Regulations on Towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1878 to 1941 Cover Image

Regulativa o gradovima u Bosni i Hercegovini od 1878. do 1941. godine
Regulations on Towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1878 to 1941

Author(s): Seka Brkljača
Subject(s): History, Public Administration, Public Law, Political history, Rural and urban sociology, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Austro-Hungarian rule; Kingdom of SHS/Yugoslavia; urban municipalities; population; government; administration; utility laws;

Summary/Abstract: The present paper starting with the defi nition and determination of the notion of a town, through brief explanation of distinguishing features, examines the phenomena of towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina, spanning from the period of 1878 when the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian rule ended the four-century long era of Levantine, Balkan and Islamic architectural styles and marked the beginning of the era of modernization and development of European urban structure models, to the beginning of World War II when the other governmental structure and system collapsed that at the given period involved Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of this paper is to specify the basic features that determined the notion of towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the given time span, taking 1918 as the watershed moment, which, also on the example of regulation of urban life, indicates and demonstrates the basic principles of upheaval as non-revolutionary and peaceful transition from one governmental structure to another.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 133-146
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian