Visoko

For other uses, see Visoko (disambiguation).

Visoko
Високо
City
Grad Visoko
Град Високо
City of Visoko
Top to bottom, left to right: View from Visočica hill, Tabačka mosque, Church of St. Procopius, Franciscan monastery of St. Bonaventure, Old town of Visoki, Fojnička River at the confluence with River Bosna, View from Vrela hill
Official seal of Visoko
Seal
Location of municipality within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of municipality within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Visoko is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Visoko
Visoko
Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°59′N 18°10′E / 43.983°N 18.167°E / 43.983; 18.167
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Zenica-Doboj
Government
 • MayorMirza Ganić (SDA)
Area
 • City230.8 km2 (89.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • City39,938
 • Density80/km2 (206/sq mi)
 • Urban
11,205
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
71300
Area code+387 32
Websitewww.visoko.gov.ba

Visoko (Serbian Cyrillic: Високо, pronounced [ʋǐsɔkɔː]) is a city[1] located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 living in Visoko town.[2] Located between Zenica and Sarajevo, Visoko lies where the river Fojnica joins the Bosna.

The Visoko region has evidence of long continuous occupation, with the first traces of life dating back to the 5th millennium BC. Archaeological excavations of Okolište have found one of the biggest neolithic settlements of the Butmir culture in southeastern Europe.[3]

It was an early political and commercial center[4] of the Bosnian medieval state, and the site where the first Bosnian king Tvrtko I was crowned. The Old town Visoki, located on Visočica hill, was a politically important fortress,[5] and its inner bailey Podvisoki was an early example of a Bosnian medieval urban area.[6] After the fall of the Kingdom of Bosnia, medieval Visoko grew as an Ottoman town. A key role in its development was played by the local Bosnian Ajas-pasha.[7]

Ottoman rule ended in 1878 when the Bosnian Vilayet was occupied by Austria-Hungary. On 11 November 1911, in the last years of Austro-Hungarian rule, it was almost completely burned down by an accidental fire.[8] Before the Bosnian War, Visoko was the largest exporter of textile and leather in socialist Yugoslavia[9][10] As of 2006, Visoko attracts tens of thousands of tourists every year,[11][12][13] mainly because of Semir Osmanagić's claims.[14]

  1. ^ "Federacija BiH dobila sedam novih gradova". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Naseljena Mjesta 1991/2013" (in Bosnian). Statistical Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Komisija za očuvanje nacionalnih spomenika". old.kons.gov.ba. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. ^ Fine, John Van Antwerp (January 2007). The Bosnian Church: Its Place in State and Society from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century. Saqi. p. 161. ISBN 9780863565038.
  5. ^ Pavao Anđelić (Doba stare bosanske države, Visoko i okolina kroz historiju 1, Visoko 1984, 105)
  6. ^ Pavao Anđelić, Srednji vijek – Doba stare bosanske države, "Visoko i okolina kroz historiju I, Visoko 1984, 160–162
  7. ^ Šabanović, "Dvije najstarije vakufname u Bosni", 35.
  8. ^ "Danas 117. godišnjica visočke jangije: Požar u kojem je izgorjela cijela čaršija". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 11 November 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Strategija razvoja Općine Visoko" (PDF).
  10. ^ Carmichael, Cathie (2 July 2015). A Concise History of Bosnia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107016156.
  11. ^ "POZITIVAN PRIMJER | Visoko vrvi od turista, svi dobro znamo zašto, ali vlast to ne zanima". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). 25 August 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  12. ^ PORTAL, Oslobođenje (5 August 2017). "Turistička ponuda Visokog dostupna na internet platformi". Oslobođenje d.o.o. (in Bosnian). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Bosnian 'pyramids', shunned by archaeologists, still draw tourists". euronews.com. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  14. ^ Crosby, Alan; Bilic, Ivana (9 September 2017). "Whether Real Or A Hoax, Bosnian 'Pyramids' Bringing Concrete Benefits To Town". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 12 June 2019.