in his song Banja Luka, Beograd.


Bosanska Krajina

In January 1528, the Ottomans under Gazi Husrev-beg took command of Jajce, Banja Luka and Ključ, followed by Krbava and Lika in the spring of that year.

Oštra Luka

The municipality is located between the municipalities of Bosanski Novi/Novi Grad and Prijedor in the north, Banja Luka in the east, Ribnik in the south, Sanski Most in the south and west, and Bosanska Krupa in the west.

Petrićevac

Filipović was defrocked after a February 1942 massacre of Serb civilians in the nearby villages (Drakulić and Motike).

Voćin massacre

Within the 1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia, the 5th (Banja Luka) Corps of the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija – JNA) was tasked with advancing north through western Slavonia, from Okučani to Daruvar and Virovitica, and with a secondary drive from Okučani towards Kutina.