X-Nico

8 unusual facts about Zvornik


Banja Koviljača

Some documents state that in 1720 Turks from the city of Zvornik built a medical bathroom for women named the "Stinking Spa", due to the sulphuric water from the springs.

Crusade of Varna

After King Sigismund died in 1437, the attacks intensified, with the Ottomans occupying Borač in 1438 and Zvornik and Srebrenica in 1439.

Cultural Summer of Zvornik

The great manifestation called the Cultural Summer of Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, usually starts on August 2 and lasts for about six days.

Humanitarian Law Center

In 2007 HLC obtained the opening of an investigation into the murder of 700 Bosniaks in Zvornik in 1992.

Jovan Branković

He fought successfully with the Ottoman Empire, several operations in Bosnia, especially around Zvornik.

Milenko Milošević

Milenko Milošević (born November 13, 1976 in Zvornik) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina professional football player.

Pero Simić

Born on 2 July 1946, in Skočić village near Zvornik, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia.

When Father Was Away on Business

After a while, Meša's wife and children rejoin him in Zvornik.


ELTA-KABEL

Elta Kabel services are available in the following Bosnian cities: Prijedor, Kozarska Dubica, Banja Luka, Teslić, Doboj, Derventa, Zvornik, Šekovići, Trebinje, Istočno Sarajevo, Bileća, Bratunac, Sokolac, Čajniče, Foča, Kneževo, Ljubija and Petrovo.

Eparchy of Šabac

In 1831, the large Eparchy of Valjevo was divided into 3 separate eparchies: the Eparchy of Valjevo (which was renamed to the Eparchy of Šabac), the Eparchy of Užice, and the Eparchy of Zvornik.

Matija Mažuranić

By travelling in 1839 to Bosnia (from Karlovac, Sisak and Kostajnica, over Belgrade, on foot and horse, to Sarajevo, Travnik, over Romanija up to Zvornik) - Mažuranić has in a vernacular way, with no external stimulus or literary influences, as a connoisseur of vernacular literary genius, managed to create a piece which can be read both as an adventure and as a realistic account of seen and experienced.

Port of Ploče

It aims to attract large quantities of transport for the ArcelorMittal, GIKIL, Birač Zvornik and Aluminij industrial plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are the main users of the port.

Zlatonosović family

During the conflict between Tvrtko II and Serbian ruler Đurađ Branković they sided with Serbia and conquered the region of Zvornik.

Zvornik massacre

Serb forces, including members of the police, the Territorial Defence, the Yugoslav People’s Army, and paramilitary groups, then launched an armed attack against Zvornik town.


see also