Grude () is a town and a municipality located in
West Herzegovina Canton
The West Herzegovina Canton ( hr, Županija Zapadnohercegovačka, bs, Zapadnohercegovački kanton) is one of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The West Herzegovina Canton is in the Herzegovina region in the southwest of ...
of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...
.
Geography
Grude is located 49
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s
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, 19 kilometers [EUR&carbCost=1.3&isAvoidFrontiers=false&isFavoriseAutoroute=false&isAvoidPeage=false&isAvoidVignette=false&isAvoidLNR=false&autoConso=6.8&villeConso=6&routeConso=5.6&dtmDeparture=12%2F3%2F2009&indemnite=0](_blank)
/ref> from Imotski
Imotski (; it, Imoschi; lat, Emotha, later ''Imota'') is a small town on the northern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Imotski, like the surrounding inland ...
, and 100 km [EUR&carbCost=1.3&isAvoidFrontiers=false&isFavoriseAutoroute=false&isAvoidPeage=false&isAvoidVignette=false&isAvoidLNR=false&autoConso=6.8&villeConso=6&routeConso=5.6&dtmDeparture=12%2F3%2F2009&indemnite=0](_blank)
/ref> from Split
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, entertai ...
.
History
Pre-history and ancient times
Testimony about life in these regions are still present in prehistoric times. In place of Ravlić cave, which is located in Drinovci, were found traces of life dating from the later Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several pa ...
period. The life in these regions has been flowing continuously - the peoples, cultures and civilizations have been changing.
In later, but historical times, this soil had very living presence of the Romans, whose commercial road, connecting the two great ancient trading center - Salona
Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia.
Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in ...
and Narona
Narona ( grc, Ναρῶνα) was an Ancient Greek trading post on the Illyrian coast and later Roman city and bishopric, located in the Neretva valley in present-day Croatia, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
History
It was founded ...
, was passing through the region. Recent archaeological excavations at the site in Gorica confirm that on this soil in ancient times there was a significant Roman settlement.
Middle Ages is a time of tombstones - ''stećak
Stećak (, ) or Stećci in plural form (, ) is the name for monumental medieval tombstones, that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. An estimated 60,000 are found within the bo ...
'' and in municipality of Grude can be found practically everywhere - which proves that at that time was quite a big life. Undoubtedly it is a merit favorable geographical position of this region, as well as the relatively mild climate, together with rich natural resources. Rarely can see where this unusual combination of brutality and tameness of nature that we find in the region of Imotski
Imotski (; it, Imoschi; lat, Emotha, later ''Imota'') is a small town on the northern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Imotski, like the surrounding inland ...
-Bekija fields - arable land is relatively rich in water in contrast to the fierce and rocky, which is surrounded by.
Middle ages
The end of the Middle Ages
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was marked by the Ottoman expansion and conquest.
Modern times
After the Turks, Austria-Hungary
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arrived. This is a short transitional period in which were built numerous schools and infrastructure needed for the functioning of a modern European state, but this is somehow persistently ignored in the overall modernization.
Like most of the West Herzegovina
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cities, Grude was labeled as pro-Ustaše region. Therefore, it has been demonized by the officials of SFRY
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
. The investments were very poor in it. That caused huge poverty and lot of people emigrated to Zagreb
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and Dalmatia
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, as well as to Germany
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as gastarbeiter. Today the municipality is among the most developed in Bosnia-Herzegovina, with numerous medium and small business corporations, Violeta paper factory being the biggest brand. Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna and the Croatian Defense Council
The Croatian Defence Council ( hr, Hrvatsko vijeće obrane or HVO) was the official military formation of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity that existed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1991 and 1996. The HVO wa ...
(HVO) were founded in Grude. The Main HQ of the HVO was located in Grude.
Settlements
Demographics
1971
19,203 total
*Croats
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- 19,111 (99.52%)
*Serbs
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- 32 (0.16%)
*Muslims
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- 4 (0.03%)
*Yugoslavs
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- 5 (0.02%)
*others - 55 (0.30%)
1991
In the 1991 census
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, the municipality of Grude had a population of 16,358 residents:
*16,210 Croats (99.09%)
*9 Serbs (0.05%)
*4 Muslims (0.02%)
*5 Yugoslavs (0.03%)
*130 others (0.79%)
The town of Grude had 3,528 residents; almost all of whom were ethnic Croats
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.
Economy
During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Grude was one of the bastions of the "rebellion" against the aggression of the Yugoslav Army. The late 1990s and early 2000s were marked by recent war and the struggle for survival, whereas today Grude is experiencing cultural and economic renaissance.
Traffic and road connections
Grude is placed on the crossroads of two big roads: Slavonski Brod- Ploče and Mostar
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-Split
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, entertai ...
. Through Grude also goes master road M-6 Grude - Ljubuški - Čapljina - Metković. Besides that there are also 3 regional roads:
*R 420 Grude - Privalj - Široki Brijeg
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- Mostar
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*R 421 Sovići - Klobuk
*regional road Grude-Posušje (outside category)
Sports
The town is home to the football
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club HNK Grude, basketball
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club HKK Grude, and the female handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...
club HŽRK Grude. NK Drinovci is based in Drinovci (located in the same municipality). De Boules clubs Grude and Sv. Stipan based in Sovići.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Grude is twinned with:
* Slunj
Slunj ( Hungarian ''Szluin'', old German ''Sluin'', Latin ''Slovin'', archaic Croatian ''Slovin grad'') is a town in the mountainous part of Central Croatia, located along the important North-South route to the Adriatic Sea between Karlovac and ...
, Croatia
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, anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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* Baldissero Torinese, Italy
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Notable people
* Milan Bandić, former mayor of Zagreb
*Mate Boban
Mate Boban (; 12 February 1940 – 7 July 1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician and one of the founders of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the 1st President of Herzeg-Bosnia fro ...
, first president of Herzeg-Bosnia
* Rafael Boban, military commander of Ustaše Militia and Croatian Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske – OSRH) is the military service of Croatia.
The President is the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, and exercises administrative powers in times of war by giv ...
during World War II
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* Ljubo Jurčić, former Croatian Minister of Economy
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...
* Goran Marić, former Croatian Minister of State Property
*Mirko Marić
Mirko Marić (; born 16 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Monza.
Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marić represented his native country internationally at youth level. He has Croatian citizenship, and re ...
, Croatian footballer
* Mile Pešorda, Croatian writer
*Andrijica Šimić
Andrija "Andrijica" Šimić (1833 – 5 February 1905) was a Herzegovinian hajduk.
Biography
Andrija Šimić (Andrijica is a diminutive form) was born in Grude, into an ethnic Croat family of seven children: he had a brother and five sister ...
, Herzegovinian hajduk
*Antun Branko Šimić
Antun Branko Šimić (18 November 1898 – 2 May 1925) was a Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century.
Life
He was born to a Croat family from Drinovci near Grude o ...
, Croatian poet
* Blago Zadro, a commander of the northern part of Croatian forces in Vukovar
Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...
during the Croatian War of Independence
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Communications
Radio Grude broadcasts from the town.
References
External links
Official site
Unofficial site
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Populated places in Grude