Drvar Municipality
Summary
== NOTE ON DRVAR MUNICIPALITY ==
The list compiled here for Drvar has been gathered from online resources and literature, and is only fragmentary in nature. It must further be noted that a number of monuments and memorials recorded in pre-1992 literature now fall upon the territory of Bihać, as the result of boundary changes in the wake of the 1992-95 war. A small number almost certainly also lie on the territory of Istočni Drvar municipality.
In June 1967, a survey was undertaken by representatives of SUBNOR and the Republic Institute for the Protection of Monuments on the then-territory of Drvar municipality, which recorded a total of 37 monuments and memorials to the People’s Liberation War and Revolution. A breakdown of these was provided by Tihić (1981) as follows:
- Memorial plaques – 24
- Memorial busts – 3
- Fountains, wells and cisterns – 0
- Artistic monuments – 4
- Identified individual graves and mass graves – 4
- Graveyards for Partisans and Victims of Fascist Terror – 2
Construction of monuments continued after this time, and the numbers stated here will certainly have increased between June 1967 and the outbreak of the 1992-95 war in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Patković & Plećas (1975) give a list of 32 sites of significance to the People’s Liberation War. However, it is unclear which of these should/could be classified as true ‘monuments’, as they include sites such as a ‘Landscape of anti-aircraft defence positions’. Only two such sites are explicitly stated to include memorial features (the monument on Šobića Glavica by Marijan Kocković and a Partisans’ cemetery of unknown location).
In the book Jugoslavija - Spomenici Revolucije: turistički vodič (1987, pp.299-308), Gojko Jokić provides an extensive description of events in the town from 1941 to 1945 and a summary of sites of significant events. However, again, it is unclear from this description precisely what was and wasn’t commemorated by a tangible memorial feature.
Additionally, Borci NOR-a i žrtve fašizma Titovog Drvara (1987, 887 pp.) contains a selection of images of sites throughout the territory of the municipality. However, these images are purely illustrative in nature, and little additional information is given about them.
13 busts of People's Heroes were unveiled in Drvar's Alley of People's Heroes on 27 July 1981.
The article “Porušeno, odnijeto, sačuvano…” published in Glas Antifašista 43 (2008, p.14) gives a summary of the then-situation in Drvar, stating that of 13 memorial plaques, 6 survived, while all busts (24 in total – 19 from the town park and 5 from outside other public institutions such as schools) of National Heroes had been removed, with many having been melted down. Of six monuments (three of which were dedicated to fallen fighters), two (one in Drvar, the other in Kamenica) had been entirely destroyed, while all of the remaining four had suffered minor damage, with three having since been repaired. Furthermore, of 5 Partisan cemeteries (not including the burial site that surrounds Kocković’s monument), one had been destroyed. The article states that these numbers do not include monuments on the territories of the eleven settlements that were integrated into neighbouring Bihać municipality after the 1992-95 war.
Without further documentary evidence, it is not possible to provide a more comprehensive list of sites on the territory of Drvar municipality.
Monuments & Memorials
Village/MZ | Address | Name | Type | Year | Author | Still Exists | Date Mapped | Description |
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Drvar | Šobića Glavica | Memorial park | Memorial Park | 1967 | Yes | |||
Drvar | Šobića Glavica, memorial park | Monument to the NOB | Monument | 1967 | Marijan Kocković | Yes | Destroyed 1996, but remnants remain at site | |
Drvar | Šobića Glavica, memorial park | Plaque dedicated to fallen fighters | Memorial Plaque | 1963 | Yes | Possibly not original location | ||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Nikola Bokan | Bust | 1981 | No | May 2024 | Bust missing, pedestal lying on its side in Šobića Glavica memorial park | |
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Kosta Bosnić | Bust | 1981 | No | May 2024 | Bust missing, pedestal lying on its side in Šobića Glavica memorial park | |
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Vid Bodiroža Vicuka | Bust | 1981 | No | May 2024 | Bust missing, pedestal lying on its side in Šobića Glavica memorial park | |
Drvar | Šobića Glavica, to West of memorial park | Memorial ossuary of approx. 1200 Victims of Fascist Terror | Ossuary | 1967 | Marijan Kocković | Yes | May 2024 | Heavily damaged or destroyed in 1996 |
Drvar | Across River Unac from town centre | 25 May Museum complex | Museum | Yes | ||||
Drvar | 25 May Museum complex | Barracks of rear battalions | Museum | |||||
Drvar | 25 May Museum complex | Plaque to commemorate fallen fighters | Memorial Plaque | |||||
Drvar | 25 May Museum complex | Plaque to commemorate residence of Supreme Command | Memorial Plaque | 1954 | Replaced | |||
Drvar | 25 May Museum complex | Plaque to commemorate establishement of OZNA | Memorial Plaque | 1964 | Replaced | Replaced by newer plaque on front side of building | ||
Drvar | 25 May Museum complex | 'Desant na Drvar' sculpture | Artwork | 1973 | Alija Kučukalić | No | ||
Drvar | Across River Unac from town centre | Tito's Cave | Museum | Yes | ||||
Drvar | North of Tito's Cave | Memorial path of Tito's departure from Drvar | Memorial Park | 1974 | Slobodan Štrbac | Memorial path measuring slightly over 2 kilometres in length | ||
Drvar | Workers' Hall | Plaque dedicating the Workers' Hall to those who fell in the NOB | Memorial Plaque | 1959 | Yes | May 2023 | ||
Drvar | Workers' Hall | Bust of NH Đuro Pucar Stari | Bust | 1980 | Marijan Kocković | No | ||
Drvar | Ul. Maršala Tita, Old hospital | Plaque to commemorate Partisans' Hospital | Memorial Plaque | 1954 | Yes | September 2020 | ||
Drvar | Ul. Maršala Tita 61 (former) | Plaque to commemorate building of regional SKOJ committee | Memorial Plaque | 1954 | No | May 2024 | ||
Drvar | Cellulose factory (former) | Plaque to commemorate location of II Congress of USAOJ | Memorial Plaque | 1954 | Possibly replaced plaque dating to 1949. | |||
Drvar | 'Zokil' factory (former) | Plaque to commemorate Partisans' workshop | Memorial Plaque | 1982 | Yes | |||
Drvar | 'Planika' shop (former) | Plaque to commemorate location of regional committee of KPJ from October 1943 to May 1944 | Memorial Plaque | No | May 2024 | Created before 1981. | ||
Drvar | Plaque to commemorate meeting of Tito with representatives of the II Proletarian Brigade on 17 October 1942 | Memorial Plaque | In poor condition in 2006 | |||||
Drvar | House of the Ridl family (former) | Plaque to commemorate headquarters of the Supreme Command | Memorial Plaque | 1954 | ||||
Drvar | House of the Rodić family (former) | HQ of Allied Mission | Unknown | |||||
Drvar | House of the Knežević family | HQ of British Allied Mission | Memorial Plaque | Yes | May 2023 | |||
Drvar | House of the Grujić family (former) | HQ of Allied Mission | Unknown | |||||
Drvar | House of the Sabljić family (former) | HQ of Allied Mission | Unknown | |||||
Šipovljani | House of the Vujić family (former) | Plaque to commemorate Officers' School | Memorial Plaque | 1953 | Yes | |||
Šipovljani | House of Stevan Marić (former) | Plaque to commemorate place of first meeting of Democratic Federative Yugoslavia | Memorial Plaque | |||||
Kamenica | In front of former elementary school | Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror | Monument | 1979 | Vojislav Vasiljević | Yes | Concrete plinths still survive, but bronze plaques removed | |
Kamenica | Monument | Bust of NH Marija Bursać | Bust | 1979 | No | |||
Kamenica | Monument | Bust of NH Vid Bodiroža Vicuka | Bust | 1979 | No | |||
Bastasi | In front of community hall | Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror | Monument | 1966 | Yes | Renovated after 1996 | ||
Bastasi | Tito's Cave | Plaque to commemorate residence of Josip Broz Tito | Memorial Plaque | 1957 | No | |||
Podovi | Beside main road | Memorial ossuary | Ossuary | 1961 | Yes | May 2023 | ||
Podovi | Pasijak | Monument to fallen fighters | Monument | Yes | In excellent condition. Monument to 1992-95 war added beside between 2012 and 2017. | |||
Ataševac | Woods to north-east of village | Partisan Hospital memorial complex | Monument | 1962 | Yes | Renovated between 2014 and 2017. Includes ossuary of 38 fallen fighters. | ||
Mokronoge | Community hall | Plaque to commemorate fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror | Memorial Plaque | 1957 | Yes | Plaque to commemorate 1992-95 war added beside in 2021. | ||
Poljice | Community Hall (inside) | Plaque to commemorate fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror | Memorial Plaque | 1964 | ||||
Boboljusci | Elementary school (former) | Plaque to commemorate fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror | Memorial Plaque | Still existed as of 2011. Commemorates 58 fallen fighters and 18 Victims of Fascist Terror. | ||||
Boboljusci | Monument to the NOB | Monument | In very poor condition as of 2011. Possibly lies in nearby Bihać municipality. | |||||
Drvar | Slavko Rodić elementary school | Bust of NH Slavko Rodić | Bust | No | May 2023 | Created before 1976. | ||
Vidovo Selo | Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror | Monument | 1961 | Still existed and in good condition 2009. | ||||
Bastasi | In front of community hall | Plaque to commemorate NH Jandrija Tomić Ćić | Memorial Plaque | Yes | Almost certainly a replacement | |||
Boboljusci | Elementary school (former) | Plaque to commemorate formation of People's Liberation Committee for Drvar in April 1942 | Memorial Plaque | Still existed in 2013. Created prior to 1963. | ||||
Drvar Selo | Golubić | Partisans' cemetery | Cemetery | 1957 | Yes | Contains remains of 42 unidentified Partisan fighters | ||
Kamenica | Plaque to mark the birthplace of Miloš Bauk | Memorial Plaque | ||||||
Prekaja | 700m west of church | Partisans' cemetery with 19 fallen fighters | Cemetery | 1961 | Yes | April 2024 | Burials already existed at the site by 1960. | |
Zaglavica | Close to elementary school | Collective grave of 6 fallen fighters | Communal Grave | Created before 1963. | ||||
Drvar | 'Zokil' factory (former) | Plaque to commemorate workers' strike in 1938 | Memorial Plaque | 1956 | Yes | |||
Drvar | Plaque to commemorate seat of People's Liberation Committee | Memorial Plaque | 1954 | |||||
Drvar | Plaque to commemorate command post for Drvar region | Memorial Plaque | 1954 | |||||
Drvar | Plaque to commemorate seat of People's Liberation Committee | Memorial Plaque | 1957 | |||||
Drvar | Museum building | Plaque to commemorate command of V Krajina Brigade | Memorial Plaque | 1957 | No | |||
Drvar | Plaque to commemorate residence of Aleksandar Ranković | Memorial Plaque | 1957 | |||||
Župica | Plaque to commemorate Central Committee of the KPJ for the Krajina region | Memorial Plaque | 1953 | |||||
Kamenica | Elementary school | Plaque to commemorate formation of KPJ cell | Memorial Plaque | 1949 | ||||
Drvar | Spasovina cemetery | Collective grave of fallen fighters | Communal Grave | Created before 1960. | ||||
Zaglavica | Monument to the Uprising | Monument | 1986 | |||||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Mika Bosnić | Bust | 1981 | ||||
Drvar | Marija Bursać High School | Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror | Monument | Created before 1987 | ||||
Vagan | Elementary school | Monument to the NOB | Monument | 1987 | ||||
Podvučjak | Elementary school | Monument to the NOB | Monument | 1987 | ||||
Dolovi | Plaque to commemorate Đuro Rodić | Memorial Plaque | 1987 | |||||
Drvar | Monument to Josip Broz Tito | Monument | Never completed, with construction abandoned in 1991. | |||||
Drvar | Tito's cave | Plaque to commemorate residence of Josip Broz Tito | Memorial Plaque | 1949 | No | |||
Župica | House of the Tadić family (former) | Plaque to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the printing of the first issue of 'Glas' | Memorial Plaque | 1968 | ||||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Radivoj Rodić | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Ranko Šipka | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Jandrija Tomić Ćić | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Danica Materić | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Jovo Kecman | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Marija Bursać | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Rajko Bosnić | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of NH Uroš Bogunović | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of unknown person | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Drvar | Alley of People's Heroes | Bust of unknown person | Bust | 1981 | No | |||
Cvjetnić | Monument to the NOB | Monument | 1979 |