Sapna Municipality
Summary
The present-day municipality of Sapna was separated from the pre-1992 municipality of Zvornik, and today lies within Tuzla Canton, in the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina entity.
As part of Zvornik municipality, the NOB heritage of present-day Sapna municipality was the subject of the 1991 study Kulturno-istorijsko i prirodno nasljeđe – opština Zvornik, created by the Tuzla Institute for the Protection and Use of Culturo-Historical and Natural Heritage. Within the boundaries of present-day Sapna municipality, a total of 4 monuments were documented as having existed at this time. It was also mentioned that an ossuary was located in the settlement of Rožanj, but this was neither found by field researchers at that time nor recorded in the study. In addition to the four monuments recorded in the study and the ossuary in Rožanj, evidence of a memorial plaque having existed in the settlement of Erići was also found during preparatory work for field research, which was conducted in May 2018 by Andrew Lawler and Milan Golijanin. Of these six monuments and memorials, two fountains were found to survive in non-working condition, one memorial plaque has been destroyed (with the fragments retained and stored by a local resident), and no trace could be found of a further two memorial plaques. Meanwhile, the memorial ossuary was relocated from its original site to a nearby monastery in recent years.
It is worth noting that Sapna municipality’s current spatial plan, valid from 2013 to 2033 (Općina Sapna, 2016) does not include any monuments or memorials commemorating the NOB within the list of monuments currently identified as existing upon its territory (pp. 115-118).
Monuments & Memorials
| Village/MZ | Address | Name | Type | Year | Author | Still Exists | Date Mapped | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skakovica | Fountain to commemorate the VI Proletarian Eastern Bosnian Brigade | Fountain | 1952 | Yes | May 2018 | Fountain in poor condition and no longer in function. | ||
| Rastošnica | Obršina, local clinic | Plaque to commemorate V Vojvodinian Brigade | Memorial Plaque | Unknown | May 2018 | Plaque removed during 2002 renovations, and never returned. | ||
| Rožanj | Reading room (former) | Plaque to commemorate Victims of Fascist Terror | Memorial Plaque | 1967 | In storage | May 2018 | Commemorates 98 Victims of Fascist Terror. Plaque destroyed during 1992-95 war. Fragments retained by resident. | |
| Rožanj | Ossuary of Victims of Fascist Terror | Ossuary | 1967 | Relocated | May 2018 | Originally situated beside local reading room. Relocated to local monastery in 2014. | ||
| Erići | Plaque to commemorate V Vojvodinian Brigade | Memorial Plaque | No | April 2018 | No longer exists. Possibly removed prior to 1991. | |||
| Vitinica | Beside elementary school | Fountain to commemorate the NOB | Fountain | 1982 | Yes | May 2018 | Restored after 1998, with inscription altered. |
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Key
| Number | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fountain to commemorate the VI Proletarian Eastern Bosnian Brigade, Skakovica |
| 2 | Plaque to commemorate V Vojvodinian Brigade, Rastošnica |
| 3 | Plaque to commemorate Victims of Fascist Terror, Rožanj |
| 4 | Ossuary of Victims of Fascist Terror, Rožanj |
| 5 | Plaque to commemorate V Vojvodinian Brigade, Erići |
| 6 | Fountain to commemorate the NOB, Vitinica |