Zavidovići is a city and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Doboj and Zenica on the confluence of rivers Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović. It sits in a valley surrounded by many mountains of which the largest is Klek. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 35,988 inhabitants and the city itself 8,174.
History Zavidovići was home to two neolithic cultures: Butmir and Kakanj. Significant Kakanj culture site is located in Tuk.
Zavidovići was developed by the Austrians during the 19th century Austro-Hungarian reign in Bosnia, mostly because of the "wood industry". After World War II, Krivaja, the company that was founded in 1884 and named after the Krivaja river, expanded. The company focused on furniture manufacturing, which it began to export to the United States under the name "Krivaja Beechbrook". Due to the Bosnian War in the 1990s, the former giant and the city were left with almost nothing.
Although once a diverse town, many of the former Serb and Croat residents left their homes during the Bosnian War. Few have returned to their properties. Unfortunately, now, it is a mostly Bosniak city, with few non-Bosniaks remaining.
Zavidovići's nickname is "Wood Town". Zavidovići is located in the basin of three rivers: Bosna, Krivaja and Gostović.
Geography
Mountains
Klek
Demographics The city of Zavidovići itself had 12,947 residents in 1991. Ethnic CompositionBosniaksSerbsCroatsYugoslavsOthersTotal1961 17,758 48.99% 11,119 30.67% 6,528 18.01% 649 1.79% 196 0.54% 36,2501971 24,803 56,34% 11.031 25,06% 7,457 16,94% 353 0.80% 374 0.86% 44,0181981 29,289 56.48% 11,202 21.60% 7,451 14.37% 3,234 6.24% 685 1.32% 51,8611991 34,198 59.83% 11,640 20.36% 7,576 13.25% 2,726 4.77% 1,024 1.79% 57,164 2013 32,735 90.96% 573 1.59% 1,204 3.34% 0.00 0.00% 1,278 3.55% 35,988
Settlements
Notable people
Edin Bašić, handball player Alija Bešić, Bosnian-born Luxembourgian footballer Mladen Bartolović, Croatian footballer Aida Čorbadžić, opera singer Malkica Dugeč (1936-2026), Croatian writer and dissident Šefik Džaferović, politician, the vice president of SDA and the Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Šemsudin Gegić, playwright and film director Karlo Kiseli, Croatian writer Venio Losert, Croatian handball player and two-time Olympic gold-medallist Ferid Muhić, president of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts Monika Radulovic, Australian model Nedžad Sinanović, basketball player Safet Sušić, footballer and football manager Sead Sušić, footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Zavidovići is twinned with:
Berane, Montenegro Bozüyük, Turkey Gemlik, Turkey Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina Nilüfer, Turkey Roncadelle, Italy Wiltz, Luxembourg Yunusemre, Turkey
References
External links
ZaN Portal Krivajske Doline Large iron ball just discovered near Zavidovici