Drvar
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Drvar (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрвар) is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. It is administratively part of the West Bosnia Canton of the Federation.
In the census of 1991, Drvar municipality had 17,079 residents, of which 97.27% Serbs, 2.09% Yugoslavs, 0.20% Croats, 0.19% Bosniaks and 0.25% others. The town of Drvar itself had 7,716 inhabitants (96% Serbs and 3% Yugoslavs).
During socialist Yugoslavia, Drvar was named Titov Drvar in honor of Josip Broz Tito. On May 25, 1944, Nazi German invaders made an attempt on the life of Tito, who was the main partisan commander, in a daring airdrop on Drvar, Operation Rösselsprung.
After Yugoslavia dissolved, Drvar was governed by Republika Srpska until 1995. In 1995 Drvar was overrun by Croatian forces. 17,000 Serbs were ethnically cleansed, and the town was left in ruins. After the Dayton Peace Accords it became part of the Federation. From 1995-1999 the population was predominately Croatian. Small amounts of Serbs came back to their homes, but they faced discriminatory tendencies by the Croats which prevented their further return. The local government and companies, the few that exist, are dominated by the Croats and the indigenous Serbs have difficulty finding employment.
In 2005 the majority of the population consisted of Bosnian Serb returnees (~90%) and about (~10%)Bosnian Croat settlers. The word Drvar stems from the Serbo-Croat word 'DRVO' which means 'wood'. Drvar was already well known in the Austrian-Hungarian era due to the high-quality wood coming from that area. The Drvar area is still one of the largest logging and woodprocessing environments in BiH. One of the major problems in this area is the widespread corruption connected to this woodprocessing industry. It is estimated that during 2004 about 110.000m3 of wood 'disappeared'. Average price of 1m3 of timber(second class) is about 100 KM (100 Konvertible Mark = 50 Euros).
'Desant na Drvar' is a film made about the German attack on Drvar. There are still some locations visitable, which were heavily fought over in that period, that still seem to be untouched by time. Famous landmarks include 'Tito's Cave' and the so-called 'Citadel'. At the latter mentioned location one can find an Austrian-Hungarian cemetery (in a very poor state) which may contain some (unknown) number of German soldiers(buried after the attack of 1944). On this spot there is also a Roman roadsign (+/- 100 AD). Another one can be found on the way to Bosansko Petrovac (near Zaglavica).
Drvar is also renowned for its local rakiya, the Yugoslavian brandy. A specialty is rakiya made with berry-like fruit called "drenia."
Municipalities of the West Bosnia Canton |
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| Bosansko Grahovo | Drvar | Glamoč | Kupres | Livno | Tomislavgrad | |
Tito Drvar is also renowned for its rakiya, the Yugloslavian brandy. A specialty is raykya made with berry-like fruit called "drenia"..
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