Summary

Visoko municipality lies in Zenica-Doboj Canton, in the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina entity.

In July 1966, a survey of monuments and memorials to the NOB and Revolution was undertaken on the territory of the municipality, with a total of 10 such memorials being recorded.  Later, in 1986, the study Studija omogučnostima zaštite i uređenje kulturno-historijskog nasleđa na područja opština Visokom was created by Zavičajni muzej Visoko as the result of a survey undertaken in 1984, possibly in connection with the development of Visoko municipality’s final pre-1992 Spatial Plan. A total of 31 monuments were documented as having existed at this time on the municipality's territory. It must be noted that while the majority of monuments mentioned above were categorized as heritage of the NOB in the study, one (a Monument to Victims of Fascist Terror located in the Zbilje district of the town) was included in the section on Austro-Hungarian heritage, primarily due to the fact that it is situated within the town’s former Jewish cemetery, which was established in 1889. 

In addition to these 31 monuments and memorials, another monument was once located in the town centre, traces of which are still evident today, in spite of it having been removed some time prior to 1970. Also, a memorial plaque erected at the site of the childhood home of National Hero Ognjen Prica is today stored in the basement of the local museum, where it has been kept since the demolition of the house in the 1970s, and a memorial plaque was formerly located on the hide and leather-working school in the town, which was later incorporated into the locally-owned KTK leather processing conglomerate, at which point the plaque was seemingly removed. Following completion of the municipality report, a further memorial plaque - created in 1991 - was discovered to exist. This has not been included in the report.

Visoko municipality’s current spatial plan, valid from 2014 to 2034 (Općina Visoko, 2015) specifically mentions the ossuaries in the town park and in front of the former army barracks, as well as the memorial fountain in Buci, but clusters all other monuments into categories of ‘memorial plaques’ and ‘busts’, stating that they need protection and rehabilitation while simultaneously acknowledging that many no longer exist. In addition to these, the Monument to Victims of Fascist Terror located in the town’s Jewish cemetery is also specifically mentioned (again categorized as Austro-Hungarian heritage).

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